August 2020 | Issue 01 Welcome! We are so glad you’re here! As we all begin to wade into the deep unknown of the 2020-2021 school year, we wanted to make a more intimate space where you could step inside our classrooms with us, have conversations about our new teaching realities, and work together to continue to do what’s best for the readers and writers in our classrooms — whether those classrooms are face to face, virtual, or something in between. And here we are: an online comunity that will give you new ideas, provide support and a sounding board for you, and, most importantly, put resources directly into your hands.
Hey I couldn't comment on your thread about 8th graders, but I wanted to encourage you to let one of them design the visual for introducing it and also invite them to question the things that society tells them not too...that will more likely get them curious and engaged. For example, how about a discussion about are there some things you get punished for getting curious about and how does the impact our ability to be engaged as citizens if we are called terrorists for questioning certain things? Is this classroom a safe haven to talk about what gets labeled fake news and who decides and why?
Hi, Patricia! Each month, members receive a newsletter similar to the August issue. And each issue has a deep dive inside it where I go long on one topic with resources! Hope that helps!
Hi there! I am wondering how to add to Google Slides in Google Classroom when you have made a copy for each student already. Last spring we couldn't find a way to make changes/add to assignments when you choose the Make a Copy option. Hope this question makes sense! I love this idea, and it's helping me make the leap to embracing digital notebooks/going as paperless as possible. Thank you SO much!
Hey Rebekah. This is great. Help me understand why Google Slides over Google Docs to house the notebook. Which features in Slides did you find better suited the needs of teachers and students with a digital writers notebook?
Hi Rebekah. I subscribed last week. Wondering if I should be receiving an email about that. Just want to make sure I am actually subscribed! Wouldn't want to miss ANYTHING you are creating!
Apparently, when I signed up for access to the digital notebook, I was under my family's Google account. I'd like to have access under my school account instead. How can I switch this? When I attempt to have access under my school account, it asks me to "request permission." Is this normal or am I just computer illiterate? Thanks!
What tips do you have for using synchronous time for conferring? Will you leave your class in the Zoom and assign students to breakout rooms for conferring? Will you schedule students in time slots? I am wondering what tips you may have for making conference time run smoothly while teaching remotely.
Hey I couldn't comment on your thread about 8th graders, but I wanted to encourage you to let one of them design the visual for introducing it and also invite them to question the things that society tells them not too...that will more likely get them curious and engaged. For example, how about a discussion about are there some things you get punished for getting curious about and how does the impact our ability to be engaged as citizens if we are called terrorists for questioning certain things? Is this classroom a safe haven to talk about what gets labeled fake news and who decides and why?
Hi, Patricia! Each month, members receive a newsletter similar to the August issue. And each issue has a deep dive inside it where I go long on one topic with resources! Hope that helps!
Hi there! I am wondering how to add to Google Slides in Google Classroom when you have made a copy for each student already. Last spring we couldn't find a way to make changes/add to assignments when you choose the Make a Copy option. Hope this question makes sense! I love this idea, and it's helping me make the leap to embracing digital notebooks/going as paperless as possible. Thank you SO much!
Hey Rebekah. This is great. Help me understand why Google Slides over Google Docs to house the notebook. Which features in Slides did you find better suited the needs of teachers and students with a digital writers notebook?
FOUND IT! Thank you. LOVE everything you create and make public for teachers. Thank you.
Hi Rebekah. I subscribed last week. Wondering if I should be receiving an email about that. Just want to make sure I am actually subscribed! Wouldn't want to miss ANYTHING you are creating!
Hi Rebekah,
Apparently, when I signed up for access to the digital notebook, I was under my family's Google account. I'd like to have access under my school account instead. How can I switch this? When I attempt to have access under my school account, it asks me to "request permission." Is this normal or am I just computer illiterate? Thanks!
Jessica McDowell
What tips do you have for using synchronous time for conferring? Will you leave your class in the Zoom and assign students to breakout rooms for conferring? Will you schedule students in time slots? I am wondering what tips you may have for making conference time run smoothly while teaching remotely.
OMG R....thank YOUUUUU sooooo much. This is exactly what me and my PLC have been wanting. Side note, Pernille Ripp has put a "Digital Notebook" out there for people to use that's cool too. https://pernillesripp.com/2020/07/23/a-work-in-progress-digital-notebooks-for-reading-identity-development/