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A slideshow (mainly text) by Erin Lowry, ESOL techer at Baltimore City Schools. Common sense. Notes importance of technology tools to the autonomy question.

"Bottom line is that that kids don't hate just about every thing that they say they hate. Often, they love those things. But it has to be done well, with some level choice, autonomy, relevance and purpose." Another take on creativity and how to get kids inspired in school -- or in spite of school.

"By revealing his own numerate inadequacies, this author describes a grading system where students accumulate points over a semester of assignment submissions and re-drafting. He claims it offers students more autonomy in controlling their "earned" grade as well as incentivizes their investments in the revision process. In contrast to the normative percentages approach to grading, this point accrual system not only gives students a less ambivalent form of grading but, also, moves them past surface-level revision and into rhetorical re-structuring." This article shows how to "gamify" the writing process.

Homepage of Yaho Reinders. "If you have an interest in innovation in education, in the role of technology, in Learner Autonomy and Self-Access, or in Teacher Education and Second Language Acquisition, you have come to the right place. On this site you will find articles, research reports, bibliographies, a blog, and many other resources. You can also find information about engaging me as a speaker at your conference, or for (staff) development projects."