Once again, the students are writing summaries. I am impressed with the way the Write to Learn program provides feedback to be sure different topics are covered equally. I have also continued to have the students podcasting. They are so engaged!
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Engaging Summary Writing?
Posted in teach21, tagged podcast, summary, WritetoLearn, writing on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Summary Writing for Podcasting
Posted in teach21, tagged podcast, summary, WritetoLearn, writing on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The students are using the Write to Learn program to develop their summary writing skills. These skills will be useful as the students move toward writing synopses for posting in blogs and in podcasts. The podcasting class is great. I have the students podcasting!
Coordinating Write to Learn with the GPS
Posted in teach21, tagged essay, WritetoLearn, writing on October 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I assigned my second essay in Write to Learn today. The students are eager to get feedback on the essays and do not want to stop until they have achieved a good grade. This program will be great for editing their writing for out pod casts and web pages. I may have difficulty identifying specific [...]
Write to Learn feedback
Posted in teach21, tagged assessment, summary, WritetoLearn on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The summary component in Write to Learn is great. It provides feedback on each section of the reading passage and on Grammar, Spelling, Copying, Repetition, and length.
Write to Learn vs. Criterion
Posted in teach21, tagged Criterion, essay, Pearson, summary, WritetoLearn on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We are using Write to Learn from Pearson. I am very pleased with the feedback provided to the students as well as the feedback I receive as a teacher. The student interface is easy for the students to understand and use. Assignments are either Essays or Summaries. Each ESSAY is graded on a six point [...]
Editing with Write to Learn
Posted in teach21, tagged MSPublisher, WritetoLearn on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The students are utilizing the Write to Learn program to compose articles that will be included in a newspaper designed in Microsoft Publisher. It is amazing how motivated the students are.
