Sep 2, 2010, Grammar Websites for Help with Errors that Bug Employers
Students can quickly get English grammar help by selecting grammar websites from a list arranged to correspond to grammar and punctuation errors common in students' and adults' writing.
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Sep 1, 2010, Keyword Search Strategy Needs Close Tie to Working Thesis Statement
To find published evidence for a thesis statement efficiently online, students need a keyword search strategy that puts keywords from their writing skeleton into a search engine.
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Aug 29, 2010, Online Advertising Opportunities at You-Can-Teach-Writing
Online advertising at this site can help you put your message before the segment of the education market interested in teaching writing: K-12 teachers, administrators, college faculty, homeschoolers.
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Aug 29, 2010, A Conclusion Paragraph Is Another Way to Write THE END
Students who know how to write a conclusion paragraph say gracefully that they finished writing. They should not turn ending their papers into a major production.
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Aug 28, 2010, Get grammar study e-book before price hike
If you've been waiting until school year starts to buy your copy of Grammar Abusers Anonymous, don't wait any longer. The special introductory price on ends Sept. 15. Get your copy of Grammar Abusers Anonymous today.
Grammar Abusers Anonymous is not a grammar textbook, but step-by-step directions showing students how to study and apply grammar rules to their own most frequent written grammar mistakes using their own error-riddled papers for practice exercises.
Although teachers may give students ample practice applying grammar rules to publisher-created exercises, they rarely teach students how to apply grammar rules and concepts to their own writing. Grammar Abusers Anonymous will teach them.
Grammar Abusers Anonymous can be used with any English text students have or with free online sources. The e-book includes a link to a list of specific grammar website pages for them to use as resources for studying the 20 most common errors in student writing.
Grammar Abusers Anonymous is recommended for adults, college students, and mature high school students.
Aug 28, 2010, Definition of Copyright Is Essential Knowledge for Internet User
Copyright is a legal protection for creators of intellectual property. That definition of copyright does not give even an idea of what today's Internet user needs to know.
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Aug 21, 2010, Objectives mark difference between tools and toys
This past week, someone on Twitter was gloating over having gotten permission to have students create blogs in their classes this year. The tweeter wanted suggestions on ways to use blogs in the classroom.
Whoa, Nellie. Let's think about this.
Who, having heard lots of people really love their drill presses, buys a drill press and then asks, "What should I do with a drill press?"
Nobody.
Who buys an air compressor and then says, "What do you think I ought to do with this air compressor?"
Nobody.
Who buys a fork lift and then asks the neighbors for suggestions on using a fork lift in the kitchen?
Nobody with any smarts.
Smart folks, inside or outside of education, don't buy tools for the sake of having tools—especially if the tools are being purchased at taxpayer expense.
Educational decisions need to start with educational objectives. Before you choose any teaching tool, whether it's colored chalk or netbook computers, analyze how the tool will help you achieve your annual teaching objectives.
Any tool that you (or your students) need to spend more than five minutes learning to use should help you achieve at least two of your annual teaching objectives. Just having tools that you like or that students think are fun is not enough. Tools must help you accomplish measurable objectives. Anything you use that doesn't help you accomplish educational objectives is not a tool but a toy.
