C&I Ed. Research Project

This article is about how 2 colleague in Manhattan NY discovered using Books or Mentor Texts to teach writing. We always read for comprehension but never read for writing, In this article they explain how teachers can effectively use books in the classroom to teach writing. Using the authors as teachers.

Tips for managing anxiety before, during, and after public speaking.

Explains the psychological process of speaker anxiety.

Explains ways to use the extra energy caused by speech anxiety in productive ways.

A description of multiple tips and methods to reduce speaking anxiety.

Animoto is the new platform for classroom animation and this meets the historical conversation!

If anyone knows how to cite for apa for animoto and use it fairly, let me know!

I wish I had this a while ago. It is a link to a million other links about Copyright and Fairuse. It gives you general guides on copyright and sources for CC and audio and videos.

This link provides a chart for teachers to use when implementing technology into the classroom. It tells you what you can and cannot do for copyrighted material.

This Journal has a special emphasizes on teaching Nonfiction Writing to students in the 3rd Grade. I think it is good to see how Mentor Texts are being used across the country. With the new Staar Test in Texas and 4th grade have to write Expository Essays this would be a good way to get a jump start on teaching Writing.

I love this book, I was not aware they had an entire writing book focused on Mentor Texts. This book would be a great guide for new teachers using Mentor Texts. It emphasizes the "your turn" model to get the students engaged in reading for writing.

On this site you will find what a Mentor Text is, top picks for mentor texts, suggestions for applying the texts to your writing and many more. It tells you how to classify your Mentor Texts for times when your focosuing on one single skill.

This article or column is written for people interested in project-based learning but are not sure exactly what it is or how to use it in their classrooms. It gives a good over view of the idea of project-based learning. Along with what the research says, the reality of implementation, and what a to do if interested.