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@hickstro shortsighted. Another: Sticking Connected community behind paywall instead of sticking with Ning in 2008 huge mistake #engchat
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@rickylynne76 Going back 5-6 years but looked at informative & argumentative websites around topic. Common design elements emerged #engchat
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@rickylynne76 I would argue that is something that needs to change the design and redesign of images, colors, type is central #engchat
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RT @hickstro: "... so together our teach- ing can move beyond the sameness to become more than it ever was." Hicks et al. #ncte EJ Jan ...
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@rickylynne76 Yes but knowing what colors strike what emotion, and typeset says so much about a piece #NoMoreComicSans #engchat
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@chadsansing @budtheteacher Its strange my limited knowledge of code is like a mix of poetry and math. I find beauty in the pattern #engchat
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@chadsansing We spoke of earleir about how much code does one need to know. #engchat
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@rickylynne76 Yeah but there are elements of design (links, images, colors,) and genre (consice, block quotes) that differ to paper #engchat
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@hickstro It seems then by "deep" you also mean a level of participation. Deep writing would require knowledge of insider practices #engchat
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RT @hickstro: By "deep" I mean to say that it is a topic that we engage with over time. Not superfluous. Could be "quick," but still sub ...
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My thinking is you can use a digital texts to teach great pencil writing but you cannot use a pencil to teach great digital writing #engchat
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@InnovativeEdu @iChrisLehman @budtheteacher been reading a lot student blogs. Most successful use a team. Switch off as author/ed #engchat
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@spillarke Thats my thinking in years passed you could go deep in narrow channels that others control. Now you can decide depth #engchat
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My fav term for quality bloggers is by @jennamcjenna which coined them as those who can "read with mouse in hand" #engchat
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@iChrisLehman @heatherrocco Thats where it comes down to setting individual writing goals (hint grammar not always one) #engchat
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@budtheteacher @innovativeedu @ichrislehman There are specific elements of blogging as a genre and text that equal good writing. #engchat
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@spillarke @skajder for me lot of life in shallows (think tidal pool) Carr might be depth but its like canal someon else on locks #engchat
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@budtheteacher @innovativeedu @ichrislehman agree especially if u included my blog.It is often bad writing, but more people writing #engchat
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@budtheteacher @AmyRass @innovativeedu Even harder to build better bloggers. Have 2 be great writers and master of challenging txt #engchat
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@InnovativeEdu @iChrisLehman @budtheteacher I do doubt if we can grade blogs by level of participation. Problematic for school #engchat
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