I’m Late! Bits Flashback for April 17
April 18, 2011
I’m late! I’m late for a very important date! No time to say “Hello,” “Goodbye.” I’m late, I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!
There’s no way around it. I’m late on posting last week’s summary of posts from Bedford Bits. Fortunately the posts are still fresh and ready for readers. No stale or moldy content here! Read on for details on all of the new entries posted last week:
- Holly Pappas explores why students have trouble understanding in-text citations and then shares some explanations & remedies in Learning to Question the Answers.
- Andrea Lunsford reflects on the presentations she saw at CCCC 2011 and considers the challenges we face as we hold on to and teach the very best of the old literacy while offering students an opportunity to embrace the best of what the new literacy presents.
- Liz Wardle considers how communities like writing centers help students learn transferable writing-related knowledge in Writing About Writing, Ecological Models of Writing Development, and Writing Centers.
- Barclay Barrios talks about his plans to use an iPad for teaching and shares his plans for teaching an all-iPad class in Ipad-ucation.
- High School Bits blogger Carol Jago explains why she’s excited about the coming of the Common Core and the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) in The Common Core/Uncommon Sense.
- Traci Gardner asserts that the acceptable range of behavior in the classroom is changing and asks in response, What If We Allow Cell Phones in the Classroom?
- High School Bits blogger Jesse Tangen-Mills prepares students for the AP exam by teaching That Irksome Augustan-Era Lit: That Irksome Augustan-Era Lit.
- Susan Naomi Bernstein discusses The Anxiety of Organization: The Gritty Specifics of the Writing Process, in response to a comment from reader Aaron Kerley.
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