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Adam Babcock

VocabGrabber : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - 17 views

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edtech writing english vocab

shared by Adam Babcock on 17 May 10 - Cached
  • VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.
Leslie Healey

The Fictional 100 - 17 views

www.fictional100.com/index.html

100characters 10ofthebest books

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  • Leslie Healey on 15 Apr 11
     
    fascinating, useful blog about the characters we love (or hate) great resource for student research, research, discussion. We have already begun to argue about which Shakespearean characters deserve to be on the list........
Dennis OConnor

6-Traits Resources: Barry Lane's YouTube Channel! - 17 views

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writing 6-traits word choice

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  • This is a terrific mini lesson from Barry Lane. He shows (not tells) how to explode a moment into a full page of rich writing. The visuals in this video will catch any student's attention.
Leslie Healey

Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com - 17 views

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21stcenturylearning teaching digitalcitizenship

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  • What if, indeed. After studying the matter, Ms. Davidson concluded, “Online blogs directed at peers exhibit fewer typographical and factual errors, less plagiarism, and generally better, more elegant and persuasive prose than classroom assignments by the same writers.”
  • Ms. Davidson cites the elite Socratic system of questions and answers, the agrarian method of problem-solving and the apprenticeship program of imitating a master. It’s possible that any of these educational approaches
  • A classroom suited to today’s students should deemphasize solitary piecework. It should facilitate the kind of collaboration that helps individuals compensate for their blindnesses, instead of cultivating them. That classroom needs new ways of measuring progress, tailored to digital times — rather than to the industrial age or to some artsy utopia where everyone gets an Awesome for effort.
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  • students accountable on the Web
  • Leslie Healey on 08 Aug 11
     
    Coherent, concise assessment of the reactionary nature of school, not "learning"
Allan Briggs

Welcome to Debatepedia! - Debatepedia, the Wikipedia of Debates - 13 views

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debate issues

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  • Allan Briggs on 15 Aug 11
     
    pros and cons are done
James Miscavish

Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis - Definitions and Examples of Figures of Speech - 17 views

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writing rhetoric analysis reading resources literature tools

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  • James Miscavish on 22 Aug 11
     
    Brief definitions of 130 figures of speech and other rhetorical terms with links to expanded discussions and examples.
Rachel Thompson

Assessing Student Writing - 17 views

alytapp.com/...days-like-this

writing teaching feedback web2.0

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  • Rachel Thompson on 05 Oct 11
     
    Using Jing and Google Docs to provide feedback for student writing.
Patrick Higgins

The Crocodile in the Common Core Standards | Dailycensored.com - 17 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 19 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • As though literacy is to prepare children only for a working environment. And as though personal opinion isn’t vital in a working environment.
    • Patrick Higgins
      Patrick Higgins on 19 Oct 11
       
      This all reminds me of the dust-up caused by Grant Wiggins in his ASCDEdge post last year regarding fiction's misguided place in our classrooms.  
Meredith Stewart

EasyWriter- Andrea Lunsford - 16 views

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writing teaching errors

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  • Meredith Stewart on 03 Jan 10
     
    Great resources for teaching writing and documenting resources
Victoria Keech

Creative Writing prompts - 16 views

www.creativewritingprompts.com

creative ideas

shared by Victoria Keech on 06 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Victoria Keech on 06 Jan 10
     
    As stated in the title! 347 of them!
meenoo rami

The Answer Sheet - Vocabulary twist: Teaching words OUT of context - 16 views

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sheet the answer vocab howto 9thgrade education learning writing resources reading teaching

shared by meenoo rami on 28 May 10 - Cached
  • meenoo rami on 28 May 10
     
    new twist on teaching vocab, wonder if it works
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