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Susan Inman

Common Core State Standards in English spark war over words - The Washington Post - 1 views

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commoncore reading standards literacy

shared by Susan Inman on 04 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Susan Inman on 04 Dec 12
     
    To teach or not to teach fiction...according to the Common Core.  An interesting read...
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
    • thebda
      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
Suzanne Tighe

The Writing Revolution - Peg Tyre - The Atlantic - 4 views

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shared by Suzanne Tighe on 29 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • “How could they get passed along and end up in high school without understanding how to use the word although?”
    • Elizabeth Tewksbury
      Elizabeth Tewksbury on 29 Sep 12
       
      EXACTLY
  • Literacy, which once consisted of the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently, and express complex thoughts about the written word, has become synonymous with reading. Formal writing instruction has become even more of an after­thought.
    • Elizabeth Tewksbury
      Elizabeth Tewksbury on 29 Sep 12
       
      SO sad.
    • Hannah Rohner
      Hannah Rohner on 29 Sep 12
       
      What a bummer. 
    • Alyssa Littlefield
      Alyssa Littlefield on 29 Sep 12
       
      I think it's interesting that the focus is only on expository and grammar. Isn't there room for everything? 
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    • Alyssa Littlefield
      Alyssa Littlefield on 29 Sep 12
       
      I agree with early instruction, the how to, for writing. I can't help but allow creativity in there as well. 
  • Kids who come from poverty, who had weak early instruction, or who have learning difficulties, he explains, “can’t catch anywhere near what they need” to write an essay.
  • The harder they looked, the teachers began to realize, the harder it was to determine whether the students were smart or not—the tools they had to express their thoughts were so limited that such a judgment was nearly impossible.
    • Suzanne Tighe
      Suzanne Tighe on 29 Sep 12
       
      Sometimes its not whether a child is "smart" or not, but if they have the ability to express their thinking (verbally or written)
  • understanding
  • don’t learn how to teach writing
dawn pendergrass

5 Essential Questions About ePortfolios - Getting Smart by Susan Lucille Davis - edchat... - 18 views

gettingsmart.com/...ssential-questions-eportfolios

shared by dawn pendergrass on 14 Jul 12 - No Cached
    • smithfraney
      smithfraney on 07 Aug 12
       
      Look twitter!
  • digital portfolios could be used as a “parking lot”
    • smithfraney
      smithfraney on 07 Aug 12
       
      Interesting concept.
    • dawn pendergrass
      dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
       
      for college applications or the parking lot?
    • rcusteau3
      rcusteau3 on 07 Aug 12
       
      If students have a choice they will be motivated.
    • dawn pendergrass
      dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
       
      Yes, yes and yes.  I think that is why students really buy into the portfolio process.  They get to choose!!
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    • bedlingtongirl
      bedlingtongirl on 07 Aug 12
       
      wow!
    • dawn pendergrass
      dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
       
      so easy to do.......www.wordle.com....if you've never seen it.  :)
    • Laurie Sevigny
      Laurie Sevigny on 07 Aug 12
       
      We hope this is the case that the portfolio is owned by the students w/sharing w/ others
    • dawn pendergrass
      dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
       
      This idea -- the students need to take ownership, sift through their learning and make sense of their triumphs and challenges.  We feel that this is a VERY meaningful learning experience.
    • Mary Bellavance
      Mary Bellavance on 07 Aug 12
       
      Amen!
    • Laurie Sevigny
      Laurie Sevigny on 07 Aug 12
       
      One of the most important aspects for us about portfolios is that reflection happens - putting portfolio together is not just making a checklist - it is thinking about your learning - the metacognition.
    • Mary Bellavance
      Mary Bellavance on 07 Aug 12
       
      Great question!
    • jkelly72
      jkelly72 on 07 Aug 12
       
      Good idea!
    • hmclean
      hmclean on 07 Aug 12
       
      I agree
    • Laurie Sevigny
      Laurie Sevigny on 07 Aug 12
       
      The audience should be defined ahead of time so students can develop the portfolio w/this audience in mind
    • Martha Vignola
      Martha Vignola on 07 Aug 12
       
      authentic audience, yes
    • Laurie Sevigny
      Laurie Sevigny on 07 Aug 12
       
      Pre teach HOW TO curate and organize, maybe develop a template for this - but then it is up to the student to take this on - it is their work
    • Martha Vignola
      Martha Vignola on 07 Aug 12
       
      Display an exemplar (teacher made)
    • bedlingtongirl
      bedlingtongirl on 07 Aug 12
       
      Move student from passive learner to active learner. Making authentic meaning of their respective learning, student directed, not teacher lead...
    • Martha Vignola
      Martha Vignola on 07 Aug 12
       
      I agree.
    • dawn pendergrass
      dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
       
      One of the BEST parts of my job!!!  
    • dawn pendergrass
      dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
       
      Holy Cow!  Now I think that I need to create my own digital portfolio!  Yikes.  This may cause some marital strife ;)  I tend to dive into these things and then not come up for air until I am done and it is perfect.
    • bedlingtongirl
      bedlingtongirl on 07 Aug 12
       
      Yes!! Can't wait to try it so I can show my students.
  • What is the teacher’s role?
    • Nancy Grose
      Nancy Grose on 07 Aug 12
       
      Creating a personal portfolio as an exemplar to model for students would be a way to guide students' learning
    • dawn pendergrass
      dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
       
      That is great!  I kept my portfolio from ETEP and have often shown them my own portfolio.  But perhaps creating my own writing portfolio would be helpful and show that this is something that writers do -- not just students.
  • in other words, a place for gathering all of one’s academic, artistic, athletic, or other achievements from kindergarten to twelfth grade.
    • smithfraney
      smithfraney on 07 Aug 12
       
      As a content area teacher, I use e-portfolios in place of lab notebooks.  All the students lab reports are housed in a digital setting.  So my goals and vision for e-portfolios are much more singular.
    • Laurie Jacques
      Laurie Jacques on 07 Aug 12
       
      Something our district is looking at doing. Spotty digital portfolios now. MYP and IB require reflection!
    • Laurie Sevigny
      Laurie Sevigny on 07 Aug 12
       
      Some students will take the bull by the horns and make the most of the features of the portfolio process and program. Of course others will just go through the motions to get it done. Either way, the process of creating is what's important - the generation of a body of work that the student will consider and the process of accomplishing the task as well.
    • Susan Dee
      Susan Dee on 07 Aug 12
       
      This is my concern with moving in the direction of an ePortfolio. I've seen this happen with "paper" portfolios time and time again. Lots of work is put into it and when it's finished parents see it as a "keepsake" and still want a "grade". How do we change this culture? How do we assist parent and administrators.
seth_mitchell

The dumbest generation? No, Twitter is making kids smarter - The Globe and Mail - 1 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article14321886

technology collaboration authentic audience writing achievement

shared by seth_mitchell on 11 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • And here’s the thing: He wrote that at the age of 14, in his spare time, at a point when the longest assignment he ever had in school was maybe 500 to 1,000 words. What motivated him? Other gamers. He had written a little bit of the guide and put it online – when he started getting e-mails saying how much other players liked it, were using it and asking when he was going to complete it.
  • Part of what makes the online environment so powerful, as Prof. Lunsford says, is that it provides a sense of purpose: “[Students are] writing things that have an impact on the world – that other people are reading and responding to.
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