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#ncte roundtble on blogs and assessment: have to teach both blogging and commenting. http://tinyurl.com/yjdded3 List of criteria from tchers
Greg McVerry#NCTE has made wonderful commitment to advancing technology and literacy. It was fun using oldest genre (poetry) with newest forms of text.
Greg McVerryBack home from #NCTE. Thanks all who came to our poetry and blogging sessions. I will upload handouts to Ning. Great convo on assessment.
Greg McVerryteaching writing through blogs is like masking vegetables as juice my girl hates veggies luvs juice Students hate writing love online #ncte
Greg McVerryToo many classroom blogs are used for question and response. We need to transition to students as authors not answer holders. #ncte
Greg McVerry#ncte teachers confused by all the tools. Want to blog but unsure of what skills are needed and how to teach. No idea how to assess.
Greg McVerry#ncte In our blogging session now. First time presenting with google wave. Has a lot of potential.
Greg McVerry#ncte our poetry session rocked! Awesome ideas and connections. I will post materials to Ning. Look forward to reading everyones poems.
Greg McVerry#ncte our poetry session begins at 11 @201c. Four awesome activities 2 tech, 2 paper, 2 response, 2 authorship. Come write a poem with us.
Greg McVerryIt seems activity on the Ning doesn't really continue after sessions. No one posts comments yet twitters a buzz. whats the difference? #ncte
Greg McVerryJust realized irony of doing blogging session at #NCTE while my blog gathers dust. New commitment: put down academic writing and blog a bit.
Greg McVerryGreat keynote. Sitting in lobby by #NCTE central and ejoying cup of coffee. BTW Dunkdonuts line really long. good snck carts outside on 11th
Greg McVerry#ncte plz help our session is in room with no projector. Does anyone have one I can borrow at eleven?
Greg McVerry#ncte new goal for blogging session: use @jennamcjennas list of blog skills to develop 4th,7th,10th grade rubrics with teacher.
Greg McVerry#ncte getting ready for our drop a mouse in poetry session. Four activities based on the poems of Billy Collins. Two technology driven
Greg McVerryFeel bad for all the stuck air travelers. Hopefully you can find some free wifi #ncte.
Greg McVerry#ncte Millions of college students take online classes. Threfor if your school does not teach online/hybrid graduates are not college ready.
Greg McVerry#ncte while its a strat, 2 many tchrs use blogs for simple question and response. Encourage kids to develop own voice with frequent posts.
Greg McVerryGetting ready to pack up and head down to good ol' iladelph. Looking forward to catching up #NCTE
Greg McVerryThink qual rsrch is like learning to drive. Basics come quick, but takes years to learn ins and outs, and evn then u can b blindsided by bus
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