Liking DocsTeach. Teachers will need to register to get full use. Number 4 on the list of what teachers can do is particularly interesting. Enjoy checking it out.
Nice, quick, easy to read (and understand!) explanation of Google Docs, how they can be used,and how to do many common tasks - great to share with teachers to help them understand how Google Docs can be a powerful tool for them personally and professionally
I am finding more examples of teachers using wikis. This list is extensive and in addition to sharing it, I will use it as a discussion topic in a presentation.
English classes today focus too much on self-expression. “It is rare in a working environment,
“narrative nonfiction
New Journalism could be applied to most student writing. It benefits from intense reporting, immersion in a subject, imaginative scene setting, dialogue and telling details. These are the very skills most English teachers want students to develop. What’s odd is how rarely such literary nonfiction appears on English — or other class — reading lists.
Narrative nonfiction also provides a bridge between the personal narratives students typically write in elementary school and the essays on external subjects that are more appropriate assignments in high school and beyond.
Models of narrative nonfiction are everywhere, on programs like “This American Life” and “Radiolab,” in nonfiction books for young adults, like “Sugar Changed the World” (which is about slavery and science in the pursuit of the food additive), and even in graphic nonfiction works, like “Persepolis,”
Students are a natural (and the future) audience for serious, in-depth reporting.
Teacher Dashboard gives you a bird's-eye view of class activity across Docs, Sites, Blogger, Picasa & Gmail, and greatly simplifies setup and maintenance of your class Google Apps environment.
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