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Author Ramsay, Julie D

Title Can We Skip Lunch and Keep Writing? Collaborating in Class & Online, Grades 3-6
Published Portland : Stenhouse Publishers, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (227 p.)
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Writing Reimagined; Chapter 2: Poetry to Podcasts; Chapter 3: Storytelling for This Generation; Chapter 4: One Size Does Not Fit All; Chapter 5: The Whole Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts; Chapter 6: Stepping Back in Time; Chapter 7: Passion and Persuasion; Chapter 8: Learning Far and Near; References; Index
Summary Publishing podcasts, writing digital stories with ""choose your own adventure"" endings, and collaborating with students around the country through wikis, Skype, and VoiceThread, Julie D. Ramsay never imagined that she and her fifth grade students would be forging a new frontier using technology to support writing lessons. In a school district with minimal resources and a prescriptive curriculum that makes originality a constant challenge, Julie could have continued teaching grammar and writing skills in isolation. But when she realized how hungry her students were for ""real"" writing activit
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English
Subject Language arts (Elementary) -- Computer-assisted instruction
Creative writing -- Computer-assisted instruction
Critical thinking -- Computer-assisted instruction
Computers and literacy.
Educational technology.
Educational Technology
Computers and literacy
Creative writing -- Computer-assisted instruction
Critical thinking -- Computer-assisted instruction
Educational technology
Language arts (Elementary) -- Computer-assisted instruction
Education.
Social Sciences.
Theory & Practice of Education.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1571109161
9781571109163
Other Titles Can We Skip Lunch and Keep Writing?