Tag: teaching writing
Posted on June 18, 2019
by Katie Burrows
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One of my favorite school experiences was when my 8th-grade teacher encouraged us to create our own blogs on Xanga, an early-2000’s service that sadly went the way of Myspace- still around, but no longer relevant. I loved the experience because the creativity and… Continue Reading “#TechTuesday: Bring Blogging to Class with EduBlogs”
Category: distance learning, ela, Professional Development, Technology, Virtual Classrooms, Workshop in Secondary, writingTags: blogging, edublogs, education, language arts, secondary, teaching writing, techtuesday
The end of the year is upon us, and it can be a slow, slow crawl to the finish line. Grades are due and kids are checked out and admin has sent out yet another ‘friendly reminder’ about keeping kids learning until the last… Continue Reading “16 Easy, Low-Key Activities for End-of-the-Year ELA that Aren’t Movies”
Don’t you just love it when your students really get engaged in a discussion? The ideas are bouncing off each other, students are respectfully disagreeing or asking follow-up questions, and the collaborative learning is just lighting up all over the place! If whole-class discussions… Continue Reading “#TechTuesday: Engage Students with e-Chat on Backchannel”
Category: distance learning, Professional Development, Technology, Virtual ClassroomsTags: backchannel, blended learning, collaboration, distance learning, edtech, education, educational technology, flipped classroom, teaching reading, teaching writing, tech tools, techtuesday
National Novel Writing Month, an annual November event, encourages aspiring writers all over the world to write a novel in just 30 days. The success of hundreds of thousands of writers all over the world attempting to write 50,000 words in a month led… Continue Reading “15 Reasons Why You Should Try NaNoWriMo With Your Students”
Category: ela, National Novel Writing Month/ NaNoWriMo, Workshop in Secondary, writingTags: author, book, education, educator, elementary school, high school, language arts, literacy, middle school, nanowrimo, novel, publish, reading, teacher, teaching writing, workshop, writer, writing, writing workshop, young writers program
National Novel Writing Month is, without a doubt, the biggest project I have undertaken in my teaching career thus far. While I have been familiar with NaNoWriMo since my early 20’s, and I knew of the Young Writers Program in passing, I more or… Continue Reading “How National Novel Writing Month Kickstarted my Teaching”
Category: ela, National Novel Writing Month/ NaNoWriMo, Workshop in SecondaryTags: education, language arts, middle school, nanowrimo, national novel writing month, secondary, teaching writing, workshop, writing, writing workshop