As the fourth quarter begins, the dawn of a new era of teaching for me rapidly approaches: the Digital Writing Workshop. I’ve been wanting to do something like this for quite a while, but it has taken some time and effort to find the necessary planning time, resources and courage.
Courage?
Yes, courage. I am a control [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Technology'
A New Journey – Writing Workshop in the Digital Age
April 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Technology, Writing
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Use Social Networks to Teach Kids about Literature
March 16th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Literature, Technology
Megan Palevich of Middle School 101 has a must-see project for teachers who want to tap into students’ use of social networking to bring literary or historical people to life. Students create fake Facebook, Twitter and instant message interactions between characters or historical people. Everything is done with templates that students work on in [...]
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Create Online Quizzes Free with Google Docs
November 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Assessment, Teaching, Technology
Wesley Fryer of Moving at the Speed of Creativity has a great post on using Google Docs for creating online quizzes. Wesley’s post includes two videos: the first shows how to create an online quiz, and in the second Wesley explains how to automate the grading of the quiz using if-then formulas.
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