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Yancey, Kathleen Blake – Principal Leadership, 2009
People are writing as never before--in blogs and text messages and on MySpace and Facebook and Twitter. Teenagers do a good deal of this writing, and in some composing environments--for example, the text-messaging space of a cell phone--they are ahead of adults in their invention of new writing practices and new genres. At the same time, teenagers…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Writing Evaluation
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Ramaswami, Rama – T.H.E. Journal, 2008
"Blogging for the sake of blogging is fine, but what is the value added?" That's a question educational blogging advocates are now coming around to answer, and the value they're finding may seem preposterous to those who associate blogging with barely literate loudmouths and cyber predators. Can this often belligerent wasteland of poor…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Writing Improvement
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Leary, Nancy – International Journal of Social Education, 1993
Discusses the rationale and attributes of the whole-language approach and applies it to secondary social studies instruction. Describes assessment strategies used with the whole-language approach and maintains that evaluation of student writing helps prepare them for appraisal in the workplace. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions, Educational Strategies