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Integrating Technology into Daily Classroom Curricula Added by Rodney Bailey on Jul 24, 2011 at 10:43am	602 Views	5 comments	Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Aug 10, 2011 at 2:22pm I liked the post too, and enjoyed following the links. To me, the essential 'why' question leads us to think about whether the tools are 'teach... read more
Save Our Schools Added by Joseph McCaleb on Jun 10, 2011 at 3:26am On July 30, just 50 days away, educators rally in Washington, DC, to challenge the direction of educational policy (http://www.saveourschoolsmarch.o... read more	1,034 Views	15 comments	Added by Laura Roop on Aug 5, 2011 at 9:25am Hi, everybody. I wanted to make sure folks had seen Linda Darling-Hammond's SOS speech, which appeared in the Washington Post: <http://www.w... read more
Cell phone usage in the classroom. Added by Jeremy Hyler on Aug 27, 2011 at 6:26pm Last year I embraced the fact students were going to use their cell phones no matter whether I told them to put them away or not. I experimented with... read more	1,333 Views	3 comments	Added by Gail Desler on Dec 23, 2011 at 8:32am The upside of tough economic times is that many school districts, including mine, are exploring BYOD possibilities. This switch requires puttin... read more
What I wish I had known Added by Judy Jester Durante on Nov 25, 2011 at 9:34am 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	896 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
A Technology Mission Statement Added by Kevin Hodgson on Aug 28, 2011 at 4:52pm As we get set to launch our new website for Western Mass Writing Project, I wanted to come up with a mission statement of sorts for our Digital Liter... read more	509 Views	3 comments	Added by Rodney Bailey on Sep 1, 2011 at 11:28am Kevin, I think this is fantastic! I was just reading a collection of essays based on the personal philosophies of men and women who have changed the ... read more
Books boys can't resist Added by samuel reed on Aug 4, 2012 at 1:14am Check out my latest Philadelphia Public School Notebook Blog " Books Boys Cant Resist." Feel free to leave a comment and/or share with your network ... read more	737 Views	2 comments	Added by Mary Ann Loch on Aug 7, 2012 at 11:47am Thank you for this!! ... read more
Some things never get old... Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Aug 31, 2011 at 12:33pm Rob Jenkins, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Ed, celebrated 27 years of teaching comp with a blog about the five things he never tires of saying t... read more	459 Views	2 comments	Added by Rosalyn Nedry on Sep 4, 2011 at 6:00pm My students often are puzzled when I tell them, "I'm taking a class." They think that once you graduate high school, you're done (they are alte... read more
Let's Stop Teaching Writing: what do you think? Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Sep 26, 2011 at 10:02pm The essay below, by Paula Stacey, was recently pubished in Ed Week. She shared it with colleagues on NCTE Connect, and now we're sharing it with you.... read more	2,377 Views	14 comments	Added by Kathy Gevlin on Nov 11, 2011 at 12:08pm I agree with this article entirely. Let's lose the jargon entirely and get to the heart of what writing is: thinking on paper. ... read more