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14 Steps to Meaningful Student Blogging - 2 views

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blogging technology writing collaboration web2.0 digital writing blogs

shared by seth_mitchell on 25 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Teach them how to blog first. We did an excellent paper blogging lesson first (found on the blog of McTeach), which brought up why we were blogging and how to do it appropriately.  This got the students excited, interested as well as got them thinking about what great comments look and sound like.
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      seth_mitchell on 25 Jul 12
       
      This is such a crucial step.  My own failed attempts at creating a classroom of bloggers can be traced back to this missing step. The paper idea is worth exploring.
  • Talk safety!
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      seth_mitchell on 25 Jul 12
       
      It would be worth offering some of Common Sense Media's lessons here: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum
  • They taught each other how to do anything fancy and also let each other know when font or color choices were poor.
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      seth_mitchell on 25 Jul 12
       
      There's an untaught rhetoric here.
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  • Don't grade!
seth_mitchell

At the Teacher's Desk: Blogging Isn't the Answer to Your Students' Writing Needs - 2 views

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blogging writing feedback technology digital writing blogs

shared by seth_mitchell on 26 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • for teaching writing, blogging isn't the best choice. Your students will learn much more and be less likely personalize their mistakes if you have those conversations face to face. Where blogging shines is through the ideas shared and the conversations created by posting online. If that isn't the goal of your writing assignment, perhaps you need to rethink the medium you have chosen for your students to use.
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      seth_mitchell on 26 Jul 12
       
      Blogging as shared thinking -- an excellent point.  Makes me rethink some things before leaping back into blogging projects next year.
thebda

TOP TEN REASONS TO HAVE STUDENTS BLOG ABOUT THEIR READING EXPERIENCES by Russ Anderson ... - 2 views

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blogging literature audience TechTools

shared by thebda on 10 Mar 13 - No Cached
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      thebda on 10 Mar 13
       
      I see text blogging and video blogging as the same and both can generate the positive behaviors described in the article.
  • By having students blog, you are giving them a place to share their love of reading
  • When students write deeply, about ideas they care about (in this case, books and reading), their voices organically begin to take shape. Their words start to sound like them and represent them as readers, but more importantly, as people.
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  • Not to say that writing for a teacher contains no value, it does, but when a student writes for an audience of 100 or 1,000, neat things start to happen. The ownership they feel over their words increases.
  • Thanks to the wonderful world of social media, students have a closer connection than ever to their literary celebrities.
  • Online writing is a 21st-century skill
Rebecca Redlon

Rewards of teaching young children to blog SmartBlogs - 3 views

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blogging elementary literacy

shared by Rebecca Redlon on 14 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Rebecca Redlon on 14 Aug 12
     
    blogging to aid literacy skills in elementary grades
thebda

Excite Young Writers with Blogging - The Inspired Classroom | The Inspired Cl... - 6 views

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writers blogging classroom

shared by thebda on 10 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • thebda on 10 Oct 12
     
    A concrete way to begin a conversation re:blogging and digital citizenship
seth_mitchell

Digital Learning Day: Collaborative Romeo and Juliet Blogging Community | NWP Digital Is - 2 views

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blogging collaboration Reading Technology

shared by seth_mitchell on 10 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Every day at BCLUW is Digital Learning Day. Technology is not viewed as a separate entity needing a specific time to be etched into the classroom for use, in fact it reminds me a lot of the dichotomy between reading and writing; technology infused curriculum is the norm here, a natural part of pedagogy and student learning. 
  • seth_mitchell on 10 Feb 12
     
    Digital approach to exploring a classic.
thebda

Miss T's Reflections: Digital Storytelling in Class - 1 views

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shared by thebda on 26 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • thebda on 26 Sep 12
     
    A teacher's blog entry regarding digital story telling.
Rebecca Redlon

Education Week Teacher: How Blogging Can Improve Student Writing - 2 views

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shared by Rebecca Redlon on 29 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Rebecca Redlon on 29 Nov 12
     
    affirmation of what we already know -- good fodder
Rebecca Redlon

Free Technology for Teachers: Free Downloads - 2 views

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technology resources teaching

shared by Rebecca Redlon on 15 Feb 12 - Cached
  • Rebecca Redlon on 15 Feb 12
     
    Richard Byrne's blog with free resources and lesson plans for teaching with technology
Chris Estes

Leave Effective Comments Use 'The Goldilocks Principle' « Another Wordpress Blog - 6 views

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commenting

shared by Chris Estes on 19 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Chris Estes on 19 Mar 12
     
    A quick blog post about effective commenting. I thought it might go along with what we've been discussing at our meeting.
thebda

The False Digital Imperative | Teaching Writing in a Digital Age - 7 views

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shared by thebda on 16 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Digital media supplies information, but it also shapes the process of thought. 
  • My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles.
  • Literary figures are openly admitting that they cannot engage in sustained critical reading, in a sense, they can no longer read for a purpose
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  • we should be moving towards, “a carefully employed pedagogy aimed at furthering students digital literacy, just as earlier, process-based composition emerged as a dominant pedagogical model”
  • being wary of public writing in the classroom.  He suggests that if not implemented properly, this public writing can have far reaching consequences.
  • “Before students can engage in the new participatory culture, they must be able to read and write
  • this intentional move towards brevity and away from sustained critical reading/writing is sure to negatively impact the future of our students, thereby impacting the future of our country. 
thebda

What Should Children Read? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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non-fiction CommonCore reading nytimes

shared by thebda on 26 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • careful reading can advance great writing.
  • Common Core dictates that by fourth grade, public school students devote half of their reading time in class to historical documents, scientific tracts, maps and other “informational texts” — like recipes and train schedules
  • What schools really need isn’t more nonfiction but better nonfiction,
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  • Most students could use greater familiarity with what newspaper, magazine and book editors call “narrative nonfiction”: writing that tells a factual story, sometimes even a personal one, but also makes an argument and conveys information in vivid, effective ways.
  • Web sites, which have begun providing online lesson plans using articles for younger readers, and on ProPublica.org.
Rebecca Redlon

Lesson Plan | Writing Fiction Based on Real Science - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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literacy science writing

shared by Rebecca Redlon on 10 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Rebecca Redlon on 10 Dec 12
     
    A great way to infuse science classes with literacy and writing
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