Hacking Writing: Design Thinking for All Content Writing

This course is designed so that concepts learned, and resources introduced, can be applied the next day in any school setting. This course is self-paced so participants can set their own schedule!

It is designed to fit the needs of busy educators; one can stop and start this course anytime during the 90 day enrollment period. You should expect to spend a total of 8 hours working through the course content and earn 8 PGP’s.

Once you have completed all course modules you will receive your certificate of completion. This PD was developed at the Region 8 ESC through funding from the Schwab Foundation in Fort Wayne Indiana.

Learning Intentions for this course are:

• Explore the concept of "hacking the writing process" in all content areas.
• Discover how every teacher, no matter the content, is a teacher of writing and how every content area has its own writing demands.
• Develop awareness of what is expected when students are asked to write, while making sure educators carefully teach and model  specific types of writings,
• Become aware of pedagogy that includes student time for practice allowing for proficiency. 
• Develop an attitude of "hacking writing" that provides students a skill set to  to publish digitally and  immediately while garnering a wide audience within hours. 
• Promote and facilitate students as writers and design thinkers. 
• Challenge all educators to redefine what writing is, and how it provides opportunities for students to be future oriented, and ready. 
• Explore design processes and how they integrate with the writing process.