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Eileen Zygarlicke replied to Judith Newman's discussion 'Opportunites for student publication' in the group Teaching Writing
Judith-- One opportunity is Teen Ink (http://www.teenink.com). This is a publication for teens only, ages 13-19, to submit and publish their work. The one draw back I found is that once accepted, Teen Ink keeps all rights to the work. This means ki…
2 minutes ago
Andy Esquivel Jr. commented on Bill Maniotis's blog post 'Teaching the ten commandments'
Bill, You have it wrong. I didn't say the theory has not had wide influence. I never said anything like that. I agree that it has had wide influence. What I said was I've never heard of teachers labeling themselves as constructivists or nonconstruct…
7 minutes ago
Alan Sitomer added a blog post
The Ugly Truth is that my number one goal for my students right now has to be to raise their 2010 standardized test scores. I find it disturbing, off-base, heart-wrenching, and almost something shameful to admit. However, NCLB has my entire school'…
8 minutes ago
Kathy added a discussion
The Great Depression novels
I am in search of a novel set during the Great Depression/Dust Bowl era. It will be used in a 10th grade history class; most of the students are struggling readers. The teacher would like to stay away from the "big name classics." He wants something…
14 minutes ago
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Stacey Kerr commented on Frank W. Baker's blog post 'Digital Nation: new PBS/Frontline Special coming in February'
Yay Doug! He was one of my teachers in pre-teaching grad school (itp.nyu.edu), and I'm a huge fan of his work. Thanks for posting this, Frank. I'm really excited to see what these guys have come up with this time.
22 minutes ago
Judith Newman added a discussion to the group Teaching Writing
Opportunites for student publication
I am looking for opportunities for high school students to publish their writing. I am in VT. We are part of the NWP and can certainly offer that to our students. I know about the Mountain Review, but I would really appreciate other venues where stu…
23 minutes ago
Hamilton Salsich commented on Hamilton Salsich's blog post 'TEENAGERS AND SPRING ICE'
Oh, a marvelous poem, Carol -- by one of my favorite poets. In graduate school far back in the 60's, I took a creative writing class from Bly at the University of Kansas, and have never forgotten it. Thanks for the connection.
29 minutes ago
Eileen Williams commented on Hamilton Salsich's blog post 'TEENAGERS AND SPRING ICE'
I actually do have a plan (I also have a yearly book filled with objectives). I just can't say I have a detailed plan. I found it easier to plan for 90 minute block lessons than the 45 minutes we have at this school which makes me feel like I am in…
33 minutes ago
Christine Trala replied to Ron Shapiro's discussion 'The Sad But True State of the American University'
Oh I do! I just had a tutorial with a final year student, who thank me for introducing her to philosophy. It's just that the rest of it sucks up so much time.
1 hour ago
Bill Maniotis commented on Bill Maniotis's blog post 'Teaching the ten commandments'
Andy, The fact that you have not heard of it doesn't mean the theory has not had a wide influence. Nearly every school of education in America now promotes "constructivist" ideas, and it is why many of our student teachers are not receiving some of…
2 hours ago
Carol Jago commented on Hamilton Salsich's blog post 'TEENAGERS AND SPRING ICE'
How about this for a poetic connection to your posting, Hamilton? Gratitude to Old Teachers by Robert Bly When we stride or stroll across the frozen lake, We place our feet where they have never been. We walk upon the unwalked. But we are uneasy.…
2 hours ago
Chris Shelley replied to Hellen Harvey's discussion 'E-books and their effect on reading and writing' in the group Teaching with Technology
I really think that PDFs kick SOOO much butt compared to .mobi Kindle Books or any other text with DRMs.
2 hours ago
Clix replied to Hellen Harvey's discussion 'E-books and their effect on reading and writing' in the group Teaching with Technology
... and xboxes can make lovely computers if you know how to hack them. But that's also illegal. ;) My husband has a bebook, which will read PDFs and some other formats... I don't know if it does text files or not.
3 hours ago
Ken C. replied to Maja Wilson's discussion 'Making Audience Matter in the Writing Process'
And yet many teachers would grade "gentle seductions" harshly and comment that they "take too long to get to the point" or "meander." It just goes to show the huge chasm that exists between persuasive essays taught in the "Cookie-Cutter School of Es…
3 hours ago
Michael Umphrey replied to Maja Wilson's discussion 'Making Audience Matter in the Writing Process'
While it may be true that in reality there are not that many people reading student work on the Web (who but an English teacher could love a character analysis of Scout Finch??), I wonder if that really matters. I suspect it does matter. I think it…
4 hours ago

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