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Push for Journal Writing: James Britton Transactional Writing (80% of writing and how students are evaluated). Doing more does not make it better. If you don't know your topic, you won't be good at writing about it. Poetic Writing (10%) Expressive Writing (5%) Writing about thoughts, metacognitive. Increasing students doing this type of writing helps them write better.

"Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) is a system developed at UCLA for coordinating and evaluating peer reviews of student work. In CPR, students review one another's assignments in an anonymous system, providing feedback to other students while also learning how to recognize strengths and weaknesses of their own efforts. Peer review might hold particular promise for MOOCs and other high-enrollment courses that struggle with assessment and feedback, though the benefits of peer review can apply to any community of learners, large or small. "

Many administrators want teachers to engage students in the learning - as such student engagement is pretty vague. Although this document is dated 1999, the indicators have value. Seems like a good place to start.

"In order to help educators integrate technology effectively, we have compiled a list of technology tools focused on learning goals consistent with the CRCD framework. Unlike other lists that promote "cool tools," yet leave teachers wondering about purposeful educational integration, our list is driven by specific learning goals that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and community-mindedness. " Great list of resources including sites for web based timelines, publishing writing online, guided research activities, etc.