Teaching with iPads: Motivation, Inspiration and Alienation in the Appleverse

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Making Writing Socially Engaging: Asking Why New Media Draws Us In

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Seussical: Stage Right Homeschool Production

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“Scary Things”: An Address to the Class of 2011 — The Goreletter — Michael Arnzen

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Another Nerdy Lord of the Rings Post

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Bacon Starry Night Meme

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The New York Times Makes The Nerdiest Correction Ever – Featured on BuzzFeed

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Helping students engage with challenging texts

Based on the constructivist theory of learning suggesting that students make sense of new information by joining it with information they already have, his guidelines suggest that students begin with a quick pre-read, in which they underline words they don’t know but don’t stop reading until they reach the end. They then would follow up…