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Create Your Own Poster
I just discovered a neat website that will allow users to create their own poster. I made a Wordle picture of the required readings for 9th grade English. I used screen capture to create a JPEG image...
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Using Video to Teach Character Perspective
I recently started following author, Patrick Carman, on Twitter. He wrote a vbook which is a video + book = The Whole Story. You can view the book trailer at the Scholastic website. I bought Skeleton...
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Andrew Marcinek wrote a blog post to inspire educators to collaborate online with just one blog comment a day. He is calling his idea the One Comment a Day Project. After reading his post, I realized...
View ArticleThe Educators’ Royal Treatment
I have recently starting writing posts as a guest author on The Educators’ Royal Treatment. I currently have two posts: Blogs Wikis, or Nings? Enhancing the Classroom with Wordle I encourage you to...
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Web Tools & Tech Devices We Can’t Live Without
Recently in a workshop I presented, I asked my Twitter PLN to send me a shout out and tell me where they live and their favorite web tool or tech device. I appreciate the response of my followers....
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With so many choices, I had to decide what web 2.0 tool I want to use in my class this year. I contemplated pbworks (which I love for its simplicity), Nings (which the students love for its facebook...
View ArticleWhy use Turnitin.com?
I am currently writing a grant in my school district for Turnitin.com. As I focused on my rationale for requesting that our district spend precious stimulus money for Turnitin, I decided to Google a...
View ArticleHow to Introduce Nings in the classroom
I was recently interviewed by Tim Walker for an article in the NEA Today titled, “Students live in a Digital World. Are schools ready to join them?” I have had several requests asking me to share how...
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Google Docs
I regularly use Google Docs in my classroom. Not only is it engaging, it also teaches students 21st Century skills. I am always amazed when students ask me if they can take notes in Google Docs....
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Archiving My Tweets
I recently returned from the NCTE (National Council Teachers of English) Convention in Orlando, FL. I presented twice, and I plan to post my presentations some time this week on my blog, but even...
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