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Daniel Ballantyne

Technology a key tool in writing instruction | Community | eSchoolNews.com - 9 views

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  • Students should have an opportunity to write for a real audience and collaborate on writing projects, experts say—and the internet can help
  • The report found that the use of Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, and comics-creating software can heighten students’ engagement and enhance their writing and thinking skills in all grade levels and across all subjects.
  • First, every student needs one-on-one access to computers or mobile technology in classrooms.
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  • Second, every teacher needs professional development in the effective use of digital tools for teaching and learning, including the use of digital tools to promote writing. Teachers need an opportunity to use technology themselves so they can share what they learn with the students
  • Finally, all schools and districts need a comprehensive technology policy to ensure that the necessary infrastructure, technical support, and resources are available for teaching and learning.
  • Daniel Ballantyne on 07 Nov 10
     
    Technology a key tool in writing instruction
Bob Maloy

Kids Have All the Write Stuff | University of Massachusetts Press - 2 views

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  • Bob Maloy on 09 Feb 20
     
    Open up a world of imagination and learning for children when you encourage the expression of ideas through writing. Kids Have All the Write Stuff: Revised and Updated for a Digital Age shows you how to support children's development as confident writers and communicators, offering hundreds of creative ways to integrate writing into the lives of toddlers, preschoolers,
Christina Briola

Famous People Painting "Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante" - 9 views

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  • Christina Briola on 12 Nov 10
     
    Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante. Wow!!
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  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    I have created a very successful lesson/activity around this painting. The details are as follows. This window has this year's assignment. The next reply has the previous years. Advice: WHAP Review Activity: The Twittering Masses Review activity (mostly 1914- and East Asia) Description - I previously set up 103 discussions on turnitin.com for this lesson so they post into that person's discussion board and all replies are kept under the initial post. This year they posted on our classes Ning.com in the discussion forum. Grading is also difficult - Since not every one will have the same amount of replies - people are more likely to write to Hitler than Cui Jian for instance. So, I am grading the posts holistically out of 10 (I often only have 100-200 points in a quarter, so for instance a test might only be worth 40 points). I have students use a heading that states who [character] is tweeting what topic they are focusing on and who they are writing to. I would be interested in feedback or improvements people think they can make on this lesson - should I use Moodle, [Again, I have switched to Ning.com] etc.? Many thanks. And you can add or subtract people as you wish, so we have actually added Marcus Garvey, Jomo Kenyatta, Stephen Biko, and Emiliano Zapata to our role play and taken the painters (of this painting) out of the role play - Write up for students: Go to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1162771/The-Internet-sensation-dinner-party-painting-103-historical-guests--spot.html#comments to see who all these individuals are, in color. The rules: You will imagine that each of the historical actors above has access to twitter, the expanded edition, 140 words as compared to 140 characters, to communicate to the other guests present. You will choose six of them (from my list below - my list is the final list - some people pictured have been replaced) to role-play in the "Twittering Masses." As your historical
  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    See previous post for advice. This is how I set it up the first two years without specific WHAP content or themes: The rules: You will imagine that each of the historical actors above has access to twitter, the expanded edition, to communicate to the other guests present. You will choose up to four (at least three) of them to role play in the "Twittering Masses" role play. As your historical person, during the Twittering Masses role play you will write, "tweet," at least four other persons. Two of the people should be in close proximity to you based on the painting above. Another tweet should go to the person you feel closest to (not by proximity) at the party - this could be based on ideology (MLK Jr. and Gandhi), background (Tagore and Gandhi), lifestyle (Gandhi and Mother Theresa), etc. Explain in your tweet why you are writing them. The other tweet should go to the person you see as most opposed, or farthest from you - Gandhi and Hitler or Gandhi and Gates or Gandhi and Churchill - in this tweet you should either try to bridge the gap between your differences or explain why the person is wrong in their beliefs. If you have only three guests - you will need to make 5 initial tweets. You will respond to each initial tweet. Then who knows . . . All tweets should have some connection to WHAP content or themes. You may want to comment on the surroundings or other guests . . .
  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    I would love comments as to the posts above. Something similar I do is written up here: http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/7.3/gregg.html
Shane Freeman

Key words=Common Craft, Videos, Social Studies, Middle School, 19th Century History, Fu... - 11 views

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  • Shane Freeman on 31 Dec 10
     
    The final videos can all be found here.  I hesitate to embed any in the post because I know I would be prone to pick the "best" one.  Please click on the link and randomly select one to watch! There are two pages of videos-and hey-leave a comment or a thumbs up!  I have to say, that after watching the kids make these, the final products just don't reflect the amount of work that is needed.  What I mean is that you shouldn't watch them and say "My kids could do that in a couple of days."  It took 360 minutes of class time to produce those 1-2 minute videos!! One thing I wished we had done is to write transitions so that the different videos linked together better.  I inadvertently led them to make videos on topics that come across as standing alone in time instead of being influenced and apart of other events and movements. Other good resources: Art Titzel Eric Langhorst John Fladd Karen McMillan Greg Kulowiec Mr. Canton Mr. Fogel Mr. Canton Authors write for different purposes.* The writing process is consistent across disciplines.* Technology is a tool for collecting, organizing, creating, and presenting informatio Tags: 6 COMMENTS SO FAR ↓ aimee // Dec 27, 2010 at 8:56 pm These videos really are terrific! I was able to pop in briefly and watch them being created (on Ustream)- such an amazing process! They are so deceptively simple and enchanting, yet require a myriad of skills. Well done! And, I've learned so much Reply Tweets that mention New Post: Key words=Common Craft, Videos, Social Studies, Middle School, 19th Century History, Fu... by -- Topsy.com // Dec 27, 2010 at 10:59 pm [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by mrsdi, Edtech Feeds. Edtech Feeds said: New Post: Key words=Common Craft, Videos, Social Studies, Middle School, 19th Century History, Fu… http://bit.ly/g9YyDH by @paulbogush [...] Reply Sally // Dec 28, 2010 at 10:39 am This is great! When we get back to school the students are finishing up t
David Hilton

Writing about History - 9 views

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    A guide to writing about history, from the University of Toronto
edutopia .org

Encouraging Students to Find an Audience When They Write | Edutopia - 9 views

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    "He's arguing with the men who ran the camp, the one in Cambodia. He was 14 when the Khmer Rouge took over and he went to prison camp. His whole family was killed, more than 60 people. He never tells us what happened to him there, but we hear everything when he's out in the street shouting. I can't get it out of my mind sometimes."
David Korfhage

History Writing Resource Center at William and Mary - 12 views

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    History writing resources from William and Mary
Bob Maloy

Bookcase for Young Writers - 2 views

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writing process creative expository

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  • Bob Maloy on 05 Jun 19
     
    A Google site featuring ideas and strategies for inspiring young writers. This site has been developed to accompany a revised edition of Kids Have All the Write Stuff by Sharon Edwards, Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust (University of Massachusetts Press, 2019)
  • Bob Maloy on 05 Jun 19
     
    A Google site featuring ideas and strategies for inspiring young writers. This site has been developed to accompany a revised edition of Kids Have All the Write Stuff by Sharon Edwards, Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust (University of Massachusetts Press, 2019)
tcornett

Why Reconstruction Matters - The New York Times - 0 views

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Civil War Social Studies History Teaching TEKS Reconstruction New Yorker

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  • tcornett on 10 Apr 16
     
    Teachers can consider starting students in their Reconstruction unit with this article. Why not start with a popular writing piece that asks why a particular era in history is important?
  • tcornett on 10 Apr 16
     
    Teachers can consider starting students in their Reconstruction unit with this article. Why not start with a popular writing piece that asks why a particular era in history is important?
Van Weringh

Skills:History - 2 views

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  • David Hilton on 05 Jul 09
     
    Thanks for this one Jess. It's a guide on history writing provided for Victorian high school students.
  • Van Weringh on 05 Dec 11
     
    Links to essay writing resources, info about formulating research questions, specific to History
Wendy Windust

SSWAC_225020_7.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 5 views

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  • Wendy Windust on 09 Feb 10
     
    Writing Across the Curriculum in Social Studies
Jennifer Garcia

Gale - Free Resources - Term Paper - How to Write a Term Paper - 6 views

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  • Jennifer Garcia on 31 Oct 09
     
    Gale Free: How to write a research paper
Ian Gabrielson

'Mr Men' teacher hits back at Michael Gove | Politics | guardian.co.uk - 6 views

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    "arr writes: "Gove and his advisers - either through stupidity or mischievousness - failed to place me, my website, or the lesson into its appropriate context. His criticisms betray a lack of knowledge, understanding, and interpretation that would make a GCSE history student blush with shame.""
HistoryGrl14 .

▶ Inspiring Motivational Video: Cross the Line® (schools) - YouTube - 16 views

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  • HistoryGrl14 . on 24 Jan 14
     
    I've used this during this school year to motivate and inspire my AP students, then I replay it every now and then to bring the motivation back. Kids really like it!!! I even made a bulletin board with the slogan on it and am having kids write on it what they are doing to "cross the line" to make it interactive!
Kristen McDaniel

Bringing History to Life - High School Notes (usnews.com) - 13 views

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  • The students' documentary was part of National History Day, a program that more than 600,000 middle and high school students participate in each year.
  • They're going to archives, going to museums, doing real historical research. In the process of all this, they learn history, they learn about their nation's past. They learn important skills they can apply in their careers and in college.
  • We have empirical data that proves without a doubt that kids who participate in History Day outperform their peers who don't.
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  • In middle and high school, that's where the loss of instruction time comes.
  • has to be an engaged study of the past.
  • [National History Day] is not just for gifted and talented students; this is a program that does extremely well with kids in the lower quartile.
  • riginal research, you have an opportunity to form your own opinion on a topic. You're looking at original material. They do have to read secondary material so that they can have context. Have you talked to any teachers about how they're discussing the killing of Osama bin Laden with students? What should teachers be saying to their students? What's the importance of recent history in history class? I haven't had the chance to talk to any teachers since [last] Sunday. But I can tell you that what I hope they're doing is helping young people put this in perspective. I hope they're helping students understand the history of terror and understand why 9/11 happened in the first place. You have to understand the history of the Middle East and the history of the United States' role there, so you can draw some meaning and understanding. Using the word understanding doesn't mean condoning; it just means you need to understand why it may have happened. See how your school stacks up in our rankings of Best High Schools. Have something of interest to share? Send your news to us at highschoolnotes@usnews.com. More High School Notes posts Reader Comments Add Comment Start the discussion! Be the first to comment on this story. var RecaptchaOptions = { theme : 'clean' }; Add Your Thoughts Title Comment 3000 characters left About You Name Email State - state - AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY International Please enter the two words below into the text field underneath the image. Recaptcha.widget = Recaptcha.$("recaptcha_widget_div"); Recaptcha.challenge_callback(); Your comment will be posted immediately, unless it is spam or contains profanity. For more information, please see our
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    Outlining the importance of National History Day.
Daniel Ballantyne

READ, WRITE, ROCK! - 9 views

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read write rock OSSLT Ontario Literacy

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  • Daniel Ballantyne on 10 Jul 10
     
    An interesting game that helps students improve their literacy skills
Brian DeGraaf

BBC NEWS | World News America | Capturing history a picture at a time - 0 views

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  • Brian DeGraaf on 29 Aug 09
     
    Follow Andrew Carroll on Twitter at http://twitter.com/hereiswhere
  • Brian DeGraaf on 29 Aug 09
     
    This is a 5 minute video video introduction to the "Here is Where" Project. "President Harry Truman once said that "the only thing new in this world is the history you don't know." Andrew Carroll is determined that many more Americans will know about their country's past, and particularly about quirky, previously obscure events and locations.He calls his project "Here is Where..." and he is traveling through all 50 states photographing and writing about long-forgotten people and places.\n\nIn this First Person account, Andrew provides examples of the historical 'nuggets' he's unearthing."
Kay Cunningham

The History Engine: Doing History with Digital Tools | Academic Commons - 0 views

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  • Kay Cunningham on 12 Sep 09
     
    'One of the primary goals of the History Engine project has been to design a research and writing exercise modest enough in its analytical scope and its length that it allows students to "do history" long before a senior seminar or capstone course. (Another important goal, discussed below, is to capture this research to amass a large history archive.) The History Engine is an online archive consisting of thousands of "episodes" written and contributed by undergraduates.'
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