Owl Jr. Project
Joined 7 October 2011
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== Sugar / Literacy connection - Journaling / Diary activity and Writing to Learn == | == Sugar / Literacy connection - Journaling / Diary activity and Writing to Learn == | ||
This group was instructed to: | This group was instructed to: | ||
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• Investigate ways that we might take already existing sugar activities and encourage more literacy activities-based on our discussion with Walter Bender (This might include revamping the journal, writing lesson plans for teachers, etc.) | • Investigate ways that we might take already existing sugar activities and encourage more literacy activities-based on our discussion with Walter Bender (This might include revamping the journal, writing lesson plans for teachers, etc.) | ||
• Think of how we might encourage developers to implement peer review/reflection | • Think of how we might encourage developers to implement peer review/reflection into the Journal activity by conveying 1) their importance and 2) teacher demand for these capabilities | ||
• Root all suggestions in current best practices for literacy education and be supported with research | • Root all suggestions in current best practices for literacy education and be supported with research | ||
The following two documents contain 1) a report on the value of writing to learn and 2) a petition for Journal revision to be signed by teachers. | |||
[[File:Journal Revision Report.pdf]] | [[File:Journal Revision Report.pdf]] | ||