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 'Tis the season for recognition programs...and student models!Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on May 11, 2012 at 12:34pm |
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Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on May 12, 2012 at 10:05am Hi Margo, If you find any great links for student work as you poke around, please share them. Also, in keeping with my ''tis the season' theme,... read more |
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| April 26th is Poem in Your Pocket Day, an event that entails carrying and sharing a poem - part of April's National Poetry Month festivities. For i... read more | 437 Views | 11 comments |
Added by Jennifer Cass on Apr 26, 2012 at 5:01pm In Kindergarten this year we have a Poem of the Week each week. Each Thursday or Friday they respond to the poem in their journals. Usual... read more |
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Have you been thinking about writing groups in the classroom? Check this out.Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Apr 12, 2012 at 8:42am |
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Added by Kevin Hodgson on Apr 16, 2012 at 3:09am I think finding some balance between the writer as a soloist and then the writer/readers as a member of a community is one way to go about it.... read more |
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| Greetings, I've started a new blog, www.MercenaryWriter.net. Some of the content will be directed to writers and writing teachers. Come on dow... read more | 264 Views | 5 comments |
Added by Tracey Flores on Apr 27, 2012 at 4:48pm You have created a great resource that gives helpful tips on how to talk to our writers to move them forward in their craft. I love it. ... read more |
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| This summer the ISI at PAWLP is hoping to introduce our newest TCs to some writing heroes.... read more | 333 Views | 2 comments |
Added by Tish McGonegal on Apr 11, 2012 at 4:32am Two people I'd add to the list are Jim Moffett and Ken Macrorie. Ken's writing and research always pointed to the need for authenticity and honesty, ... read more |
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| The Boston Writing Project sponsored a spoken word poetry team from the Harbor School under the guidance of Teacher Consultant Chris Tsang to e... read more | 252 Views | 1 comment |
Added by Chris Tsang on Apr 29, 2012 at 1:27pm If you're interested in seeing my students perform their group piece in the Louder Than a Bomb semifinals, follow this link: http://www.youtube.com... read more |
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| (This is pulled from the school superintendent's blog in Northampton, Massachusetts.... read more | 191 Views | 0 comments | No comments have been added yet. | |
| (This is reposted from my blog, Kevin's Meandering Mind) I’m going to try to pull a few different strands together here … PART ONE ... read more | 289 Views | 1 comment |
Added by Paul Oh on Mar 18, 2012 at 9:42am A wonderful post, Kevin, on so many levels. I especially appreciate the way you articulate your own philosophy of writing and literacy. Thank you, as... read more |
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| Would love to hear how the day turned out for you. Thanks! ... read more | 525 Views | 2 comments |
Added by Kevin Hodgson on Feb 10, 2012 at 3:48am My students got into Glogster.edu and began to build digital posters connected to a short story project they were just finishing up. It was really a ... read more |
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What do you think about ready-made instructional supports and plans?Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Feb 2, 2012 at 5:31pm |
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Added by Terry Elliott on Mar 23, 2012 at 6:41am Yes, I will but just to throw out two resources: ... read more |
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| Hello everyone, Here's a quick question: I've been working with teachers K-12 in southern Vermont, analyzing student work re strengths and need... read more | 678 Views | 2 comments |
Added by Susan Connell Biggs on Mar 5, 2012 at 9:58am Miss you, Tish. How about Digital Is? ... read more |
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| At Austin Discovery School, we're prepping for Digital Learning Day by publishing book talks, how-tos, articles, and glogs using various digital medi... read more | 237 Views | 0 comments | No comments have been added yet. | |
| Hi all, ... read more | 405 Views | 3 comments |
Added by Christina Cantrill on Mar 13, 2012 at 8:01pm Hi Tom. Just noticed this post. Just fyi that Youth Voices (http://youthvoices.net/) developed based loosely on i-search projects. I'm not sure you'l... read more |
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| Feb. 1 is Digital Learning Day, a day meant to call attention to the powerful work going on in the many districts, classrooms and writing project sit... read more | 1,390 Views | 18 comments |
Added by Kathleen Godfrey on Feb 2, 2012 at 9:54pm Had a great time doing a Twitter chat with my pre-service students on Wednesday. I blogged about it here. ... read more |
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| I've been wondering what those of us who've been teaching for a while wish we had known when we were fledgling teachers. What advice would you give n... read more | 641 Views | 7 comments |
Added by Kevin Hodgson on Dec 7, 2011 at 5:21pm I wish I had know that support at home would dwindle as much as I have seen. It's unfortunate because we know that kids need the support on both ends... read more |
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| Check out these two blog posts at Digital Is on the impromptu hackjam organized by Andrea Zellner at the end of this year's Annual Meeting in Chicago... read more | 194 Views | 1 comment |
Added by Joye Alberts on Nov 23, 2011 at 11:13am Thanks for posting these links to two excellent and informative posts in Digital IS. While I was over at Digital IS, I read, among other things ... read more |
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 Morning Discussion Groups: Challenges, Questions, SolutionsAdded by Grant Faulkner on Nov 17, 2011 at 3:10pm |
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Added by Jean-Paul Gressieux on Nov 22, 2011 at 4:20pm Grant, Thanks for posting this. It was really amazing to see the ways in which these discussions intersected. It was a good experience b... read more |
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| Creating and Sustaining Community with NWP Connect1:15pm - 3:00pm Palmer House, 7th Floor, Clark 5 Session Facilitators: ... read more | 124 Views | 1 comment |
Added by Lacy Manship on Nov 17, 2011 at 1:03pm Hearing case studies with in depth thinking about the why behind Connect is helping me figure out how this space can function for our site. I am seei... read more |
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 B13: Organizing Site Leadership for Site Sustainability 3:15pm - 5:00pmAdded by Marilyn McKinney on Nov 15, 2011 at 10:57pm |
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Added by Martina Henke on Nov 18, 2011 at 12:16pm Thank you so much for leading our session and discussion yesterday. We had a chance to share many wonderful ideas. ... read more |
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 Session A5 Preview: Cross-Site Collaborations: Models and OpportunitiesAdded by Corey Harbaugh on Nov 15, 2011 at 7:55pm |
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| Jay Mathews of the Washington Post published Writing Lessons? Please Stop earlier this week.... read more | 310 Views | 1 comment |
Added by Kathy Gevlin on Dec 7, 2011 at 1:36pm I agree with most of this. The one problem, however, is that The Elements of Sylte alone isn't enough -- we need to teach kids to think about w... read more |
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| I'm looking for some great NCTE Saturday sessions to attend. Any NWPers presenting? ... read more | 260 Views | 3 comments |
Added by Harry Brake on Nov 18, 2011 at 9:27am Yes! Look up Karen Fasimpaur, Harry Brake, for Saturday's forum for free online recurces for educators, it is PACKED with info! :) ... read more |
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| Despite living in the Boston area now, Chicago is my hometown. So as a special treat, I thought I would serve up a super fast breakdown of some cul... read more | 295 Views | 2 comments |
Added by Andrea Zellner on Nov 16, 2011 at 8:21pm Wow, Fred, this is awesome! Thanks for taking the time to do this. I, for one, plan on eating my way through Chicago. ... read more |
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 Elizabeth Ann Fuller named Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the YearAdded by Paul Oh on Nov 10, 2011 at 10:40am |
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| We've teamed up with our friends at Figment to bring you a writing contest judged by renowned author, Junot Diaz.... read more | 179 Views | 1 comment |
Added by John Bishop on Nov 9, 2011 at 9:50am How wonderful! I wish our fourth grade partners were old enough to enter, we're working on voice now.... read more |
