{"id":14534,"date":"2016-01-22T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=14534"},"modified":"2016-01-29T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T18:29:33","slug":"giving-and-receiving-verbal-feedback-on-digital-writing-by-lisa-desberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/22\/giving-and-receiving-verbal-feedback-on-digital-writing-by-lisa-desberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving and Receiving Verbal Feedback on Digital Writing! by Lisa Desberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we welcome a new guest writer to Writer\u2019s Fun Zone, Lisa Desberg who is stopping by to chat with us today about \u201cGiving and Receiving Verbal Feedback on Digital Writing!.\u201d \u00a0Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

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This year, I challenged myself and my students to \u201cgo digital\u201d in terms of writing submission<\/strong>, feedback and reflection.\u00a0 Every one of my 98 students created a digital writing portfolio folder in their Google Apps for Education (GAFE) account; they then shared the folder with me and provided me editing rights.<\/p>\n

Students named their digital writing portfolio using their full name, grade and class period.\u00a0 Then, I organized them into 5 separate class folders in my Google Drive under 1 single folder titled Digital Writing Portfolios 2015-2016<\/em>; take a look at the snapshot below.<\/p>\n

\"Digital<\/p>\n

Since students were going to submit their writing digitally<\/strong>, there was NO WAY I could expect them to print out their papers for me to grade with a red pen.\u00a0 So, it was time for me to go beyond just using Google Drive for writing and collaborating. It was time for me to use technology for effective and efficient assessment.<\/p>\n

Well, I chatted with my school\u2019s technology integration specialist and she suggested using the Google Add On Kaizena Mini<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s a FREE, QUICK, EASY way for one party to offer another party verbal feedback (aligned to standards if you so choose); this can be teacher to student or student to student when peer editing. Below\u2019s diagram shows a snip-it of what writing looks like with verbal comments embedded; of course it would be more helpful to hear it!<\/p>\n

\"Hamlet<\/p>\n

There are plenty of short and helpful videos on how to use Kaizena Mini<\/strong> like this tutorial<\/a> and there are representatives who are happy to email back and forth with you, so the only other information you really need to know is what students think of receiving verbal feedback<\/strong>!\u00a0 A smart way to inform instruction and personalize learning is to listen to what students have to say .<\/p>\n

9th, 10th and 12th grade students critique the benefits<\/strong> of receiving verbal feedback:<\/p>\n