by upnorthlearning | Oct 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
My Chippewa River Writing Project colleague, Sharon Murchie, and I are presenting this weekend in the 4T Virtual Conference on Digital Writing (#4TDW). We wrote this piece together as a preview of our session and a brief explanation of our journey toward more...
by upnorthlearning | Nov 13, 2015 | Digital Literacy, GAFE, Literacy
The apps and extensions that help power our Google Apps for Education paperless classroom This is the third in a five-part series about favorite apps and extensions for Google Chrome and Google Drive. In the first post in this series, I covered some essential tools...
by upnorthlearning | Nov 1, 2015 | Digital Literacy, GAFE, Writing
The apps and extensions that help power our Google Apps for Education paperless classroom This is the second in a five-part series about favorite apps and extensions for Google Chrome and Google Drive. In the first post in this series, I covered some essential tools...
by upnorthlearning | Oct 4, 2015 | Blogging, Digital Literacy, Keeping it real, Literacy
After a summer off, I am returning to blogging with a new, and I hope, lasting, enthusiasm. This summer when I wasn’t adding anything to my blog, I dedicated time to reading the blogs of other educators and thinkers whom I admire. I guess I would say that I...
by upnorthlearning | Jul 11, 2014 | Digital Literacy, GAFE, Teaching, Teaching Strategies, Writing
How the paperless classroom goes beyond teacher convenience This is the third in a series of posts about the impact of a paperless approach on the writing process and product. In the first post in this series, I talked about using technology to improve my feedback to...