Lisa Ortmann's List: Teching Resources Online

• MY Access!, a
• • MY Access! What is this? Look into it.
• Other school districts who faced similar challenges recommended MY Access!, an online writing tool developed by Vantage Learning that allows students to write in to a Web-based program which evaluates their writing and offers suggestions for improvement. Students are then scored on a rubric-based 1 to 6 scale. The program scores focus and meaning, organization, content and development, language use and style, mechanics and conventions, and overall writing proficiency. We decided we wanted to consider the option of this Web-based writing program to help us proactively address our most basic writing problems.

  • Is this useful for advanced learners or is it more geared toward MCA Test Prep? Either way...it will be useful for 10th grade this year.

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• Using Technology to Overcome Writing Barriers
  Dr. Arthur Stellar, November 1, 2008
  from Educators' eZineFor the Taunton Public School District, the annual Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exams were an annual source of anxiety. Too many of our students struggled with the reading and writing questions More..

  • Might be helpful to read before we tackle the AP exam next month.

• Lyndon Johnson could have warned Barack Obama that winning the support of the 535 senators and representatives, even if a majority of them share your party affiliation, wouldn’t be easy.

  • Historical argument...using history as support to explain a current reality
• “It’s the only time since I have been in Congress that a president called me,” Conte said. “I will never forget it.”

  • Emotional Appeal...grabbing sympathy of the reader to convince the reader of his goodness.