blogging

In May 2013, Howard Rheingold found a blog created by Linda Yollis and her second grade students. He was taken ...

Elyse Eidman-Aadahl - 2013-05-21 07:28

The advent of the "read/write" web was a boon to the conversation about voice in classrooms around the country. All of a sudden, all a teacher needed to ask a student to do was click ...

Zachary Chase - 2013-03-23 14:08 - 3 comments

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I was meeting with my San Diego Area Writing Project fellows Saturday morning and I was asked to discuss a little bit about my experience in D.C. presenting for Digital Learning Day. Someone brought up a ...

Writing for Change - 2013-04-15 16:20

I was meeting with my San Diego Area Writing Project fellows Saturday morning and I was asked to discuss a little bit about my experience in D.C. presenting for Digital Learning Day. Someone brought up a ...

Writing for Change - 2013-02-12 12:10 - 0 comments

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Presenting in Washington D.C. was going to be a challenge. I wanted to share the journey, and the work. It made sense to start documenting our adventure in detail so my students could feel as though they were ...

Writing for Change - 2013-03-08 13:59

This is my twenty-fifth year of teaching, and some days it feels like yesterday. Then there are other days  I am  reminded that years of experience can be challenging. There tends to be an assumption made by ...

Writing for Change - 2013-03-08 13:59 - 0 comments

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Blogging is not an easy endeavor. With student choice comes the challenge of student focus.  There are days that the kids will actually ask me, "Mrs. Ilko, can't we just do a worksheet?" which ...

Writing for Change - 2013-03-08 14:03

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Today brings exciting news! The lesson and video are posted on the Digital Learning Day website. Please look for the lesson called Writing Powerful Blog Comments – Students develop their own blog site and ...

Writing for Change - 2013-03-08 14:02

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When students are given a choice and the option to decide what they are going to do, it is empowering and complicated at the same time. My students spent a few weeks before winter break exploring blogs and ...

Writing for Change - 2013-03-11 10:48

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This year for Digital Learning Day, I was invited to present a lesson at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. As I was getting ready, ...

Writing for Change - 2013-03-08 13:59