The collaborative world in which we are moving requires new skills. It's all about learning to succeed collectively in overcoming challenges. In this collaborative learning movement, writing with ...
Kids love to tell and share stories, but writing nonfiction is different, because they have to take concepts or events and not only understand them, but convey that information in writing. For many ...
Matthew Johnson is an English teacher from Ann Arbor, Mich., and the author of Flash Feedback: Responding to Student Writing Better and Faster – Without Burning Out (published by Corwin Press). His ...
Writing partnerships can be a very tenuous collaboration. Who’s right in a disagreement? Who gets to write what scene? Who does the final polish on the script? For every writing pair that works out, ...
Collaborative writing also taps into students’ excitement about reaching an audience of their peers, rather than just the teacher. Online platforms extend that audience beyond the classroom, too, ...
As my co-writer Mercedes R. Lackey and I say, when you’re co-writing, you each get to do the best parts. When you have a good connection with a co-writer, you can build storylines around your ...
It all started on a weekend away for the Booksluts, a Sydney book club with the motto “We’ll read anything.” Six of the group’s eight regular members were discussing “Crime and Punishment,” and ...
What it’s about: Outside of TV production, writing is nearly always a solitary pursuit, but occasionally the crazed loners who produce the world’s literature decide to risk human contact and work ...
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Collaborative tools, and Google Docs in particular, have shifted the way students write, collaborate, and get feedback and editing from teachers. It’s the first thing nearly all teachers interviewed ...