[Simtrainer-l] 1:1 Schools & the Sentence Writing Pretest

[Mabel Norton]

Thanks for the explanation, Bev.

On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 6:30 PM Beverly Colombo via Simtrainer-l <
simtrainer-l at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> 1 computer for each student - 1 computer: 1 student - usually Chromebooks
> or IPads.
>
> Sue - I agree that students should at least sometimes demonstrate they can
> write on paper - pre and post tests, some formative assessments (exit
> tickets - some schools are using the bottom of the learning sheets as exit
> tickets to check on progress.  Otherwise if they use their computers with
> the assistive tech available all of time, it is difficult to know what they
> can do independently.
>
> My thoughts,
>
> Bev
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 26, 2018, at 6:31 PM, Berna via Simtrainer-l <
> simtrainer-l at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
>
> What is 1:1?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 26, 2018, at 8:21 PM, Lisa Skifton via Simtrainer-l <
> simtrainer-l at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Sue,
> My district is 1:1; however, the special education teachers who teach the
> sentence writing strategies still have the students do everything on paper.
> The teachers, students, and administration don't mind that these strategies
> are done with paper and pencil. Hopefully the district with whom you are
> working will be open to this exception.
> Good luck!
>
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 5:50 PM, Woodruff Susan via Simtrainer-l <
> simtrainer-l at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello …
>> I am working with a district that is going 1:1 this fall.  They also have
>> a major district goal focusing on writing.  We’ve made the decision to
>> start with Sentence Writing.
>>
>> SO … my question is … should the kids do their writing pretest in their
>> own handwriting or should they let the students use their technology?  I
>> know there is a lot of debate about the thinking processes being different
>> when handwriting versus keyboarding.
>>
>> Have any of you struggled with this decision?  I can see teachers wanting
>> to put kids on computers, but how would we know the difference between real
>> sentence writing issues or keyboarding issues?
>>
>> Please share your thoughts with me.  We have to be prepared to talk with
>> the teachers about this in August.
>>
>> Thanks so much.
>> Sue Woodruff
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