Comments on: The Best Places Where Students Can Write Online http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/19/the-best-places-where-students-can-write-online/ ...For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:30:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Alex Case http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/19/the-best-places-where-students-can-write-online/comment-page-1/#comment-5270 Alex Case Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:46:21 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=2215#comment-5270 Tikatok seems to have moved to: http://www.tikatok.com/ Haven't used it, but looks good and might soon Tikatok seems to have moved to:

http://www.tikatok.com/

Haven’t used it, but looks good and might soon

]]> By: Gary Bishop http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/19/the-best-places-where-students-can-write-online/comment-page-1/#comment-2915 Gary Bishop Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:25:54 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=2215#comment-2915 First, thanks for the link to Tar Heel Reader. Second, any teacher planning to use Tar Heel Reader or any other site based on Flickr must know that there are *many* inappropriate pictures on Flickr. That is why it is blocked by the firewalls at many schools. I *strongly* recommend against allowing your students to search for their own pictures. Even innocuous tags like "apple sauce" will turn up some surprising results. Third, while we are delighted that teachers are using Tar Heel Reader to give their students an opportunity to write, it is primarily intended to be a repository of good books to read. Especially beginning level readers for older kids who have very few accessible choices. Teachers should edit the books their student's write to assure quality reading for other students. First, thanks for the link to Tar Heel Reader.

Second, any teacher planning to use Tar Heel Reader or any other site based on Flickr must know that there are *many* inappropriate pictures on Flickr. That is why it is blocked by the firewalls at many schools. I *strongly* recommend against allowing your students to search for their own pictures. Even innocuous tags like “apple sauce” will turn up some surprising results.

Third, while we are delighted that teachers are using Tar Heel Reader to give their students an opportunity to write, it is primarily intended to be a repository of good books to read. Especially beginning level readers for older kids who have very few accessible choices. Teachers should edit the books their student’s write to assure quality reading for other students.

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