~~ Writing is hard fun. ~ Donald Murray ~~ "The good way to learn is to use it now." ~ Seymour Papert ~~
Connected Educator Month kicked off today, September 12th with request to share your #teachingmoment at 11:00 am local time. I participated twice with my grade seven and eight classrooms. At 9:00 am, which in my mind was 11:00 am ET, my Continue reading #CEM #teachingmoment Remember and Learn 9_11
During this time, the room is silent. Not because I ask for it, but because the students are enthralled and so engaged in their peer review. Continue reading Collaboration and Peer Review: How To
“How do writers move from what we know to what we share?” Continue reading Mentors Inspire Writing
A friend said yesterday, “In 2009, things will be fine.” Hope seems to be springing up even in our snowy landscape. For myself and my class, things will be fine, too. I’m committed to creating online collaboration and student leadership. Continue reading Fine in 2009
Congratulations Students! You did it! You worked well on your Letters to the President, researching issues important to you to find supporting evidence. Not all of you researched in depth; some only summarized. Even so, the work engaged you to Continue reading Better Letters
The set up of our class wiki (http://whatelse.pbwiki.com) has begun and is ongoing. I created the project as part of PBWiki Summer Camp to promote the use of wikis in the classroom as a collaborative writing format. As a result, Continue reading Tech Beginnings 1
The National Writing Project and Google have created a project for students to write to the future president about issues and concerns important to them. The project, Letters to the Next President: Writing Our Future, provides a platform for teens Continue reading President Project Prep