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Your students can think of hundreds of reasons to avoid writing a paper you assign. It seems impossible for you to explain why academic writing skills are important for their future in any profession. However, you also need to make an attempt to understand them.

"You are certainly aware of the importance of developing writing skills, since your teachers have emphasized it many times before. With solid skills of academic and creative writing, you will increase your chances to succeed in any career path you choose. People are not born with this talent; they develop it through personal experience and a lot of practice. "

"When you expect your students to complete essays and other types of papers, you have a responsibility to guide them through the different stages of the process until they become a natural part of their routines. Many educators neglect this duty and leave their students with an impossible burden. If you are wondering how you can help your students improve their essay writing skills, you should consider breaking up the process in different stages. "

Good example of critical thinking+creation+sharing here.

Flat Classroom Video about Darfur and the Sudan project - how teens are working to bring awareness to this horrible situation in Sudan.

"There are many reasons why students have to write essays and other types of papers; but the most important one is that the skills of constructive writing are very important for their future in any career field. It doesn't matter how much professors try to convince you that writing essays is for your own good - this is still a challenging task that consumes a lot of time."

I know many who homeschool that find one of the difficult parts of homeschooling to be teaching their children how to deal with academic writing.

Blog post describes how and ways to use VoiceThread in Prof Development and elementary classrooms

"It doesn't matter how much practice you have with essay writing; there is always space for refinement as long as you are committed to become a more productive and persuasive writer. College and university professors emphasize academic writing as an essential skill that all successful students should obtain. "

IWBs work best when coupled with good teaching practices, students can participate and the emphasis is on content, not technology.

Interesting... 6th grade grand-daughter just asked if I ever heard of whiteboards. Just got them and she thinks they are terrific. I will have to ask how used to make her think that and report back.