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Why Sending Students Home with Writing Assignments Might Not Be The Best Idea

Catlin Tucker

In our newest book, Shift Writing into the Classroom with UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I guide teachers in creating the time and space to support all parts of the writing process in the classroom. If there is only one pathway provided, students may question their ability to complete a writing task successfully.

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How to combat misuse of AI in student writing

eSchool News

It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative AI tool and receive a completed assignment. Instead of forbidding generative AI tools, it’s critical that teachers show students how and when it’s appropriate to use AI in student writing.

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How the Internet Neighborhood is Like Any Other Community

Ask a Tech Teacher

Thanks to the pervasiveness of easy-to-use and free web-based tools, most teachers have one or more computers in the classroom with internet access. Because of this, educators have come to expect students to participate actively in the learning process and transfer their knowledge from the classroom to life.

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3 Strategies to Engage Students Remotely with StudySync Using Google Classroom

Catlin Tucker

1 Use the StudySync Access Prior Knowledge Activities to Facilitate Online Discussions. Teachers using StudySync can use the Access Prior Knowledge Activities in the First Read Lessons to engage students in asynchronous online discussions using Google Classroom or a learning management system, like Schoology.

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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It’ll start with a plot of land and students will write the story, cast the characters, create the entire 1776 world. A note: Any time students use the internet, start with a discussion on how to use it safely. Required to understand the game’s big picture because few are based on common knowledge. Again, think Legos.

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From Analog to Digital: Why and How to Teach Students to Write for an Online Audience

Edsurge

Whether text, video or something else entirely, each of these mediums encompasses a form of writing. The ubiquity and impact of digital writing can’t be ignored. The ubiquity and impact of digital writing can’t be ignored. Increasingly, writing doesn’t mean a five paragraph essay written by hand. engagement and passion.

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Why Students Can’t Write — And Why Tech is Part of the Problem

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Writing is more important than ever, but many of today’s students are lousy at it. Warner has been teaching writing at colleges for more than 20 years. And he’s written two books on the topic, including his most recent, called “ Why They Can’t Write. John Warner has some ideas about why that is, and how to fix it.

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