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By: Summary of Learning in ECMP 355 « Short Quips

Summary of Learning in ECMP 355 « Short Quips — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:26:41 +0000

[...] had my blog posts mentioned in other people’s blogs, and most recently excerpts from my post “Live teacher Conference” were included in the Teachers Teaching Teachers post detailing their chat from March 28th. [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:11:46 +0000

[...] to this conversation, we offer these reflections posted by one of our listeners on her blog, “Short Quips: thinking in (hyper)text” (Check out here blog, to see this teacher’s complete response, and view her About [...]

By: hchev

hchev — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:14:43 +0000

Hey Cynthia,
Thanks for the reply! And yes, if you are planning to teach middle years or high school, Youth Voices would definitely be worth looking into.

From what I remember from the conversation, most teachers were marking on participation, and some were more strict about grammar/punctuation etc than others. I guess it would really be up to you, and what you feel is the goal of the task a) for students to develop their skills and confidence in posting their thoughts/comments online or b) to practice skills in language arts and literacy. You could easily include both in your assessments.

By: Cynthia Schultz

Cynthia Schultz — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:46:49 +0000

Thanks for sharing ‘Youth Voices’ – it sounds very interesting. I am going to check it out and hopefully use it one day!

One question I have regarding marking students in regards to their contributions to Youth Voices would be: Are the students marked on participation or are there guidelines that their posts have to follow and criteria they have to meet to obtain said marks? (Don’t know if you have the answer but it is definitely something to think about!)