Across the Curriculum

Of course by “them” I mean students!  What are they passionate about?  How do we as educators extract that passion from them?
In another attempt to find ways to engage students in writing across the curriculum, I have discovered the Letters to the Next President: Writing Our Future project.  This is a collaborative effort between Google [...]

Writing is emphasized in all grade levels and all content areas, often stated as “Writing Across the Curriculum”.  How are we supposed to cover curriculum and simultaneously integrate writing skills?  How are we supposed to develop a continuous supply of engaging, thought provoking writing prompts?
My proposal for developing authentic writing prompts is to use a [...]

I think my blog has finally evolved into a useful resource for educators in my district.  An administrator, a key instructional leader in a school, has emailed a contribution!
On a personal level, it is very rewarding to know that instructional leaders are reading and finding the blog to be of sound educational value.  However, the [...]

Today I will begin working with a teacher on how to develop a blogging culture in his class.  He has followed my advice and already created a class blog using Edublogs as well as Gmail subsidiary accounts so that he can moderate all student comments through one email address and avoid the hassle of students [...]

Within the last year, ideas for the educational integration of the collaborative multimedia sharing tool VoiceThread have been floating around the blogosphere. 
While attempting to do my weekly cleaning of my Google Reader, I read a recent post in the Free Technology For Teachers blog in which prompted me to share some great integration ideas [...]