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Think-aloud Screencasts Improve Student Essays

August 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I’d also love to hear what you have to say, so please feel free to comment on any post. Thanks for visiting!Clay Burell gives the think-aloud strategy a Web2.0 twist in a fascinating post at Beyond School. His AP students [...]

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Why Every Literature Teacher Should Write a Book

June 7th, 2007 · No Comments

If you want instant credibility and respect from your teenage literature students, you must write a book. There is no faster way to prove to your students that you know what you’re talking about, that you’re an expert, than to read to them from your book.
Every September I stand in front of a new [...]

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