{"id":4398,"date":"2015-06-25T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/?p=4398"},"modified":"2015-06-25T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T16:14:11","slug":"write-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/25\/write-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Write About"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a fan of the general educational benefits of writing with a personal interest in writing or authoring to learn. I see authoring as a \u201cgo to\u201d technique<\/a> that can be helpful to learners with any content area and at any age. In addition, authoring offers the opportunity to write for others increasing the authentic feel of the experience and often incorporating the cognitive benefits involved in \u201cteaching to learn\u201d.<\/p>\n

These interests result in a constant search for tools and environments that facilitate authentic authoring. I end up writing about my finds (writing and writing must be some kind of meta thing).<\/p>\n

Write About<\/a> is an online service implementing many of the ideas I value. Their mission statement (what I would call it) goes like this – \u201cA community where students engage in high-interest writing for an authentic audience and teachers help students grow through the entire writing process\u201d.<\/p>\n

Write About offers a flexible environment offering support and guidance or the opportunity to be entirely self-directed. Among the features are the following:<\/p>\n