Japanese and Other Language Teaching & Learning College & University Education Practice-Oriented Long Workshop
Teaching English Language Writing Using Smart Templating Technology
Teaching English language writing online can be challenging. Interactive components such as modelling, scaffolding, and providing one-on-one support are not easy to replicate through online learning. This workshop will review some of these challenges and show attendees how to use the EssayJack application to address them. EssayJack provides smart, interactive writing templates which can be customised for varying writing proficiencies, to include native language support, and for use in in-person or online classes.
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Dr. Lindy Ledohowski has PhD in English and was an English professor before developing and cofounding EssayJack, the academic writing software that was acquired by Canadian EdTech company Wize in July 2021. Dr. Ledohowski continues to write and speak on teaching academic writing and has joined the Wize leadership team.
This is more of a hands-on walk through of the EssayJack academic writing platform. This walk-through will focus on 3 main aspects of teaching academic writing: modelling, scaffolding, and formative feedback to provide suggestions and strategies for how technology can enable these methodologies in online/hybrid contexts.
Learn more: EssayJack https://www.essayjack.com & Wize https://www.wizeprep.com
You can see a short, preview version of this presentation on YouTube