Rockford Peaches - A League of Their Own. "This summer, Tom Hanks and the Rockford Peaches prove that a woman's place is at home...first, second & third.
" - Tagline, A League of Their Own, 1992 Questioning the Story: Were the characters in the movie based on actual players? For the most part, all of the characters in the movie are entirely fictional. A website dedicated to real life Rockford Peach Dottie Green claims that Geenie Davis' character of Dottie Hinson was loosely based on Dottie Green, who was a catcher for the Peaches from 1943 to 1947.
The web site (now defunct) was designed by Doug Green, who I'm assuming is her son or some other relation, leading me to question if Doug is the only one drawing the similarities. Free Math, English programs, games, worksheets for grades K-8 - Dositey.com educational site.
Lamar. Natal. Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English - UKM Journal Article Repository. Literacyuncc.pbworks.com/f/writing+with+blogs.pdf. Www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/viewFile/19756/13034. USING BLOGS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE WRITING CLASSES - Tags: ENGLISH language. Home » USING BLOGS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE WRITING CLASSES Hashemi, Masoud; Najafi, Vahid July 2011 International Journal of Academic Research;Jul2011, Vol. 3 Issue 4, p599 Academic Journal Article.
Factors influencing secondary school teachers’ adoption of teaching blogs. Abstract Recently, there has been a significant proliferation in the number of teaching blogs; however, little has been explored about what motivates teachers to adopt teaching blogs.
The purpose of this study is to find out which factors can significantly influence teacher decisions regarding their teaching blog adoption and the relative importance of these influences. This study extended Rogers’ (1995) Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT) that incorporates relevant factors from two sources: from within individual IT adoption literature and from within blog research literature emphasizing knowledge sharing motivation. The model includes four dimensions (which are individual, innovation technology, school and environmental characteristics) and 14 factors.
Special Section How It’s Done: 20 Ways to Make Tech Work in Schools. 1/12/2012 By: James Careless The latest controversy in the education press has once again become a handwringing, brow-furrowing discussion on whether or not technology “works” in the classroom.
You may be hearing the same concerns in your school or district. Well, here is the answer: yes, tech does work. Seeking best practices and meeting the needs of the english language learners. And multimedia/Handsfield 2009 Children critical web users and producers.pdf. This Bird Can Blog! Subjects Arts & Humanities --Language Arts Grade Brief Description Students assume the persona of a real or imagined classroom pet and write a blog describing daily activities in the classroom.
Objectives Students will: summarize classroom activities through descriptive writing. Keywords blog, online publishing, journal, classroom pets Materials Needed student access to a word processing program (optional). teacher access to the Internet. Lesson Plan. Classroomblogging - Blogging Activities. Static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//educators/activities/pdfs_GTA/CribSheet.Blogger3. USING BLOGS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE WRITING CLASSES - Tags: ENGLISH language. The vast majority of students say they prefer print textbooks over electronic ones, and attitudes have not shifted markedly in the past year, according to the results of a survey by the National Association of College Stores.
The survey, set to be released tomorrow, found that 76 percent of students would pick a printed book over an e-textbook if the choice was left entirely up to them. That’s the exact same proportion as in the previous year’s survey. The association surveyed 627 students at campuses across the United States this month. How Blogging Can Help Reluctant Writers. Blogging is an excellent way of motivating students to develop a lifelong love of learning.
Writing is a process, and when they learn this they will be able to apply the skills to other aspects of their schooling. It also teaches children critical thinking skills which will help them as they progress through school. Along with the development of critical thinking skills, students will learn how to conduct research. How Blogging Can Help Reluctant Writers. Best Student Blogs of 2012. The winners of the Best student edublog 2012….1,897.
RelatedSignals - Let's Explore Together! Dimitrije's School Blog - English. Interactive Lessons & Ideas. These lesson plans were perhaps the most popular activity for last year's Digital Learning Day.
The links provide a ready-made activity that you can use with your students on Digital Learning Day and beyond. You will see that each lesson includes a full lesson plan and a short video introduction from the Digital Learning Day teacher who submitted the lesson. If you plan to use a lesson on Digital Learning Day in your classroom or school, make sure to add this activity to our map. Visit the toolkits for more lesson plans, tools to use, and tips from teachers in specific areas! Teaching With Blogs. Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Blogging With Photovoice: Sharing Pictures in an Integrated Classroom Make the most of your students' diverse ability levels and experience with a prewriting activity in which they describe an abstract idea using blogging and photographs that they have taken.
Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia Students work together to create their own utopias, using blogs as the primary source of publication. Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Creating Character Blogs Students view examples of blogs, learn the basic elements of blog creation, and then create a blog from the perspective of a fictional character. Using Blogs to Integrate Technology in the Classroom, Education Up Close, Teaching Today, Glencoe Online. Using Blogs to Integrate Technology in the Classroom As the Internet becomes an increasingly pervasive and persistent influence in people's lives, the phenomenon of the blog stands out as a fine example of the way in which the Web enables individual participation in the marketplace of ideas. Teachers have picked up on the creative use of this Internet technology and put the blog to work in the classroom.
The education blog can be a powerful and effective technology tool for students and teachers alike. The unrealistic claims for the effects of classroom blogging on English as ...: EBSCOhost. Licensing restrictions permit the library to allow access only to MU faculty, staff, and currently enrolled students. For help with problems and more information about using this proxy server, Click Here. Conditions of Use Electronic resources are available to University of Missouri (MU) students, faculty, staff, and library users in accordance with the publisher's license terms and conditions. Users have an obligation to read, be aware of, and observe the terms and conditions of use for all electronic resources. Students: Technology in the Classroom.
The integration of technology in education is no longer a "new" idea. Because technology has become such an integral part of society, it is necessary to integrate its use in education in a variety of ways. The use of computer technology has moved beyond computer assisted instruction in the form of tutorials or drill and practice. Today's technology can provide teachers and students with opportunities for teaching and learning that were impossible in the past.
Computers can be used as devices for communicating with people literally a world apart. They can be used as tools to create instructional materials or as presentation devices to provide information in ways never before possible. Blogs on Technology Integration. In part one of this series, I shared how I use freely available video in my reading and literacy methods course to help my preservice teachers understand close reading instruction at a level that could not be attained through reading and discussion alone.
In part two, I shared my curated collection of videos for general Common Core info, as well as videos to teach the close reading, text complexity and informational texts standards. Below is my curated collection of videos of exceptional professional websites for reading teachers that feature videos and resources on word generation, explicit instruction, graphic organizers and text difficulty, among other topics. K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work. Digital Natives.
Www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky - Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants - Part1. Www.sonikcycle.com/documents/weblogs_and_L2_academic_writing.pdf. Virtual home of Konrad Glogowski. Articles - jbendriss - Gmail. Articles - jbendriss - Gmail. Articles - jbendriss - Gmail. Factors influencing secondary school teachers’ adoption of teaching blogs. Licensing restrictions permit the library to allow access only to MU faculty, staff, and currently enrolled students. Factors influencing secondary school teachers’ adoption of teaching blogs. Activities for ESL/EFL Students (English Study)