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Young writers in Westwood unleash their ‘best words’ with Web tool - The Boston Globe on 2009-12-04
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In the traditional approach to writing instruction, the student writes for the teacher only, Kulick said, “like a soloist with an audience of one.’’
But when a student publishes on a wiki? “The audience includes not just the teacher but all of the other students, too,’’ he explained. “And each student can ‘hear’ every other student - now there is a symphony.’’
And what’s miraculous, he said, is that even the shiest of students, who wouldn’t dream of raising a hand to share writing, now feel empowered to post work online and participate in the exchanges.
“The wiki is an equalizer in classroom participation,’’ he said. “Everyone has a role. It’s a way to showcase their comments and their give-and-take in a medium they take to like a duck to water.’’
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In the traditional approach to writing instruction, the student writes for the teacher only, Kulick said, “like a soloist with an audience of one.’’
But when a student publishes on a wiki? “The audience includes not just the teacher but all of the other students, too,’’ he explained. “And each student can ‘hear’ every other student - now there is a symphony.’’
And what’s miraculous, he said, is that even the shiest of students, who wouldn’t dream of raising a hand to share writing, now feel empowered to post work online and participate in the exchanges.
“The wiki is an equalizer in classroom participation,’’ he said. “Everyone has a role. It’s a way to showcase their comments and their give-and-take in a medium they take to like a duck to water.’’
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In the traditional approach to writing instruction, the student writes for the teacher only, Kulick said, “like a soloist with an audience of one.’’
But when a student publishes on a wiki? “The audience includes not just the teacher but all of the other students, too,’’ he explained. “And each student can ‘hear’ every other student - now there is a symphony.’’
And what’s miraculous, he said, is that even the shiest of students, who wouldn’t dream of raising a hand to share writing, now feel empowered to post work online and participate in the exchanges.
“The wiki is an equalizer in classroom participation,’’ he said. “Everyone has a role. It’s a way to showcase their comments and their give-and-take in a medium they take to like a duck to water.’’
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In the traditional approach to writing instruction, the student writes for the teacher only, Kulick said, “like a soloist with an audience of one.’’
But when a student publishes on a wiki? “The audience includes not just the teacher but all of the other students, too,’’ he explained. “And each student can ‘hear’ every other student - now there is a symphony.’’
And what’s miraculous, he said, is that even the shiest of students, who wouldn’t dream of raising a hand to share writing, now feel empowered to post work online and participate in the exchanges.
“The wiki is an equalizer in classroom participation,’’ he said. “Everyone has a role. It’s a way to showcase their comments and their give-and-take in a medium they take to like a duck to water.’’
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In the traditional approach to writing instruction, the student writes for the teacher only, Kulick said, “like a soloist with an audience of one.’’
But when a student publishes on a wiki? “The audience includes not just the teacher but all of the other students, too,’’ he explained. “And each student can ‘hear’ every other student - now there is a symphony.’’
And what’s miraculous, he said, is that even the shiest of students, who wouldn’t dream of raising a hand to share writing, now feel empowered to post work online and participate in the exchanges.
“The wiki is an equalizer in classroom participation,’’ he said. “Everyone has a role. It’s a way to showcase their comments and their give-and-take in a medium they take to like a duck to water.’’
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In the traditional approach to writing instruction, the student writes for the teacher only, Kulick said, “like a soloist with an audience of one.’’
But when a student publishes on a wiki? “The audience includes not just the teacher but all of the other students, too,’’ he explained. “And each student can ‘hear’ every other student - now there is a symphony.’’
And what’s miraculous, he said, is that even the shiest of students, who wouldn’t dream of raising a hand to share writing, now feel empowered to post work online and participate in the exchanges.
“The wiki is an equalizer in classroom participation,’’ he said. “Everyone has a role. It’s a way to showcase their comments and their give-and-take in a medium they take to like a duck to water.’’
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Apple Tablet May Launch in September on 2009-11-20
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Transforming Reading and Language Acquisition with the iPod by Kathy Shirley » Moving at the Speed of Creativity on 2009-11-19
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Oxford English Dictionary: The definitive record of the English language on 2009-11-13
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untitled on 2009-11-10
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what kids are being taught about how to use the Internet or if they're being taught at all in some cases. Does your school district have a program in place to teach students the difference between the url bar and the search bar? Who does that teaching, is it the responsibility of the general classroom teacher or is there someone whose job it is to just teach computer and internet use? Which way is most effective?
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the implications of digital content on us and what (and how) children learn.
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Many of the issues the film raises are parenting and adolescence issues, not strictly “technology” issues. Technology is in many cases the AMPLIFIER of different challenges and situations, rather than the “cause” or source.
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First of all, many students do not need such a class. They have grown up with computers as a principle tool for carrying on their daily activities. They have basic word processing and presentation skills.
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On the other hand, there are also many students who have not had the benefit of convenient access and have not attained the experience necessary to continue to grow their own information and communication technology (ICT) skills.
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occurred to me was that, “You can’t!” We do not know what skills they will need. We do not know what word processing will look like in ten years — in five years — or if it will still exist. We do not even know if there will be something new, a new killer app, something that we have no hope of “training” them for today.
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So I’ve been thinking that instead of Computer Applications, our students should be learning Computer Application
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students simply learn to apply computers to solve problems or accomplish goals. It really doesn’t matter if they are covering all of the tools, or even if each student is mastering all of the same tools. Students would simply learn how computers can help them do interesting things, and then gain the skills and confidence required to teach themselves, with the guidance of their teachers, the applications to make it happen.
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where students have access to a wide variety of tools, projects accomplished and archived by former students, and libraries of videos of various interesting applications of computers. They would design a project that applies to something that they are learning in another class. I think that it would be even more authentic for students to rely on each other for help with the technology, or even connect to older students who have already taken it, through various social networking opportunities.
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Do you really need a course at all. Why not require (at some level) that every student accomplish a significant project for graduation from each school level (or each grade). The only requirements would be that it applies to something they are learning or have learned in school, you have to be able to hand it in on a thumb drive or via a URL, and it would be assessed by instructional staff, other students, school/district governance, and members of the community.
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We do NOT simply need to provide students with “more digital activities.” We need to restructure the expectations and tasks within schools so students are not simply consuming digital versions of 20th century course materials, but rather becoming active content creators and collaborators demonstrating compentency in higher order thinking all along the 2001 revision of Bloom’s taxonomy.
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AP Literature: Titles from Free Response Questions since 1973 on 2009-11-09
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Intel® Education: Technology Literacy on 2009-11-06
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Wikispaces Blog » Blog Archive » Tips for a Good-Looking Wiki on 2009-11-06
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SHS Central on 2009-11-04
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The Complete List | TIME Magazine - ALL-TIME 100 Novels on 2009-10-30
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