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13 Nov 09

Portfolios (Authentic Assessment Toolbox)

  • Portfolio: A collection of a student's work specifically
    selected to tell a particular story about the student
  • A portfolio is not the pile of student work that accumulates over
    a semester or year. Rather, a portfolio contains a purposefully selected
    subset of student work. "Purposefully" selecting student work
    means deciding what type of story you want the portfolio to tell.
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27 Oct 09

Open Thinking Wiki

Alec Couros has gathered a ton of great storytelling resources here.

couros.wikispaces.com/Digitalstorytelling - Preview

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16 Oct 09

Wiki:Introduction to Forums | Social Media CoLab

  • 4 Points - The posting(s) integrates multiple viewpoints and weaves both class readings and other participants' postings into their discussion of the subject.


     


    3 Points - The posting(s) builds upon the ideas of another participant or two, and digs deeper into the question(s) posed by the instructor.


     


    2 Points - A single posting that does not interact with or incorporate the ideas of other participants' comments.


     


    1 Point - A simple "me too" comment that neither expands the conversation nor demonstrates any degree of reflection by the student.


     


    0 Points - No comment.

    • We do need ways to quantify and evaluate discussions online. I think these are fair and accurate measures. - on 2009-10-16
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17 Sep 09

9 Ways People Respond to Your Content Online | Lateral Action

How we view online content is fundamentally changing what is important to us as readers. This method really makes sense to me.

lateralaction.com/...9-responses - Preview

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14 Sep 09

Paly Voice - Home

If you haven't checked out this student newspaper, you are really missing some fantastic stuff.

voice.paly.net/index.php - Preview

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04 Sep 09

Google Sites for ePortfolios

quick video tutorial showing how easy it is to create portfolios using Google Sites.

surfingdream.com/...ogle-sites-for-eportfolio.html - Preview

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03 Sep 09

Author and Illustrator Blogs 

If you are a teacher of literature and writing, this list is for you. Think of all the possibilities for students here.

www.kidlitosphere.org/...Authors.html - Preview

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25 Aug 09

Three-Minute Fiction : NPR

How great is this for lessons in brevity and essential elements of storytelling. And it's just plain fun too.

www.npr.org/...story.php - Preview

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15 Aug 09

Hodgsonwriting

    • The act of writing is an important way for students to learn by processing their ideas into coherent and organized form;
    • Writing should be done across various curriculum areas and not be taught in isolation;
    • Students should write for various audiences; At times, they may write just for themselves, for the classroom or, sometimes, for the world;
    • Technology can be a useful tool for composing various forms of writing and media, including audio podcasts and video;
    • Writing should be authentic and allow students to make connections between school and the world outside of school;
    • Artistic elements and the concept of design play a role in the way that young people compose writing and other media;
    • Reading quality books and stories of various genres provide an insight into the writing process and allow students to reflect, connect and utilize critical thinking skills;
    • All students can succeed and improve as writers and readers and composers of multimedia.
    • I love these! Regardless of whether or not you feel that you will stick to them, I think it's good to have a set of guiding principles, and have them be publicly viewable, so that your beliefs are clearly stated. - on 2009-08-15
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15 Jul 09

30 Ideas for Teaching Writing - National Writing Project

Outstanding ideas for Langauge arts teachers

www.nwp.org/...922 - Preview

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  • Erin (Pirnot) Ciccone, teacher-consultant with the Pennsylvania
    Writing and Literature Project    ,
    found a way to make more productive the "Monday morning gab fest"
    she used as a warm-up with her fifth grade students. She conceived of "Headline
    News." As students entered the classroom on Monday mornings, they wrote
    personal headlines about their weekends and posted them on the bulletin board.
    A headline might read "Fifth-Grader Stranded at Movie Theatre" or
    "Girl Takes on Responsibility as Mother's Helper."
    • This is a fantastic idea. Why not use what they did on the weekends to promote writing that matters to them. The headline styles would also lead to some comical responses, especially as you rise in grade leve. - on 2009-07-15
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