Digital Writing and Publishing
Use technology to produce and publish writing: type fluently over long stretches, link to and cite sources, lay out ideas and their relationships clearly on screen, and collaborate with others in shared documents
What a learner can do afterwards
- Type extended pieces fluently enough that the keyboard does not interrupt their thinking
- Add working links and citations to sources in a published piece (e.g. linking to the article a claim came from)
- Collaborate in a shared document (e.g. commenting on a partner's draft and resolving suggested edits)
The lesson
When you write on a computer, your fingers should know where the keys are without you looking. That way your hands keep up with your ideas instead of slowing you down.
A published piece often shows where its facts came from. A link takes a reader straight to the source. A citation writes out the title, author, and where to find it, even without a click.
Aisha writes a report about ocean pollution. When she mentions a fact about plastic in the ocean, she adds a link to the news article she read it in. Now anyone reading her report can check the fact for themselves.
In a shared document, a comment is a question or note next to the text, and a suggested edit is a proposed change. The writer decides whether to accept it, then resolves the comment so everyone knows it's handled.
Type without hunting for keys, link back to your sources, and use comments and suggested edits to work with others in the same document.
Watch it
Where it sits
This opens up
Nothing builds on it yet.
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.