I thought this article laid out what I think AI2 is trying to do nicely - without the confusing acronyms.
Editorial: Improving Learning One Kid at a Time
Monday, October 26, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Text Sets
This is an interesting idea - I could see how you could adapt it for more sophisticated research, but really give students the experience of finding information using their critical thinking skills.
http://trevorcairney.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-to-learn-using-text-sets.html
http://trevorcairney.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-to-learn-using-text-sets.html
Monday, October 5, 2009
Writing Ideas
Here is a list of interesting writing ideas from the National Writing Project:
30 Ideas for Teaching Writing
30 Ideas for Teaching Writing
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