Through the 1001 Flat World Tales project, our seventh graders are quickly learning that writing, to be read online, should look very different from writing to be read off-line. We realized that when reading online we need: lots of space between paragraphs clear and deliberate headings in large, bold font bullets to organize lists of…
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Over the past week or so, these issues have struck a chord with me: Miss Profe is experiencing frustration trying to figure out how web 2.0 tools can improve her students’ learning. Here at M’KIS, we are developing a clear framework for the process of IT integration to help teachers deal with the overwhelming options…
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Today marks the first day of the first middle school 1001 Tales writing workshop! Our students have just been introduced to the project and will be working with students in Serbia and Canada to produce myths and legends for the alien king about Malaysia. If you are a middle school teacher, and would like to…
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Last night we went out with a group of teachers from school. While we try to avoid talking about school on the weekend, it invariably comes up since we all work together. Last night we had an especially good conversation about technology, specifically blogging, and I realized that these casual conversations are, often times, even…
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This is the kind of feedback I love to get when starting an integrated project: The wiki is so cool! It is the perfect solution to group projects where you want the kids to collaborate but when it comes time to save information there is always a problem since one student stores everything in his/her…
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