Allows students and teachers to create a "choose your own adventure" style story. I see possibilities existing for creative writing and assessments. I also see this as a possible template for multi genre writing with the "choices" being the gateways to other pieces. Of course, I have yet to fully explore the tool.
While kids may initially love technology-inspired lessons in schools simply because they are different from the paper-driven work that tends to define traditional classrooms, the novelty of new tools wears off a lot quicker than digital cheerleaders like to admit.
What students are really motivated by are opportunities to be social — to interact around challenging concepts in powerful conversations with their peers.
Technology’s role in today’s classroom, then, isn’t to motivate. It’s to give students opportunities to efficiently and effectively participate in motivating activities built around the individuals and ideas that matter to them.
10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.