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Category: technology
Using Evernote to Confer with Writers
Today's guest blog post by Cathy Mere will help you jump on the electronic record-keeping bandwagon. Learn how to use Evernote to keep conferring notes on all of your students.
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Sharing Some Thinking from the Writing Institute
I've been wanting to try out Storify for awhile, but haven't head a reason to use it. Until now. I decided to put together Storify some of my tweets and pictures from last week's TCRWP Writing Institute. I hope it gives you a glimpse into some of the things I learned from my section leaders,… Continue reading Sharing Some Thinking from the Writing Institute
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Conferring Notes Go High Tech
There are a variety of record-keeping apps, which make it possible to monitor your students' writing progress. Confer, DailyNotes, Evernote, and Notability are four popular apps that promise to make it easier, dare-I-say a pleasure to maintain meaningful conferring notes on all of your students. Have you made use of any of these apps in… Continue reading Conferring Notes Go High Tech
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Solve It Your Way
I'm excited to share Franki Sibberson's latest project with you. SOLVE IT YOUR WAY! is an innovative project to encourage creative problem solving and collaborate with others around the globe. I shared this month's question with them while we waited in the car for Andy to run into the store. When we got home, my… Continue reading Solve It Your Way
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Looking Forward
August is here! What are you eagerly anticipating this week, later this month, and this-coming fall?
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I survived my first Twitter Chat!
Reflections on my first Twitter Chat: what worked well, what overwhelmed me, and some silly things I tweeted.
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Twitter Chat Preparation
I'm stepping out of my comfort zone again. I've committed to a Twitter Chat tomorrow night. Therefore, it's confession time. In the year-plus I've been on Twitter, I've never participated in a Twitter Chat. Sure, I've followed chats like #litlead and #titletalk, but I've never jumped in on one of the conversations. But then I got… Continue reading Twitter Chat Preparation
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Classroom Routines Made Simpler with QR Codes
Find out how to bring two classroom routines into the 21st century with QR Codes.
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Are you ready to unplug?
How do we teach kids (and ourselves) to unplug from media in an effort to interact with others, not just screens?
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Turn off screens and LIVE life.
Screen-Free Week goes from 4/29-5/5. While it might seem drastic and unfeasible to completely unplug, think about what steps you can take to be less connected next week.
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The Handwriting Part of Writing
If you're in an elementary school, you've inevitably had discussion with parents about handwriting. My policy for writer's notebooks was always, "As long as I can read it, it's neat enough." I didn't feel that a writer's notebook was the place to be a stickler for handwriting. However, some parents would press their kids, demanding… Continue reading The Handwriting Part of Writing
