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- Wow! This group of middle school writers are unbelievable! producing some great pieces. Tomorrow will be fun! Sad it is the last day. 7 hours ago
- Middle School Writing Tech Camp campers working hard.Students completing stories, info pieces, Animoto vids, Goanimate cartoons,etc. 12 hours ago
- Another successful day @chippewariverwp MS tech camp. Campers worked on their informational and narrative pieces today. #hardworkers 1 day ago
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Just Hanging Out…and Learning
This week has been crazy to say the least. On the other hand, it has been phenomenal! Tuesday, my 2nd hour seventh grade class began an adventure I felt was worth taking. For quite some time a writing project colleague … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Connected Learning, Digital Citizenship, Education, Middle School Teaching, National Writing Project, teaching, Technology, technology in the classroom, Writing
Tagged CCSS, Collaboration, Common Core Standards, Communication skills, Connected Classrooms, Connected Learning, Digital writing, Education, going digital, Google Hangout, middle school language arts, middle school students, middle school writing, national writing project, nwp, Published writing, teaching, technology in the classroom, writing, Youth Voices
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Grammar, A Debate We Will Have Forever
All summer I have been writing in some capacity. I will be the first to admit, I struggle with grammar from time to time, but who doesn’t? Grammar has been a perplexing issue for language arts/English teachers for year and … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Learning, Education, Grammar, Middle School Teaching, teaching, Technology, technology in the classroom, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Grammar, Jeff Anderson, language arts teaching, middle school teaching, middle school writing, national writing project, nwp, teaching, teaching grammar, teaching writing, Technology, text talk, texting, writing
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BYOD: It Can Work!
I recently read an article from Emerging Edtech titled 5 Reasons Why BYOD is a Bad Idea. As an online subscriber, I immediately read the article when it entered my inbox. Not to mention, I am a huge advocate for … Continue reading
Measuring Growth in a Language Arts Student
As my second week of summer vacation comes to an end, I find myself scratching my head and wondering where the summer is going so quickly. Ahhh, such is life. Right now I can’t help thinking about measuring the growth … Continue reading
Writing Across the Curriculum with the Common Core
I don’t teach writing because I have to, I teach writing because it is a passion. It is a passion that was reignited in me after attending the Chippewa River Writing Project’s summer institute in 2010. Now, I can’t stop writing or … Continue reading
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Tagged attitude towards the common core, CCSS, Chippewa River Writing Project, Common Core, English, implementation, Language Arts, liking the common core, national writing project, nwp, Social Studies and the Common Core, Teaching attitude, Thematic units, writing, Writing Across the Curriculum
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Celly and the Common Core Standards
This post has been long overdue. I wanted to outline the connections I can make to the Common Core Standards (CCSS) with Celly. Below I have chosen three strands from the CCSS that I use with Celly. Each strand is … Continue reading
Cellular Division
As my regular followers know, I am passionate about using cell phones as a digital tool in my classroom. In addition, I have really enjoyed exploring Celly in my classroom, a texting platform that allows my students to communicate through text messaging … Continue reading
Classroom Contraband or Social Segway?
Since the beginning of the school year I have been using cell phones in my classroom as a way to help connect my students with technology and to use as a worthwhile digital writing tool. Notably, I have written about … Continue reading
Motivation: For Teachers
The last few days of break have been very cumbersome for me. I have felt weighted down, not very energetic, and somewhat irritable. Nevertheless, I knew the alarm would go off at 5:50a.m. this morning and I would have to be … Continue reading
