eduify: virtual writing coach making writing easier
What it is: eduify is an online tool that acts as a writing coach for students. As students write they have immediate access to tutorials and writing examples, the built in ability to discover and cite sources automatically, the ability to verify citations and safeguard against plagiarism, the ability to store, share and edit documents online, and the ability to get help from friends and experts. eduify takes all of the guess-work out of writing and puts the focus back on…well, writing. Students can focus on getting their thoughts out and expressing learning, eduify helps take care of those little details that hang students up. Students can even find quotes and additional sources for their writing directly within eduify.
How to integrate eduify into the classroom: eduify acts as another teacher in the writing classroom. Because we don’t have the ability to work one on one with every student at once, eduify steps in and guides students until we can offer personal support. Students don’t have to wait around for coaching, they can get help as they need it. Students working on writing from home also have access to that support. In my experience students are hindered in sharing their learning through writing by the writing “rules” and process itself. They are so stuck on form that they lose the content and passion about a topic along the way. eduify gets them out of the writing rut, giving them the freedom to focus on content and ideas first and form second. Like a writing wingman. Awesome. Where on earth was this when I was in school?
Use eduify as a writing platform in a one to one setting where every student has access to a computer. Students can store their papers safely online for easy access both at school and home. Papers can share their papers for review online with the teacher or with other students. In a one or two computer classroom, set up computers as an eduify center that students can visit for writing support as an editing center.
Tips: eduify is in beta right now. Students (and teachers) can request a beta invite code, mine came right away.
Please leave a comment and share how you are using eduify in your classroom!