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Notes on “Crank Up the Volume”

Hats off to Dave Boardman for a great presentation on blogs, Crank up the Volume: Giving Students a Voice with Weblogs, at the Learning in a 2.0 World sponsored by ACTEM. Only a real pro could pull off a blog presentation without internet access! Dave combined excellent examples of blogging by his students at Messalonskee [...]

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Converging Courses

A lot of talk in the halls about literacy today. Good conversations, face to face, thoughtful, you know with long reflective pauses. A conversation here, another there. At the same time we are moving forward with technology. People want to blog. At each turn I am seeing a way for technology and the tools of [...]

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Trying out Paper Blogging

I should have done this the first day of school. What a great way to get the kids up and talking to each other. I began the paper blogging lesson plan yesterday. The students are very excited about where this is heading and we have had some good discussions about online safety, appropriate comments and [...]

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