Table of Contents
Content Home- Welcome
Module Overview- Pre-Assessment
- Unit 1: Understanding and Teaching the Common Core Writing Standards
- Unit 2: Planning Lessons for Informational and Argument Writing
- 2.1 Planning CCSS-Informed Writing Lessons
- 2.2 Selecting and Using Texts Purposefully
- 2.3 Writing with Digital Tools
- 2.4 Examining Lessons for Informational, Argument, and Analytical Writing
- 2.5 Looking Forward
- Unit 3: Learning From Students’ Work and Teachers’ Lessons
- Module Summary
- Post Assessment
Certificate of Completion
Resources- Module Evaluation
Unit 3: Learning From Students’ Work and Teachers’ Lessons
Using Technology Tools for Feedback
Grades 9–12 Examples: Communicating Feedback through Technology
In the video below, watch how a high school teacher uses texting as a formative assessment tool by collecting individual statements of learning and then representing the collective learning of the class in a Wordle or "word cloud".
Text What You Learned: Using Technology to
Assess Student Learning (9–12) 
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Now, watch how the teacher uses individual podcasts to demonstrate a simple, yet effective, way to provide students feedback during the writing process so that they can put the feedback to work in a subsequent revision.
Podcasting to Personalize Feedback (9–12)
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English Language Arts: Writing to Inform, Argue, and Analyze. Brought to you by the California Department of Education, the Regents of the University of California, and the California Writing Project.
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