Which assignment is better, writing a paper or posting a blog? - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T21:12:27Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/which-assignment-is-better?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A390379&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI agree with both Stephan and…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-10:649749:Comment:3903792009-10-10T12:36:07.483ZAnne Pembertonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnePemberton
I agree with both Stephan and Allison. I saw that in my students using email (we started out with group emails that all in my small classes participated in, then moved, as each was ready to individual posts). The audience made a difference in both motivation and quality of writing. What was good enough to turn in to the teacher, was not good enough to send to others. This was in 1990 so it is not new news.
I agree with both Stephan and Allison. I saw that in my students using email (we started out with group emails that all in my small classes participated in, then moved, as each was ready to individual posts). The audience made a difference in both motivation and quality of writing. What was good enough to turn in to the teacher, was not good enough to send to others. This was in 1990 so it is not new news. To add a different side to th…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-10:649749:Comment:3903562009-10-10T07:10:00.528ZAllison Harthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AllisonHart
To add a different side to the conversation, an added advantage of online communications (let's move past just blogs.. ) provide motivation to produce a higher caliber writing piece when there is an AUDIENCE (online, of their peers, not just their teachers...).<br />
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Our grade 7 kids all have their own laptops this year, so we've moved a lot online: instead of an individual paper "journal" to do daily exercises that only the teacher would see (responding to prompts, DOL, warm-ups, etc) they POST…
To add a different side to the conversation, an added advantage of online communications (let's move past just blogs.. ) provide motivation to produce a higher caliber writing piece when there is an AUDIENCE (online, of their peers, not just their teachers...).<br />
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Our grade 7 kids all have their own laptops this year, so we've moved a lot online: instead of an individual paper "journal" to do daily exercises that only the teacher would see (responding to prompts, DOL, warm-ups, etc) they POST their responses in a discussion forum... (like we are using now - think if you had this as an email - none of us would have been able to read it!). Part of the exercise is RESPONDING to classmates... not just producing their own work. Nancy,
I was reading some of…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-10:649749:Comment:3903402009-10-10T03:31:19.405ZAnne Pembertonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnePemberton
Nancy,<br />
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I was reading some of the stories on the Guardians of Freedom (after I put the link to it on my WWII page), and the man who was in the Signal Intelligence Corps spent time at Fort Pickett, which is at most five miles away from me. The firing range is on the part of the camp that is close to our home, so we always know when there are groups training at Pickett. Rescue even knows the difference between Pickett booming and thunder. Thunder sends him under the bed. He pays no attention to…
Nancy,<br />
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I was reading some of the stories on the Guardians of Freedom (after I put the link to it on my WWII page), and the man who was in the Signal Intelligence Corps spent time at Fort Pickett, which is at most five miles away from me. The firing range is on the part of the camp that is close to our home, so we always know when there are groups training at Pickett. Rescue even knows the difference between Pickett booming and thunder. Thunder sends him under the bed. He pays no attention to the cannons being shot.<br />
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During Desert Storm, my son was in one of the National Guard units that trained at Fort Pickett before going to Kuwait. John was the only one in his unit who could spend weekends at home, since they were not allowed to go more than five miles away from the camp. When his unit came home from Kuwait, they met their families at Fort Pickett, and the town of Blackstone opened up the building that was once a women's college long since close down, to house the families who came to meet their sons and daughter. Christy, I spent about 8 year…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-10:649749:Comment:3903192009-10-10T02:02:44.217ZNancy Boschhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nbosch
Christy, I spent about 8 years presenting at state and national conferences. My love is primary source documents in the classroom and I did workshops on Using Primary Sources in the Classroom and the Library of Congress. I have a primary source blog called <a href="http://averyoldplace.blogspot.com" target="_blank">A Very Old Place</a> and also have done, IMHO, some pretty amazing primary source projects with my kids. Take a look at…
Christy, I spent about 8 years presenting at state and national conferences. My love is primary source documents in the classroom and I did workshops on Using Primary Sources in the Classroom and the Library of Congress. I have a primary source blog called <a href="http://averyoldplace.blogspot.com" target="_blank">A Very Old Place</a> and also have done, IMHO, some pretty amazing primary source projects with my kids. Take a look at <a href="http://connections.smsd.org/csi/" target="_blank">CSI: Cemetery Scene Investigation</a>, <a href="http://adifferentplace.org/wright.htm" target="_blank">The Wright 3</a>, <a href="http://connections.smsd.org/tour/" target="_blank">The NE Kansas City Walking Tour</a>, <a href="http://connections.smsd.org/veterans/" target="_blank">Guardians of Freedom</a>. and <a href="http://connections.smsd.org/titanic/" target="_blank">Titanic in the Classroom</a>.<br />
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Guardians of Freedom will be the best work I will have ever done as a teacher. After a year long study of WWII my 5th and 6th graders interviewed 54 WWII veterans, put their stories online and published a book. Even today, years later I get emails from people who are looking for 'our' veterans knowing they were in the same battle or on the same ship or in the same platoon as their granddad or their uncle or their brother. It changed all of the kids and adults who were involved into historians. We made a difference. Too funny! I found Mary's blo…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-10:649749:Comment:3903152009-10-10T01:48:20.099ZChristy Tuckerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyTucker
Too funny! I found Mary's blog when I was working with someone from the Library of Congress to develop a course on primary sources for educators.<br />
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Dan Meyer's blog has floated past my computer screen several times before today, and I just subscribed. I do tend to focus mostly on the ed tech people just as the nature of my job, but it's good to have others in the mix too.
Too funny! I found Mary's blog when I was working with someone from the Library of Congress to develop a course on primary sources for educators.<br />
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Dan Meyer's blog has floated past my computer screen several times before today, and I just subscribed. I do tend to focus mostly on the ed tech people just as the nature of my job, but it's good to have others in the mix too. Christy, We are on the same w…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-10:649749:Comment:3903112009-10-10T01:40:50.076ZNancy Boschhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nbosch
Christy, We are on the same wave length with out first recommendation!! My fav teacher blog is Dan Meyer's blog, do you read him? He's a math teacher, I think he's working on PhD now but gives 'edutechogeeks' a run for their money. He's also into design.
Christy, We are on the same wave length with out first recommendation!! My fav teacher blog is Dan Meyer's blog, do you read him? He's a math teacher, I think he's working on PhD now but gives 'edutechogeeks' a run for their money. He's also into design. I'd be glad to share some of…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-10:649749:Comment:3903102009-10-10T01:37:15.466ZNancy Boschhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nbosch
I'd be glad to share some of my favorite blogs---my categories include classrooms, technology only, general education, literature, primary sources, and one of my favorites 'controversial'!! The playlists are folders you keep topical blogs in---I know you are going to end up being a blog-reading fool. N<br />
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Here's another must read (or two)--<br />
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<a href="http://maryjjohnson.com/primarysourcelibrarian/">http://maryjjohnson.com/primarysourcelibrarian/…</a>
I'd be glad to share some of my favorite blogs---my categories include classrooms, technology only, general education, literature, primary sources, and one of my favorites 'controversial'!! The playlists are folders you keep topical blogs in---I know you are going to end up being a blog-reading fool. N<br />
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Here's another must read (or two)--<br />
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<a href="http://maryjjohnson.com/primarysourcelibrarian/">http://maryjjohnson.com/primarysourcelibrarian/</a><br />
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<a href="http://historytech.wordpress.com/">http://historytech.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/">http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://historyiselementary.blogspot.com/">http://historyiselementary.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://blog.footnote.com/">http://blog.footnote.com/</a><br />
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JUST 4 FUN<br />
<a href="http://thisisindexed.com/">http://thisisindexed.com/</a> You might enjoy the blog of t…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-10:649749:Comment:3903022009-10-10T01:33:40.085ZChristy Tuckerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyTucker
You might enjoy the blog of the <a href="http://maryjjohnson.com/primarysourcelibrarian/" target="_blank">Primary Source Librarian</a>; she finds some really cool stuff.<br />
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Another good blog is the <a href="http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">Edublogger</a>, Sue Waters. This is a more technology-focused blogs with a lot of step-by-step directions. You might want to start with her <a href="http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/about/want-automatic-notification/" target="_blank">First…</a>
You might enjoy the blog of the <a href="http://maryjjohnson.com/primarysourcelibrarian/" target="_blank">Primary Source Librarian</a>; she finds some really cool stuff.<br />
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Another good blog is the <a href="http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">Edublogger</a>, Sue Waters. This is a more technology-focused blogs with a lot of step-by-step directions. You might want to start with her <a href="http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/about/want-automatic-notification/" target="_blank">First Time Visitor's Guide</a>.<br />
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Vicki Davis, the <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cool Cat Teacher</a>, is a very popular teacher blog. I really like Kim Cofino's <a href="http://mscofino.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">Always Learning</a> blog too.<br />
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Once you get a handful of blogs you like, click on the links in their posts to find out more about who they are reading. That may lead you to another interesting blog that you want to subscribe to. That's how it builds for most of us, I think; you start with a few and then add as you get more practice reading and managing it all. It's just like your system for dealing with email; you'll develop a system for going through all the RSS feeds and keeping organized. Nancy,
I've set up Bloglines…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-10:649749:Comment:3902632009-10-10T01:07:26.482ZAnne Pembertonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnePemberton
Nancy,<br />
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I've set up Bloglines and added the link to my homepage, and I added Library of Congress to my subscriptions. I will see how I like it.<br />
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I'm not hot on bestsellers - mostly I read books on history that are old enough to be sold as used books. Recently, I've been reading a lot on the exploitations of the Native Americans by the early Spaniards and Conquistadors. Before that I was alive for books on the Northwest Ordinance. I've had love affairs with Jefferson, Washington (includiing…
Nancy,<br />
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I've set up Bloglines and added the link to my homepage, and I added Library of Congress to my subscriptions. I will see how I like it.<br />
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I'm not hot on bestsellers - mostly I read books on history that are old enough to be sold as used books. Recently, I've been reading a lot on the exploitations of the Native Americans by the early Spaniards and Conquistadors. Before that I was alive for books on the Northwest Ordinance. I've had love affairs with Jefferson, Washington (includiing Martha), and Adams. What I like best is when a historian, or history professor recommends one or some books on a topic that interests me. Those books are always the best ones! Points taken.tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-10:649749:Comment:3902342009-10-10T00:44:30.669ZNancy Boschhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nbosch
Points taken.
Points taken.