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Author Gene Yeug talks with NPR about Graphic Novel, American Born Chinese
"Well, I think it gave me an opportunity to reflect on my experiences as an Asian-American, and that's something that I still struggle with and I...
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Rita Sorrentino
2 years 33 weeks ago
DigiTales
When a digital story is finished it should be remembered for its soul, not the bells and whistles of the technology tools. (Bernajean Porter)...
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Rita Sorrentino
2 years 33 weeks ago
NeverEndingSearch: A Leading Librarian's Blog
In today’s digital world the role of the librarian has shifted from being an information provider of print collections to an information specialist...
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Rita Sorrentino
2 years 33 weeks ago
Games for Change
Our global community has expanded but in spite of how close we have become, our students don’t always have the ability to understand what is...
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Linda Biondi
2 years 32 weeks ago
ArtSnacks
 I want to help every educator inspire every student to discover what it is that they are so passionate about that they become remarkable at it...
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Rita Sorrentino
2 years 32 weeks ago
Podcasting at School by Kristin Fontichiaro
For a novice Podcaster like me who has never used podcasting in the classroom, the book, Podcasting at School, is a must to read. I always thought...
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Linda Biondi
2 years 32 weeks ago
Amazing one-shot hip hop music video
Step back and listen to "Virtual Love" by Legrand. This music video is a collaboration that took place among 20 Japanese students at Temple...
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Linda Biondi
2 years 32 weeks ago
Reading in a Cloud
I am not predicting the end of reading as we know it, nor the end of navigation as we know it: both will be with us for a long, long time. But I do...
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Rita Sorrentino
2 years 32 weeks ago
Project Overview, part one
This is the first part of a video documentary of the Making Connections Project.
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Kevin Hodgson
2 years 32 weeks ago
Making Connections: Fostering Shared Writing Spaces
Guiding Essential Question: How can students from urban and rural communities use an online writing space to connect with others while still keeping...
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Kevin Hodgson
2 years 32 weeks ago
Project Overview, part two
This is the second part of a documentary of the Making Connections Project.
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Kevin Hodgson
2 years 32 weeks ago
Student Reflections
A survey was given to all participants of the Making Connections project. Here are some of the student reflections: “The project, Making Connections...
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Kevin Hodgson
2 years 32 weeks ago
Making Connections: On the Radio
The local affiliate of National Public Radio in Western Massachusetts (WFCR) stopped by some classrooms one day as the students were blogging and...
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Kevin Hodgson
2 years 32 weeks ago
Teacher Reflections
Throughout the Making Connection project, our teachers were regularly using blogs to reflect on their own experiences with using blogs for writing....
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Kevin Hodgson
2 years 32 weeks ago
Resources
For those who are seeking to replicate their own blogging community, here are a few resources that we developed that might come in handy.  
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Kevin Hodgson
2 years 32 weeks ago
The Machine is Us/ing Us
Text is linear.  Text is unilinear.  Text is often said to be unilinear.  Text is unilinear when written on paper. Digital text is...
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Henry Cohn-Geltner
2 years 32 weeks ago
Teachers Use Photo Prompts to Spark Writing
The advent of digital photography has made it easier to share and distribute photos online for professional and amateur shutterbugs. For writing...
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Gavin Tachibana
2 years 32 weeks ago
Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted - Malcolm Gladwell
In his essay, "Small Changes," published in the New Yorker in October, 2010, Malcolm Gladwell pushes back on the notion that social media has opened...
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Bud Hunt
2 years 32 weeks ago
Teachers' Letters to Obama Facebook Group
Teachers' Letters to Obama is a Facebook group created by Anthony Cody, teacher and blogger, as a way of collecting communciations to President Obama...
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Bud Hunt
2 years 31 weeks ago
My Pop Studio (Media Lab)
My Pop Studio, funded through a grant from the Office of Women’s Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is an online experience...
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Linda Biondi
2 years 31 weeks ago
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