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Patrick Higgins

IDEA: International Debate Education Association - Debate Resources & Debate Tools - 0 views

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    I used this site when I taught English in Ramsey to provide students with sound basis for arguments in class. At the very least it can provide you with a host of topics for students to write about and discuss.
Patrick Higgins

Top News - Study: Creativity is important but neglected - 0 views

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    Do we promote creativity in the classroom? Can we through the use of writing and analysis?
Patrick Higgins

Zero-Thumb Game: How to Tame Texting | Edutopia - 0 views

  • guiding exercises in text translation: pulling up a MySpace page or a lingo-drenched school paper and asking students to translate the writing into standard English. Or they ask students to translate passages from classic literature into texting speak to demonstrate their comprehension of the writing and to create a form of multilingual focus, similar to how learning a foreign language tends to enhance a student's understanding of his or her native tongue.
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      This is a great example of how to take a typical assignment and give it an atypical outcome.
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    Another good reason to address the texting issue.
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    Check out how this teacher is viewing the use of text message lingo in her classroom. Very forward-thinking stuff here.
Patrick Higgins

Writing Our Future: Letters to the Next President - 0 views

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    Erica's students wrote letters to the future president for the National Writing Project and this is the result. Great stuff Erica.
Erica Hartman

PicLits.com - Create a PicLit - 0 views

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    Excellent site for helping kids with writing from a prompt. Offers word selection or freestyle writing.
Patrick Higgins

Are you ready to play five card flickr? - 0 views

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    Excellent for quick writes
Patrick Higgins

Fifty (50!) Tools which can help you in Writing - Stepcase Lifehack - 0 views

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    I love lists like this as they are specialized around concepts that can be given to individual students.
Patrick Higgins

PiratePad - 0 views

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    Great site for collaborative writing in really real time!
Patrick Higgins

Blogs That Promote Unconventional Discussion : The Teaching Palette - 0 views

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    List of art teachers who are writing about their experiences in the classroom and sharing resources.
Patrick Higgins

Diigo in Writing Class « What Else? 1DR - 0 views

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    Short example of how students can use Diigo.
Patrick Higgins

WritingFix: Making R.A.F.T. Writing Prompts for Science Class - 0 views

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    Easy way to create RAFTS
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    Simple way to create RAFT's.
Patrick Higgins

Top News - Blogging helps encourage teen writing - 0 views

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    A great reason to get your students blogging!! Or just an interesting read.
Patrick Higgins

Doodle 4 Google - 0 views

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    this is a great opportunity for students to articulate their thoughts in writing and through art.
Erica Hartman

ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience - 0 views

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    Lesosn plan from ReadWriteThink about writing choose your own adventure stories
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    How to create a "choose your own adventure" story.
Patrick Higgins

Google LatLong: Roman history comes to life in Google Earth - 0 views

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    hmmmmm....
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    Google unveils a major new layer for Earth. Plus, there is a K12 competition for writing curriculum around it.
Patrick Higgins

Cognitive Research and Design » Blog Archive » Ikea directions and nonverbal ... - 0 views

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    Can we take something like this and make it a writing assignment, only sans words?
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