Clear, articulate, concise writing is important for our students. The mind of a middle schooler may often be anything but clear, articulate and concise (and that is OK). What strategies can we use to help students acquire and integrate learning of the writing process?
Better Answers is a writing program we are working on [...]
Content Tech
Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom
Using a worksheet to research information on the Internet and fill in the blanks is a popular activity. In its most fundamental state, this is a form of the strategy cues, questions, and advance organizers. Students use questions on the worksheet to (hopefully) guide them through a website [...]
In this month’s flashback, one of the posts I wrote in August 2004 is What Matters? The two questions I posed regarding if using technology in a lesson are appropriate were:
Does the technology allow for new and unique learning experiences that are not possible without it?
Does the technology allow for increased, more efficient learning that [...]