Episode 6: Writing and Revision Conferences with Diantha Hopkins

Improve student writing with writing conferences. Diantha Hopkins of the BYU-Idaho English Department shares practical strategies and solutions to help improve students' writing. Diantha uses a 1 on 1 conference to offer individualized feedback to improve her students' writing. In today's episode, she shares strategies like reverse outlining and more that teachers across multiple disciplines can utilize to help students improve their writing skills.  For a sample of a teacher/student conference, please watch this Loom video called Sample Change Essay Conference (Links to an external site.). The first seven minutes are the actual conference, and the last four minutes are the professors reflecting on what happened in the conference. You can also view this as a Zoom recording (Links to an external site.). For another sample (where the student hasn't figured out their topicc yet), see this Loom video called Sample Change Template Conference (Links to an external site.). The actual conference is about eight minutes and then the professors break down the elements of the conference for about five minutes. You can also view this as a Zoom recordingLinks to an external site.