Engaging students is a challenge whether teaching online or face-to-face. In online classes that tend to be text-heavy, this task can be especially difficult. One way to overcome this hurdle is to design project-based learning (PBL) assignments.
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This year, I admitted a hard truth to myself. I wasn't having my students write enough. In an attempt to follow Kelly Gallagher’s advice that students should write more than we can assess, I decided to have them blog weekly. One Assignment, Many Objectives After giving students some practice and solidifying my ideas by talking to a colleague and past student, I developed this assignment. I tried to ensure that the assignment would: Address multiple Common Core standardsHold students accountable while minimizing stressBe structured enough to provide clarity while giving freedom to experimentBe varied enough to keep students engagedGet students to write for multiple purposes 
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May 7, 12:38 PM
I love blogging and getting my students blogging too! I have seen their writing flourish, when they realise they are writing for a larger audience! Their sense of humour, style and unique opinion comes to the fore! Blogs are a wonderful way for young people to share their worldview! Delete the scoop?
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The blogging competition begins, between team Guernsey from the UK and HCS Learning Commons in Canada. Our book club and campus bloggers are already enjoying the differences nuances of the English language in Canada. Viva blogging and sharing globally about literacy and children's picture books! Delete the scoop?
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Students read and respond to Billy Collins' poem "Introduction to Poetry." Students then write about a favorite poem and imagine the perfect way to read it.
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Celebrate poetry with your youngsters today, and help raise a literary nation! Delete the scoop?
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photo of T by Mary McHenry Back in January, I wrote a rambling, terribly earnest post titled How Does a Child REALLY Learn to Write? That post generated a slew of thoughtful and heartfelt comments.
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Excellent thoughts on the process of writing, and what not to stress as your students progress. Delete the scoop?
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A List of The Best Free Digital Storytelling Tools for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning http://t.co/xrDuDaJm Delete the scoop?
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The Importance of Teacher Bloggers
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If you like to write, and you are a teacher, here are some reasons why blogging works! Delete the scoop?
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Growing excitement around technology’s potential to transform the classroom has the education community chattering about laptops, tablets and smartphones. Continue reading →
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Kidblog and Collaborize Classroom are two tools that work for me in language arts and book clubs. What works for you? 
Dennis T OConnor's curator insight,
January 4, 8:09 PM
It was word processing that pulled me into technology. I recall many English teachers telling me that word processing was going to ruin writing. And so it goes.... Delete the scoop?
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This Tumblr documents autocompleted poetry on your Google Search page. 
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January 28, 12:34 PM
This is great! Made me laugh with the "This is quite an alternative to the story of the birds and the bees." Delete the scoop?
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.What I am about to talk about in terms of this week’s reading will likely not be a popular viewpoint. Seeing as we are in a digital literacy class, my assumption is that many of you have a defined viewpoint on what extent you think technology should be involved in the teaching of composition. I am assuming also that many of you believe digital literacy should be wholly integrated into composition pedagogy. While I do not disagree that the world is moving towards and ever rapid pace of information consumption, I do not agree that as composition instructors we should jump on the band wagon and be touting that others are Luddite’s just because they have varying opinions on the application of this technology in the classroom. Yet, this is what J. Elizabeth Clark does in her article, The Digital Imperative: Making the Case for a 21st Century Pedagogy, when she states: “Myopic, Luddite fantasies of returning to pencil and paper, the disavowal of the role of technology in the classroom, and the supposition that technology is a passing fad are tired arguments now giving way to a new era of digital rhetoric…”(Clark, 27). Teaching Writing in a Digital Age.
"is there still room for pencil and paper? Room for thought? Can we let our students loose on the internet to write their own blogs? How do you learn unless you practice?" Pippa Davies 
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October 26, 2012 11:06 AM
Kinda hypocritical, considering there are plenty of punctuation errors in this article.
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Practical lessons from 35 years of writing poetry to help individuals and teams deliver more innovative products, processes, and services.
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An in-depth conversation on lesson planning for a High School ELA class. Using a popular text, watch as Mr. Hanify discusses his lesson planning for reading and writing, identifying main ideas and developing arguments. Delete the scoop?
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Romance writer Danielle Steel is one of the highest paid authors in the world, topping $35 million in 2011, with Nicholas Sparks not far behind. I'm not a romance writer or reader but I am keen for the genre to be represented ...
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open source platform to write and publish print and digital books. Booktype is a free, open source platform that produces beautiful, engaging books formatted for print, Amazon, iBooks and almost any ereader within minutes. Create books on your own or with others via an easy-to-use web interface. Build a community around your content with social tools and use the reach of mobile, tablet and ebook technology to engage new audiences Delete the scoop?
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Let me start with this: We need poetry. We really do. Poetry promotes literacy, builds community, and fosters emotional resilience. It can cross boundaries that little else can. April is National Poetry Month.
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April 9, 11:10 PM
Poetry is part of a language classroom for many reasons but mostly because poetry is a sign of God's amazing creation, transcending, community building and emotionally resilient. Read nonsense poetry, classical poetry and all different types of poetry and your children will thank you!
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April 11, 2:03 PM
Any writing teacher (and most reading teachers) will tell you that poetry is important. Keep it in your classroom! 
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April 11, 3:07 PM
Come to think of it, sure, we do need poetry, not only at school for that matter.
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A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for love and every occasion
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March 27, 1:17 PM
Lots of great poetry ideas to share the love of writing creatively with your students during National Poetry Month in April. We celebrate all our poets this month with a poetry slam and contest on our social network Ning! To enjoy our poetry slam email pdavies@onlineschool.ca to RSVP for April 9th @11am all students grade 7-12. Delete the scoop?
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For all my visual thinkers this vidtionary rocks! Delete the scoop?
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Film making students here is your chance to get a scholarship to a great movie making week of learning at Gulf Islands Film school. Delete the scoop?
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Choosing between the iPad or Chromebook leads one to ask many questions. EdTechTeacher's Beth Holland attempts to answer a few.
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Tough choice! But still loving my iPad and I think the kids do. Delete the scoop?
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If you long for the days of a handwritten letter, then perhaps this app is for you. Send simple handwritten emails. It also acts as a good handwriting practi... Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Pippa Davies @PippaDavies
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January 13, 12:56 PM
Awesome tool for students who struggle with holding a pencil.
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January 28, 12:38 PM
Interesting idea for teaching handwriting to the digital generation. Delete the scoop?
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Great ideas for sharing literacy techniques in novel study and writing. Delete the scoop?
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Now that text talk is widely accepted as a legitimate form of communication, we are left wondering: Will text talk become our main form of communication in the future? Will the widespread use of text talk negatively impact the way we communicate? Or are we engaged in the creation of a colorful new language every time we text? Via Nik Peachey 
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January 4, 1:24 PM
My thoughts: This article talks about how texting and the new media age may not be as bad of a thing as it is hyped up to be. They have done studies that show the pros and cons. This article shows how although we are using shortcuts to write it is just a way of us adapting; yet people still continue to use proper grammar more often than not. Delete the scoop?
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As more schools begin allowing students to bring their own devices and actually use them in class, the debate around the value of “digital writing” — texting, taking notes on mobile devices, tweeting, etc. — is heating up. Some educators (and even a linguistic expert) believe kids who text are exercising a different, additional muscle when texting, writing, and note-taking — and that skill is actually adding to a student’s growing and changing repertoire. Mindshft. Delete the scoop?
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Teacher Dayyl Esswein shares technology tools daily with lesson plans from his fifth grade classroom. This one encompasses poetry and iPad apps! Delete the scoop?
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Cool Tools for the 21st Century Classroom ... Instead inspire students to write interesting and colorful e-books that can be created individually or collaboratively with a real-world tool that will keep them coming back for more!
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In the wake of the revelations that Jonah Lehrer is a serial self-plagiarist, Josh Levin declares that if you're an "ideas man", you shouldn't be a blogger. Discover the basics of blogging while linking to other articles. Delete the scoop?
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