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Author Responds to Student Begging for Summary of Required Read
I love that teachers and writers admit to not reading books that were assigned. I wouldn't have read "The Scarlet Letter" either if I wasn't the one who had to assign it.
Guessing Game: ‘The Lord of the Rings’ as Written by Other Famous Authors - Flavorwire
Some writers have distinct stylistic fingerprints. Student writers, not so much.
"Frodo Baggins looked at the ring. The ring was round. It was a good ring. The hole at the heart of the ring was also round. The hole was clean and pure. ... The earth moved."
Kids Hate Classic Books Through Hilarious Tweets at #worstbookever « PWxyz
The old man and the sea, #worstbookever uuuggghhhh
heart of darkness please die #worstbookever#whatsisgoingon?
thank god for sparknotes #readingthecrucible#worstbookever
endless editing. Anyone who writes a lot understands this
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This is my latest blog post - it is about my draft ICT / Social media policy for secondary (high) schools. You can read and comment on it here. I would really like your feedback.
Here is an excerpt!
My primary source was Katie Lepi's Crowdsourced School Social Media Policy Now Available (here). Her work is based on over four-hundred crowd sourced edits! I have specifically included her in the Creative Commons license.
I was also influenced by Doug Belshaw's Acceptable Use Policy - feedback required! (here).The comments on his posting are very interesting!
I was inspired by Max Senge's A hippocratic Oath for Techies & Policymakers (here). Its simplicity is its strength!
Three minute video introducing the concept of and aspirations for Creative Commons licensed content. Good introduction and/or reminder about potential of open educational resources.
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Here are lots of graphic images created by Toronto teacher to share - a large collection worth a look. Since these are creative commons licensed, you can use them in your teaching/lecture notes with attribution or links back to Sylvia's Flickr site.
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