So, having also recently attended an EdCamp, I can say there is something between that and a traditional conference that would be best for how I want to learn. And, I am okay with giving up a Saturday (with the promise of a bagged lunch) to sit in a high school to talk teaching and learning.
Lesson Plan | Writing Fiction Based on Real Science - NYTimes.com - 2 views
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A great way to infuse science classes with literacy and writing
How My Learning Has Changed « - 1 views
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Boy, this sounds a whole lot like SMWP's upcoming tech conference.
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If I am going to travel to conferences, then I need it to add value — not only to come away with new ideas, but new tools that I have had the chance to try, and the experience I couldn’t have had if I were not there.
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What I need now is a chance to spend time making sense of what I am hearing — I crave the opportunity to engage with the smart people who are with me in the room.
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Common Core State Standards in English spark war over words - The Washington Post - 1 views
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To teach or not to teach fiction...according to the Common Core. An interesting read...
Education Week Teacher: How Blogging Can Improve Student Writing - 2 views
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affirmation of what we already know -- good fodder
How Teens Do Research in the Digital World | Pew Research Center's Internet & American ... - 2 views
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Some 77% of advanced placement (AP) and National Writing Project (NWP) teachers surveyed say that the internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive” impact on their students’ research work.
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Something to say.
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Interesting study about students and research.
Why K-12 schools are failing by not teaching SEARCH | The Thinking Stick - 3 views
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Interesting article about teaching students how to search on the web...with k-12 lesson plans for teaching search techniques
inkle » inklewriter - 1 views
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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.
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Here is a blog entry connected to inklewriter with a link to an example: http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/creating-interactive-stories/
What Should Children Read? - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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careful reading can advance great writing.
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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
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What schools really need isn’t more nonfiction but better nonfiction,
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13 Great Digital Storytelling Apps for iPad - 5 views
Wrong Focus: Teacher-Centered Classrooms and Technology - 3 views
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Agreed. Not sure this is always the teacher's fault, however. This is usually a result of decisions made by administrators.
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The False Digital Imperative | Teaching Writing in a Digital Age - 7 views
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Digital media supplies information, but it also shapes the process of thought.
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My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles.
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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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Excite Young Writers with Blogging - The Inspired Classroom | The Inspired Cl... - 6 views
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A concrete way to begin a conversation re:blogging and digital citizenship
Research Instruction: Who Decided It Should Be A Tremendous Bore? « Christoph... - 2 views
The Writing Revolution - Peg Tyre - The Atlantic - 1 views
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The school’s success suggests that perhaps certain instructional fundamentals—fundamentals that schools have devalued or forgotten—need to be rediscovered, updated, and reintroduced. And if that can be done correctly, traditional instruction delivered by the teachers already in classrooms may turn out to be the most powerful lever we have for improving school performance after all.
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It is all about balance. Some students need more help with understanding how to write. Others need less. I would not want writing to be reduced to a formula but we need to have ways to support student in their writing journey. It is hard to write well if you believe you cannot write because you lack success. The focus needs to be on what students need in the format that they need.
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So now the proverbial pendulum is threatening to swing back, back to the basics of writing instruction. Is there a way we can learn from the mistakes of our past over-reactions and consider the possibility that both the technical and creative aspects of writing can (and should) be taught? And that the qualities and skills involved in both can (and should) be taught explicitly and through immersion in the best examples of each genre.
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One strategy to use with ELLs is to provide them with sentence starters, similar to the ones the teachers at New Dorp are now using. The SIOP Model, a way to create lesson plans that encompasses strategies that support ELLs, benefits not only them but all students as well.
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The Writing Revolution - Peg Tyre - The Atlantic - 4 views
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“How could they get passed along and end up in high school without understanding how to use the word although?”
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EXACTLY
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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.
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SO sad.
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What a bummer.
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I think it's interesting that the focus is only on expository and grammar. Isn't there room for everything?
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