Many of you are probably familiar with the iPad app, Haiku Deck (options for editing on the web are coming soon). It can be used to create presentations (similar to Powerpoint, but more graphically appealing, in my opinion), and is very user-friendly. One of the things that I like about Haiku Deck is that it … Read more
This week, I am focusing on providing resources to “Squash the Summer Slide” as ReadWriteThink puts it. Parents often ask me at this time of year for ideas to keep my students challenged over the summer, and here is one that would be great for students who enjoy writing. Summer Superheroes is a “Parent & … Read more
I found out about the Video Writing Prompts site from one of my new, favorite blogs, Technology Tailgate. Video Writing Prompts is part of teachhub.com. What’s nice about this resource is that it has done all of the work for teachers by collecting the videos and offering thought-provoking questions for different sets of grade levels. … Read more
Angela Maiers, an educator/consultant/writer whom I greatly admire, has mentioned on her blog the idea of having a “Dream Team” – a group of people who you would like to emulate. In her book, The New Habitudes, she also mentions this, and offers a free reproducible here for conjuring up your personal Dream Team members. … Read more
I recently saw this article on Boing Boing that shares a tweet from Emma Coates, Pixar’s Story Artist, in which she relates the 22 Rules of Storytelling. I am regularly trying to encourage my students to do #12: “Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. And the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th – get the … Read more
First of all, did you know that TED, the fabulous producer of videos with “Ideas Worth Spreading”, now produces ebooks? If you did, why didn’t you tell me? Fortunately, I read the San Antonio’s Express News on Sunday, and found out about it when they published a brief review of one of the ebooks you … Read more