Writing New York: Using Google Maps as a Platform for Electronic Portfolios

Autor/inn/en	Jacobs, Dale; Adams, Hollie; Morris, Janine
Titel	Writing New York: Using Google Maps as a Platform for Electronic Portfolios
Quelle	In: Composition Studies, 38 (2010) 2, S.111-129 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-9322
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Urban Universities; Undergraduate Students; Content Area Writing; Portfolios (Background Materials); Practicums; Field Trips; Team Teaching; Map Skills; Technology Uses in Education; Cartography; Internet; Locational Skills (Social Studies); Maps; Multimedia Instruction; Social Cognition; Audience Awareness; Spatial Ability; Collaborative Writing; Canada; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schriftliche Übung; Practicum; Praktikum; Praktika; Exkursion; Teamteaching; Kartenverständnis; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Kartenkunde; Kartografie; Lokalisierung; Map; Karte; Multimediales Lernen; Soziale Kognition; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Kanada
Abstract	English 302: Writing about the Arts is a practicum course offered at the University of Windsor for upper-level English undergraduate students. The course asks students to write about a variety of art forms and requires engagement with multiple genres of writing as a way for students to effectively order their experiences, reconstruct meaning in those experiences, and communicate that meaning to their readers. This version of the course involves a two-week introductory reading and writing commitment at the University of Windsor campus and then a three-week visit to New York City. In New York, the students work toward building a final portfolio using Google Maps as a showcase for their writing. In this article, the authors discuss the institutional context and theoretical rationale of the course and describe how they use Google Maps as a platform for electronic portfolios. (Contains 5 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	University of Winnipeg. Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9, Canada. Tel: 204-786-9001; Fax: 204-774-4134; e-mail: compositionstudies@uwinnipeg.ca; Web site: http://www.compositionstudies.uwinnipeg.ca
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10