Comments on: News Events Assignment with a Twist http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/09/02/news-events-and-global-awareness/ The Magic of Learning Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Langwitches Blog » The Logistics of Creating a Current News Events Google Map http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/09/02/news-events-and-global-awareness/comment-page-1/#comment-31433 Langwitches Blog » The Logistics of Creating a Current News Events Google Map Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:40:54 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=4427#comment-31433 [...] Last week I posted a lesson with the Middle School social studies students, “News Events Assignments with a Twitst“. [...] [...] Last week I posted a lesson with the Middle School social studies students, “News Events Assignments with a Twitst“. [...]

]]> By: Kimberly http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/09/02/news-events-and-global-awareness/comment-page-1/#comment-31234 Kimberly Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:43:38 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=4427#comment-31234 Those are some really great ideas. I LOVE the idea of having them respond in the 140 characters or less. What a fabulous way to teach them to communicate with those type of constraints and NOT resort to text speak. I keep hearing from more and more high school and college educators who are complaining that their students use text speak in formal writing and don't understand why the teacher won't accept it. This is sounds like a perfect way to start bridging that gap. Thank you so much for sharing! Those are some really great ideas. I LOVE the idea of having them respond in the 140 characters or less. What a fabulous way to teach them to communicate with those type of constraints and NOT resort to text speak.

I keep hearing from more and more high school and college educators who are complaining that their students use text speak in formal writing and don’t understand why the teacher won’t accept it. This is sounds like a perfect way to start bridging that gap.

Thank you so much for sharing!

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