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Category Archives: Literacy
Make Their Day!
My 4th graders are mostly second language learners and on IEP’s so they need lots of practice using correct English, punctuation and spelling. Since we blog, Skype, make wiki pages and more, I believe constantly exposing them to the ethics, … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, Blogging, Inclusion, Literacy
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New Report Finds That Writing Can Be Powerful Driver for Improving Reading Skills
Some will say this is so obvious that it goes without saying … and I would tend to agree, but I think it’s one of those studies that allows us something to point at with authority to those that don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Literacy, National Writing Project, WritingFix
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Reno Bike Project Winding Up!
We still have a few minor loose ends to finish up, but today we finally can say we have completed our Reno Bike Project, project. Amazing what we got done when we got some consistent time to work the last … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, Blogging, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
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My New Challenge
My school, which was built on the cheap in the early sixties, is about to get a major overhaul this summer. Part of that is going to include a new state-of-the-art wireless internet system. That’s great news. However (don’t you … Continue reading
Posted in Literacy, Technology, Uncategorized
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Reading More to Read Better … What a Concept!
I shared a Reading / Writing lesson a few weeks back and for several reasons I decided to do a bit of an update post. For one it has ended up being a great addition to the “Free Reading” program … Continue reading
Posted in Literacy
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One Reason We Blog – Finding and Clarifying Misconceptions
As my students were writing today about yesterday’s experience with Alan, I caught several misconceptions students had about what we had learned. One student explained, for example, that the reason Iceland isn’t as cold as one would think, based on … Continue reading
Posted in Literacy
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Our Blog Video – How We Blog and Why, Is In Production
Besides video-Skyping today with new friends in Florida we started doing the real work of making a video about how we blog. Last Friday we started brainstorming all the steps we go through and then breaking it down into scenes. … Continue reading
Posted in ActivBoard, Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
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WritingFix.Com Gets A Face-lift!
I’m currently teaching a 15 hour class combining writing, field trips and web 2.0 apps to teachers mainly from my school district. Under pressure to come up with a title for the class a few years ago I said to … Continue reading
Staying Connected
One of the tough things about teaching at an “At Risk†school is the turnover. In the last 4 weeks we gained a new non-English speaking student and lost 3 (almost 4) students. I’m rolling my current class to fifth … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Education, Inclusion, Literacy, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
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Why Spend The Time To Teach Research, Critical Thinking and Social Networking Skills?
I received the following email today: “Please pass this along to anyone you know, this needs to get out in the open. Recently Marines over in Iraq supporting this country in OIF wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning
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