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 Student Voices: Deep Thinkers at Work Pam offloaded the essay question from her Oedipus test this year, and launched it instead into the blogosphere. She used the “request for publishing” feature in Blogmeister as an ongoing editing tool with students. I believe she returned every student publishing request at least three times. (Blogmeister keeps a running record of suggestions for edits.) She even used the tool for individual conferencing with students whose writing required further attention. This is an uncanny example of a writing teacher adopting and adapting a 21st century strategy to deal with the timeless proposition of composition instruction. In the last paragraph of each entry, students compare a quote from Sophocles to modern experience. Take the time to read several student entries. A navigational hint: the entries toward the bottom of the Titles list on the left column of HEAR ME! tend to have been approved by Pam earlier in the process. Setting up classblogs: time, energy, vision, planning, risk. Stellar examples of student thinking: priceless! Can you HEAR ME now? |
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