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from Into the Driver's Seat
May 23, 2017 9:03 AM
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Nothing could be more demanding and time-consuming than manually running a business. When you keep having to do everything manually, you will often spend lots of time without achieving very much. Blogging has many branches, and I bet you already know that all of these branches take time to perfect, especially if you're someone who values quality (like me). The primary reason people succeed at internet marketing is that they have all of their tedious tasks systemized with tools. Social media marketing, for example, takes up a hell of a lot of time. How can you possibly do all of it manually? You
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from Writing Rightly
May 20, 2017 2:04 AM
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I love a good page turner. There are few things more satisfying to me then starting a book and not physically being able to put it down. So much so that you look up from said book only to realize that you've been in your pajamas all day, and now it's nighttime. Such was the wonderful…
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May 17, 2017 4:04 PM
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Writing is not easy. We so often hear from creative, innovative people that they find it incredibly frustrating to try and clearly communicate their ideas on paper. If you are naturally more right-brained (imaginative), and you find the left-brain (analytical) process of writing and editing difficult, you are not alone.
"I hate to imagine how many beautiful stories and ground-breaking insights are stuck in the heads of insecure writers. But help is at hand. We’ve developed an editing tool to help you conquer your worries and strengthen your writing.
"Upload your text into the ProWritingAid editing tool and it will run 25 different technical writing reports, identifying where your writing sounds amateurish, wordy, vague, overly-complicated and much more."
Jim Lerman's insight: This appears to be quite a helpful and powerful writing aid. I will check it out for sure.
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May 15, 2017 1:25 AM
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Writing a clear and accurate informative text is a foundational skill in writing. People in all walks of life constantly need to write to explain ideas and information to others. These skills aren’t only important for success on state and college entrance assessments; they will also serve students well throughout their education, careers, and civic life. Here are three best practices to try with your students as you work with them on their informative writing skills.
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Jim Lerman
from Daily Newspaper
May 5, 2017 12:22 PM
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This paper presents an overview of how digital storytelling has and continues to be used to support teaching and learning activities. In addition, recommendations and guidelines are presented for educators who would like to teach students to use digital storytelling as an educational endeavor.
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from A Writing Life
May 2, 2017 2:23 PM
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“One of the surest ways to find unhappiness and to limit your creativity is worrying about what others think of you. Here's one way to solve this problem.”
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from Into the Driver's Seat
May 2, 2017 2:15 PM
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Interested in some great Free Digital Storytelling Tools for teachers and students? Check 18 Free Digital Storytelling Tools for teachers and students.
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from Into the Driver's Seat
April 25, 2017 12:33 AM
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"As a journalism student who loved to code, I found my home at Northwestern University’s Knight Lab. Knight Lab brings together a community of folks invested in using technology to enhance storytelling, and over the past few years has produced a number of simple and open-source tools to aid reporters in crafting digital stories.
"...the tools, which give any user the ability to design a timeline, compare two images, or build a geographic-based story, are free, easy-to-use, fast, and adaptable for the classroom.
"Check out the examples below for ideas on how to explain school lessons with Knight Lab’s interactive tools, or start building a project at knightlab.northwestern.edu. Each tool has straightforward instructions on how to get started."
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Jim Lerman
April 21, 2017 12:44 PM
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Jim Lerman's insight: Wonderful collection of writing prompts by Luke Neff. I'd say most of them would be appropriate for secondary level students. Here's part of something Neff has written that describes how he uses the prompts in his classes: "I use them this way: I do some sort of five or ten minute writing lesson with my students. They learn some style activities and grammar tricks and things like that. Then we do a writing prompt, in which they attempt to implement the writing lesson. They have a little less than ten minutes, and their goal is to write at least half of a page, depending on the handwriting (mine are freshmen and most have no problem with this). After they’re done writing, they go immediately into a time of reading for twenty minutes. During this reading time, I collect their writing work (both the lesson activity and the prompt are on the sheet), and I read it. When they are done with reading time, I then give feedback to the whole class about what they wrote about, and I read a few of them out loud that I really liked and then explain what I liked about them. I try to connect this to the Six Traits or to our standards. Sometimes if I notice a mistake that is being made by a few them, I’ll do a quick bit of instruction on that. But these are not graded for grammar at all. These are a chance to practice the process of moving thoughts from their heads to the paper. They do get a grade in the gradebook on these, but the grade has to do with the standards that are about matching audience to purpose and writing routinely over time. Basically, if they are in the ballpark and gave it a good attempt, then they get a proficient score on their writing prompts."
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April 14, 2017 7:32 AM
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Educator Innovator is very excited to announce a new partnership with Marginal Syllabus. Starting in April, Educator Innovator will host a dynamic opportunity for open learning via author partnerships, annotathons (more on these below!), and webinars—all in conjunction with Marginal Syllabus, a multi-stakeholder collaboration between Hypothesis, a non-profit organization building an open platform for discussion on the web, Aurora Public Schools in Aurora, CO, and Researchers and teacher educators from the University of Colorado Denver School of Education and Human Development in Denver, CO. The founders of Marginal Syllabus aim to advance educator professional development about education in/equity through the use of participatory learning technologies. You can learn more at the Marginal Syllabus website.
By partnering with Marginal Syllabus, Educator Innovator seeks to facilitate open learning for educators in all kinds of spaces (in schools, libraries, and afterschool programs to name a few). We are enthusiastic about the potential for collaborative learning, exploration, and dialogue brought about by “social reading” and the online tools like Hypothesis that make it possible. We already know there is tremendous power in reading, writing and discussing together, and this collaboration makes it even easier, extending the conversation across space and time.
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April 14, 2017 7:26 AM
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Writing is just one tool the ELARA students use throughout the project.
In addition to the journalism and urban planning exercises, students complete photography and public speaking assignments. That interdisciplinary approach suits the subject matter, Blockstein said, and embraces students’ varied interests and strengths.
“To me it’s really important, as we look at neighborhoods and place,” Blockstein said, “to recognize that they’re all rich and complex, so there’s no single best way to describe or examine a place.”
The educators are conscious of leaving the students with real-world skills and a portfolio of work—publication in the LA Times can’t hurt—that will help them when they apply to college or jobs. A younger cohort of ELARA students will take part in a short urban planning program at USC this summer, and the hope is that some will end up attending that school themselves later on.
If they do, they will arrive on campus aware that they have the power to shape their communities.
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Jim Lerman
April 5, 2017 12:03 PM
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As an English teacher with 24 years of experience, I often feel I’ve explored every possible avenue to help my students grow as writers. That is truer today than ever as new technology has increased the instructional possibilities, and evidence-based, on-demand testing has forced me to get creative. But while the educational landscape has shifted, my core values as a teacher have remained the same: to ensure engagement, growth and the retention of learning— “stickiness”—for each student.
In order to meet these goals while also responding to testing demands, I needed a new resource: one that would provide my students with a strong framework for writing and use technology as the primary composing tool. Fortunately, I found everything I was looking for (and more) in the online reading and writing program ThinkCERCA.
The letters in ThinkCERCA represent the building blocks of an essay: claim, evidence, reasoning, counter argument, and audience. But ThinkCERCA is more than just a traditional framework; the online program provides a lesson library with texts related to literature, math, science, and social studies. Once teachers choose a lesson, the program provides a six-step process to help students analyze the readings and produce a cohesive essay. Best of all, it assists me in meeting my own criteria for effective writing instruction, ensuring all students are engaged, growing, and that the learning sticks.
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Jim Lerman
from Into the Driver's Seat
May 23, 2017 9:05 AM
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Learn to improve your storytelling presentation skills and engage and move your audience using contrast, the hero's journey, and a gripping narrative.
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May 20, 2017 2:08 AM
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"It is the intentions, the capacities for choice rather than the total configuration of traits which defines the person."
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Jim Lerman
from Writing Rightly
May 20, 2017 2:03 AM
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Maya Eilam is a freelance New York City graphic designer making digital and printed works that bring creativity to communication. Including websites, logos, social media graphics, custom lettering, illustration, photography, infographics, and more.
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from Educational Technology News
May 17, 2017 8:33 AM
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"Using online tools to support writing instruction can have significant benefits for both students and teachers."
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Jim Lerman
from Daily Newspaper
May 5, 2017 12:26 PM
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Digital Storytelling (DST) on the (a) academic achievement, (b) attitude towards physics and (c) self efficacy perception of secondary school students.
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Jim Lerman
May 3, 2017 11:45 AM
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Kurt Vonnegut, author of such classics as Slaughterhouse Five and Breakfast of Champions, stands today as one of the 20th century’s most important American writers. I can’t think of anyone better placed to give literary advice, and, thankfully, he agreed with me.
These eight tips were originally written by Vonnegut to apply exclusively to writers of short stories, but I reckon they’re just as useful for writers of longer fiction. Here they are:"
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Jim Lerman
from A Writing Life
May 2, 2017 2:21 PM
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“ Data from an app Wyl Menmuir used to help him write his Booker-longlisted debut gives insights into how it was done”
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Jim Lerman
May 2, 2017 2:10 PM
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Ink Spilling and Girlhood Remixed started in 2013 on a shoestring budget. When a waiting list emerged, the organizers decided to expand the camps. The LRNG grants supported the camps’ growth, as well as the follow-up sessions later in the year where students discussed how their takeaways from the camp have impacted their in-school learning. The Borderlands Writing Project is sharing these lessons with their local community of teachers in New Mexico. The takeaways (gleaned from both the students and the camp facilitators) have become a part of a set of teacher resources and related curriculum used for professional development support.
Most importantly, many of the students have continued writing or are now taking their new skills into personal projects of their own making. That includes Lina and Maya, the twin sisters who fundraise for people who are homeless. After Girlhood Remixed, they started planning how they could create a website or a video for the following winter, and use their new-found tech skills out in their own community.
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Jim Lerman
April 21, 2017 2:51 PM
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Picture this: you assign student writing, provide time for work and revision, and dedicate hours to feedback for growth. Yet students are still making the same mistakes. Sound familiar?
With collaborative, real-time, and cloud-based technology tools, teachers can go beyond traditional teaching methods with new ways to help students improve their writing.
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Jim Lerman
from Into the Driver's Seat
April 20, 2017 8:25 AM
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Careful editing can make such a difference to your writing, as there is so much more to think about than just spelling, grammar and sentence construction.
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Jim Lerman
from Into the Driver's Seat
April 14, 2017 7:30 AM
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The Workshop School received a 2015 LRNG Innovation Challenge grant to train students to create multimedia stories about their own lives, including their experience at the Workshop school in support of future incoming students. The LRNG Innovation Challenge grants stem from a partnership between the National Writing Project and John Legend’s Show Me Campaign to help educators extend time and space for connected learning.
This year with LRNG support, students at the workshop school participated in summer internships through partnerships with local media production organizations. Students attended workshops at Scribe Video Center, a nonprofit in West Philadelphia that supports local media artists in making documentaries, and at PhillyCAM, the city’s Public access media group. Students worked with experts at both organizations to create multimedia projects to tell their own stories, some of which even ended up being shared online and broadcast locally.
Then, in the fall, students took what they’d learned back to their school community—leading workshops for students and staff on how to incorporate digital media into their coursework.
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Jim Lerman
April 7, 2017 12:48 PM
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We go hard for National Poetry Month here on The Learning Network, so you may already be familiar with an earlier version of this piece we started way back in 2010.
But, as The Times kept publishing news and features about poetry and poets, we kept adding more and more ways to teach it, until that old piece started to look downright overstuffed.
Below is a fresh version for 2017, with over 20 ideas for helping even the most verse averse find something to enjoy.
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