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3rd Graders, When we are typing we are entering our text using a particular font, or style of writing. But fonts aren’t just fonts, they are “typography” or the art or technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. Before computers there were typewriters and before that, handwriting. In order to make writing…
Technology provides a wide range of possibility and opportunity. There is possibility to create in ways previously unavailable. Opportunity to see & experience things previously out of reach. Possibility and opportunity to discover and question all the things in your world. The greatest power of technology is that possibility and opportunity to question what you…
That is a questions I get a lot. Students will do the homework assignment, maybe even re-post a comment multiple times, and never see it published. Before I get into why a comment isn’t published let me remind students of the only appropriate way to sign a comment:
There are often assignments for students that require them to comment on a blog post. All blogs at Heathcote (be it this one or a teacher blog), and the comment form, can be accessed from any internet-enabled device; smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, Android, iOS, Mac, PC, etc. With the assignments being given over extended periods…