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Facilitating Deeper Reader Response Through the Use of Blogs Within and Beyond the ClassroomThis workshop will provide participants the opportunity to “try out” some free, safe blogging tools. They will also examine ways in which classroom teachers are currently using blogs to extend classroom talk and thinking about text. Participants will develop ideas on how blogging may work in their current classrooms, and then take the first steps to set up their free blogs with the assistance of the workshop facilitator. Audience: Gr.4-12 teachers. Date: Saturday, January 12, 2008 9 AM – 12 Noon Presenter: Lisa Zawlinski Brief Bio: Lisa Zawlinski is a doctoral student in Curriculum and Instruction at UCONN and a part-time Reading and Language Arts Consultant in Simsbury. She is studying the ways in which Internet communication technologies enhance classroom instruction, support collaborative knowledge building, and prepare students for the 21st century literacy demands. As former co-director/Technical Liasion for the Connecticut Writing Project (Summer Institute 1996), Lisa has also provided workshops in technology and writing across the content areas. Click here for Registration Form
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