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What it is: April is national poetry month, the Poetry Idea Machine is sure to help you infuse your classroom with some inspired poetry writing.  Students learn about different kinds of poetry by selecting from Haiku, Limerick, Cinquain, or Free Verse.  The Poetry Idea Machine takes students through the steps of making each type of poetry.   The Poetry Idea Machine makes an excellent introduction to types of poetry and will have your students writing their own in no time.   How to integrate Poetry Idea Machine into the classroom: The Poetry Idea Machine does a fantastic job of introducing students to different kinds of poetry.  After students learn about the poetry, they have a chance to create their own poem with the Poetry Idea Machine interactive.  In my classroom, I use the Poetry Idea Machine with the  whole class using the interactive whiteboard or projector.  I invite students up to create their own poems as we talk through the process.  Choose one type of poetry each week so that students have an opportunity to practice writing the poems.  During the week, give your students time to write their poems, allowing them access to the Poetry Idea Machine on classroom computers as an idea center.  Let students work in small groups to create unique poems using the Poetry Idea Machine. Tips: Read poems by Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, and Jean Marzollo for inspiration.  Ask students to determine which type of poem each is based on what they have learned with the Idea Machine. Please leave a comment and share how you are using the Poetry Idea Machine in your classroom.

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2010 Edublog Awards- Thank you!

Posted by admin | Posted in inspiration, Teacher Resources | Posted on 06-12-2010

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The 2010 Eddies (Edublog awards) are here.  This is the 7th year of the Edublog Awards.  Last year I won an award for Best Educational Tech Support blog.  I couldn’t be more honored.  The Edublogs are a truly special award because you have to be nominated by those who read your blog.  It is truly humbling to be nominated by all of you, who I hold in such high esteem, for an Edublog Award.  This year I (or a project I was involved with) was nominated in several categories.  Of course I would love your votes, but looking at the line up, there are so many incredible blogs to choose from I will understand if you don’t!  Regardless of who you vote for, be sure to check out the blogs, conversations, and people nominated.  You are bound to discover some new and wonderful people to follow and conversations to join in.

You can click on the badges below to vote in each individual category.

iLearn Technology was nominated for Best Individual Blog:

I was nominated for best individual tweeter- ktenkely (this category shocks me the most!)

Best Group Blog- Cooperative Catalyst (I am honored to be one of the contributors to this blog!)

iLearn Technology was nominated for Best Resource Sharing Blog:

I was nominated for two Most influential blog posts – Do you want to form an alliance with me? and Twitter Academy:

iLearn Technology was nominated for best educational tech support blog:

The Reform Symposium (of which I was an organizer) is nominated for Best Educational Webinar Series:

The Reform Symposium was also nominated for Best use of a PLN:

Thank you for the nominations and votes, but more importantly, thank you for the ways that you support and encourage me every single day through comments, tweets, RT’s and sweet notes, I appreciate my readers more than I can say!

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Tweets that mention iLearn Technology » Blog Archive » 2010 Edublog Awards- Thank you! -- Topsy.com said on 06-12-2010

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