Tag: writing instruction
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Alligator in the Classroom
This is the second in a series of posts about inquiry-based learning in the first grade classroom. In my last blog post I wrote about the day a student’s dad surprised my first grade class with a preserved alligator head. The surprise developed into an inquiry project through which my students had the opportunity to…
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Camp WoW ME (World of Writing, Multimedia Enhanced)
July 17, 2014 As we begin our fourth day of summer writing camp, there is already a sense of foreboding in the room – a little tension building with the anticipation of tomorrow’s impending goodbyes. Things are quiet as everyone focuses on their last piece of (new) writing, having browsed a collection of sites to…
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Resistance, Reluctance, and Readiness: Digital Self-Discovery Through the Summer Institute
“Resistance is futile.” So says an ominous voice from a Star Trek movie, and so I said to myself as I read the syllabus for the Chippewa River Writing Project summer institute, which I attended last summer. At the CRWP institute, you see, we would be required to implement…(insert dramatic, suspenseful music)…DIGITAL WRITING TOOLS!!! When…
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An Interview with Jeremy Hyler
At the 5th Anniversary celebration of the CRWP, I listened with a group of six other teacher-consultants as Jeremy Hyler informally fielded questions about teaching full-time and raising a family while co-authoring Create, Compose, Connect. Afterward, I realized that many teachers would like to hear Jeremy’s answers, so I invited him to participate in a…
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Becoming Authentic Writers
How the paperless classroom goes beyond teacher convenience This is the first in a series of posts about the impact of a paperless approach on the writing process and product. When it comes to technology, I am a geek. My students and my colleagues will not be surprised that I spend countless hours playing with…