The support that the National Writing Project provides to communities of teachers is invaluable. This simple model changed me as a teacher and improved my students’ writing.
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Personal Technology Learning and the Teaching of Writing | Digital Writing, Digital Tea... - 1 views
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Understanding and applying technologies to the teaching of writing - as well as understanding concepts associated with them such as copyright and fair use - has become the professionally responsible way to teach writing . Professional organizations such as NCTE NWP IRA ISTE the Center for Media Literacy and others have moved quickly and clearly in the past few years to show that integrating technology across content areas, including the teaching of writing, is critical for creating students who are literate in a variety of ways.
How Teens Do Research in the Digital World | Pew Research Center's Internet & American ... - 105 views
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Overview Three-quarters of AP and NWP teachers say that the internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive” impact on their students’ research habits, but 87% say these technologies are creating an “easily distracted generation with short attention spans” and 64% say today’s digital technologies “do more to distract students than to help them academically.”
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Overall, the vast majority of these teachers say a top priority in today’s classrooms should be teaching students how to “judge the quality of online information.”
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The internet and digital technologies are significantly impacting how students conduct research: 77% of these teachers say the overall impact is “mostly positive,” but they sound many cautionary notes
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Digital Is - 21 views
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What qualifies as "text" is shifting every bit as much as our ever-changing definition of literacy. This resource expands our definition of texts, relying on John Greene's central principals that stories are: a). about communication, b). acts of empathy, c). opportunities to think critically and thoughtfully, thereby connecting us with each other, and d). springboards to learn more about others, our world around us, and ultimately, ourselves.
Multimedia Composition: A Question of Balance - National Writing Project - 2 views
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A question of balance...
Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay - National Writing Project - 89 views
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1 hour podcast with the authors.
Moving Toward the Paperless Institute - National Writing Project - 16 views
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But in our 2007 summer institute, we facilitators wondered aloud, "What if these responses could be put online?" Within minutes, Eric ignited a sea of change in Red Clay by creating a way for fellows to answer these questions via an online survey tool. Now, instead of mad scribbling, happy goodbyes, and plans for beer that night, the sounds at the end of any day in the summer institute have become mad typing, happy goodbyes, and plans for beer that night."
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This quote gets me thinking about ways that our own Writing Project is moving towards a paperless institute.
English Teachers Find an Online Friend: the English Companion Ning - National Writing P... - 0 views
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"The first semester I was groping my way along, trying to not completely implode," said Rachel E., who is teaching high school students in El Cajon, California, for the first time. "But second semester something amazing happened. I found this Ning. And it has literally changed the way I teach. I feel like I have insight from some of the best teachers out there. I can listen in to conversations that would never happen in my staff room."
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Hey that's me! If you haven't joined the Ning, you really should. It has helped my teaching immensely!
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Teachers Writing for Publication: Tips - 0 views
National Writing Project - Improving the Teaching of Writing in the Nation's Schools - 0 views
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Writing is essential to success in school and the workplace. Yet writing is a skill that cannot be learned on the spot; it is complex and challenging.
Visualizing Vocabulary - National Writing Project - 221 views
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Good idea!!!
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a great article on vocabulary activities
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: What Are the Roles of Teachers and... - 38 views
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Participatory culture and media literacy
Everything I Know About Teaching Language Arts I Learned at the Office Supply Store - N... - 118 views
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Great suggestions for classroom practices using ordinary office supplies.
National Writing Project Digital Is - 63 views
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National Writing Project's digital website...loads to learn and explore here. Enough to fill a lifetime. -
ideas about teaching writing in digital age; from WHYY young video showcase at ISTE 2011
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