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

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blogging literature audience TechTools

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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
thebda

Educational Leadership:Technology-Rich Learning:Students First, Not Stuff - 2 views

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1:1 learning education pedagogy technology integration students

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  • Technological change is not additive; it is ecological, which means, it changes everything. —Neil Postman
  • If we see technology simply as additive, our questions will be about the technology
  • it's about addressing the new needs of modern learners in entirely new ways
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  • the ecological shifts we need to make: What do we mean by learning? What does it mean to be literate in a networked, connected world? What does it mean to be educated? What do students need to know and be able to do to be successful in their futures? Educators must lead inclusive conversations in their communities around such questions to better inform decisions about technology and change.
  • productive learning is the learning process which engenders and reinforces wanting to learn more
  • wanting to learn more" suggests a transfer of power over learning from teacher to student—it implies that students discover the curriculum rather than have it delivered to them. It suggests that real learning that sticks—as opposed to learning that disappears once the test is over—is about allowing students to pursue their interests in the context of the curriculum
  • with those changes comes a change in the role of the teacher. Teachers must be colearners with kids,
thebda

How to Integrate Technology | Edutopia - 2 views

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technology integration classroom digital 1:1 digital citizenship

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  • the change that may need to happen inside of yourself and in your approach to teaching
  • he or she will no longer be the center of attention.
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Subtext - 1 views

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collaboration reading education digital classroom group differentiation

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  • Subtext is a free iPad app that allows classroom groups to exchange ideas in the pages of digital texts. You can also layer in enrichment materials, assignments and quizzes—opening up almost limitless opportunities to engage students and foster analysis and writing skills
  • Teaching in a 1:1 iPad classroom allows me to use technology to redefine teaching and learning. Subtext has been a wonderful addition to the 'toolbox'
thebda

Howard Gardner: Digital Technology and A Well-Rounded Education | DMLcentral - 6 views

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howard gardner technology education teaching

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  • Gardner talked about the affordances of digital media as well as the possible threat they pose to a balanced education.
  • Gardner explains how the digital age is affecting the conception of “good work”
  • Gardner details three specific transformative shifts taking place in education, and he goes on to describe how we can best prepare young people in becoming engaged and morally sound members of a global community. Getting a well-rounded education
thebda

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

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non-fiction CommonCore reading nytimes

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  • 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.
thebda

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

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digitalliteracy writing literacy blogging digital writing

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  • 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

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

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writers blogging classroom

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  • thebda on 10 Oct 12
     
    A concrete way to begin a conversation re:blogging and digital citizenship
thebda

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

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digital storytelling writing digital writing

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  • thebda on 26 Sep 12
     
    A teacher's blog entry regarding digital story telling.
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Why American Students Can't Write - The Atlantic - 3 views

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writing creative expository

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  • thebda on 26 Sep 12
     
    This is one perspective.
thebda

Using Paper Slides in the Classroom « Inside the classroom, outside the box! - 4 views

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paper slides

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  • thebda on 25 Sep 12
     
    A low tech method that uses some high tech tools.  A very clever idea.
thebda

inkle » inklewriter - 1 views

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writing interactive story

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  • thebda on 25 Jul 12
     
    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.  
  • thebda on 26 Nov 12
     
    Here is a blog entry connected to inklewriter with a link to an example: http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/creating-interactive-stories/
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