Blogs

Hi, I snagged this list recently and thought there were some good ideas here... gg

This content is brought to you via Ann O'Shaunessy, a colleague of yours at Centerpoint School. The writer of this page is Jim Burke, an English Teacher at Burlingame High School... A link to his background and his site: http://www.englishcompanion.com/about/index.htm

Introduction

Jim Burke created The Digital Textbook and this list of links "as an alternative to paper texts which are static, generally only black-and-white, and often dated. In a world of so many types of text, some of which focus on words while others incorporate a range of media, it seems negligent to offer only the dry pages of an old textbook or novel." 

Quick Picks

These links take you to sites where you can quickly find something good to read. As you get more familiar with the assignment, you should try to venture out into the other areas according to your interests.

This exercise is aimed at having sound lead the writing. This can be done with a series of sound effects or music. To use this prompt in your class, first play a few minutes of the piece for the students  and then start over and have them write for the duration of the music.

Have them Create a blog, use the tag Sound Prompt. The music lasts 8 minutes.  Make sure the kids just keep writing; get them not to self-edit, just see what happens, what comes out. The aim is discovery.

Once the music has finished, have the students save their piece and then replay it while they comment on several others' pieces.

Digital Classroom Integration Plan

Julie Parker

Writing in the 21^st Century

Table of Contents

Integration and Assessment

Differentiation, Obstacles, and Solutions

Becoming a Blogger

• Lyrics
• What’s the Back Story?
• Quite a Character
• There’s No Place Like...
• A Picture is Worth a Single Word

Digital KWL

Six-Word Shout Out

Voice It.

Dabbling in Dialogue

Digital Writing Projects

How To How-To: A Procedural Writing Project.

Persuasive Photo Story

Appendices

Student & Teacher Assignment Reflection Form........... Appendix A

6-Word Shout Out Recording Sheets........... Appendix B1, B2

5^th Grade Common Core Writing Standards........... Appendix C

6^th Grade Common Core Writing Standards........... Appendix D

Vermont Grade Expectations........... Appendix E

References

BLC2011 Conference participants,

I so enjoyed working with all of you during this BLC2011 conference. I would love to continue the conversation and, more importantly, have you continue the conversations between each other. Would you be interested in doing that?

If so, please return to this site. I will maintain the playground and pre-conference spaces, will add some questions or "prompts" and will be commenting on your work, your posts and your questions. It would be great if you did the same and if you created community on this space. Write about your fears, your successes; seek advice; seek help.