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TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AVAILABLE TO HELP ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WRITE BETTER ESSAYS AND STORIES

It’s easy for a teacher to become overwhelmed by grading, and when it comes to grading students’ writing pieces, the ask can become even more onerous. As most teachers know, specific timely feedback in student writing is a highly effective way to improve a student’s writing skills. However, with so many subjects to plan for and teach (at the elementary level), and so many students’ writing pieces to grade (at the middle school level), how can a teacher “do it all”?

Luckily, there are…

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Added by Angelina Perez on January 10, 2016 at 6:46am — No Comments

Write Better Stories and Essays A Toolkit for young writers

Tool Kit:

  • • Creative ideas and tips
  • • Practical pointers to improve writing skills
  • • Analysis of student written essays and stories
  • • Explore different writing techniques
  • • Recognize common mistakes in writing
  • • Common Core State Standards aligned…

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Added by Angelina Perez on November 24, 2015 at 4:14am — No Comments

Mobile Apps on Writing Skills for Kids

Writing is a method of representing one’s language in a visual or tactile form. Writing systems use symbols to represent the sounds of speech, with punctuation and numerals. It is the primary foundation upon which working, learning, and intellectual skills will be judged — in college, workplace and community.…

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Added by Angelina Perez on November 15, 2015 at 6:14am — No Comments

Write Better Stories and Essays-A Toolkit for young writers

A Tool Kit for Grade 6 to 8 writers

  • Creative ideas and tips
  • Practical pointers to improve writing skills
  • Analysis of student written essays and stories
  • Explore different writing techniques
  • Recognize common mistakes in writing
  • Common Core State Standards aligned…

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Added by Angelina Perez on October 31, 2015 at 1:03am — No Comments

How To REDUCE STRESS IN THE CLASSROOM (AND BEYOND)

You’ve been in school for a few months now, and the work is beginning to pile up. Between lesson plans, grading, report cards, parent-teacher conferences, and your personal life, it’s easy to lose yourself in the never-ending “to do” list. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are some easy actions you can take to ease your stress and busy schedule:…

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Added by Angelina Perez on October 11, 2015 at 7:18am — No Comments

WOI SPECIAL CYBER MONDAY - Blog Talk Radio Show

Cyber Monday is the Monday after thanksgiving.It is an internet buying spree. Since NO ONE works on Thanksgiving week, we are holding this show--the week before.…

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Added by World of Ink Network on November 22, 2014 at 7:30am — No Comments

Exploring a Small Town Celebration

July 27th would normally be a scorching hot day in Iowa. We expect that, after years of experience. Hot temperatures go hand in hand with a summer town celebration or a county fair. Not this time. Thanks to a cold front, Canadian air fanned Iowa today. Low dark clouds hid the sun, keeping the temperature in the sixties.

My husband and I went to Dysart, Iowa, about thirty miles from us, for their Iron Days celebration. As a writer, I’m always looking for details, humorous or otherwise,…

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Added by Fay Risner on July 27, 2013 at 4:13pm — No Comments

Using Numbers In a Book Title

J.D. Gershbein, a global speaker and social branding specialist, raised the question, “Does a numbered step approach to titling a book have a positive effect on sales?” This particular question and subsequent thread made me delve deeper into the use of numbers in book titles and whether or not it makes sense.

Book titles are extremely important. As an author, creating a memorable title should be a high priority. Numbers in book titles work with items that already quantify. For example…

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Added by Scott Lorenz on July 2, 2013 at 9:18am — No Comments

Taking the leap

Here I go! I just spent the most ever on a huge promotion blitz for SILENT INVASION and DROP OUT (my two best sellers). I did it through blogads.com. I’ve read other posts about the effectiveness of such ads and most said that author’s sales increased because of them. I booked on nine different sites with a combined reach of 312,000 avid readers. These are people who actively read the blogs. My ads will feature the cover, a blurb, and the link to buy the book. The blitz will run on all sites…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on December 23, 2012 at 12:28pm — No Comments

A week not writing

My latest novel is off to my formatter and should be ready for sale in a few days. I’m ready to go with publicizing it once it is live and plan on doing all that right after Christmas. It’s been nearly a full week that I haven’t written any new fiction material. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing (I wrote the back jacket copy for IMAGINATION and I am posting this blog) just not doing the kind of writing I love most. Though I have been marketing and will continue to reserve…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on December 20, 2012 at 12:23pm — No Comments

Feeling disconnected

Once again, I’ve reach the elusive milestone of finishing a book. My latest novel (my eleventh to date) is now complete and awaiting the formatting process. The novel took exactly 374 days from first sentence until the final read. A lot has happened in the past year and a lot of changes have taken place both in my life and the world. So, as I sit here on this first day of non-novel writing I find myself feeling quite odd and at a loss of how I should spend my morning. I could market and…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on December 16, 2012 at 11:58am — 2 Comments

Promotion is always good!

Fellow/author and fan from the U.K. is promoting me on her blog. Please check it out and also check out her books.

http://amymahvampire.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/neil-ostroff-drop-out-degenerates.html

Added by Neil Ostroff on December 13, 2012 at 4:21pm — No Comments

Sponsorship again!

Please check out my paranormal, sci-fi experience AFTER. http://www.kindleboards.com/ It’s Kindle Boards book of the day! Thanks!

http://www.neilostroff.blogspot.com

Added by Neil Ostroff on December 10, 2012 at 11:52am — No Comments

Results!

I’m posting the results for my Kindle Boards book of the day sponsorship. One sale of SILENT INVASION. Yep, that’s right. One sale. But, all is not lost. Strangely enough, sales of my other books went up. I even sold a few copies of PULP, my ultra-noir thriller. I also got invited to promote SILENT INVASION for free on a few blogs and two websites. So, that’s good. I have another Kindle Boards sponsorship tomorrow for AFTER so we’ll see how that goes. All in all, the Kindle Boards…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on December 9, 2012 at 9:11am — No Comments

Book of the day!

Please check out SILENT INVASION as Kindle Boards book of the day. Enjoy a great sci-fi adventure!

http://www.kindleboards.com/

Added by Neil Ostroff on December 8, 2012 at 7:18am — No Comments

The ‘ah ha’ moment!

If you read my blog you know I’ve been dealing with some family health issues related to the dreaded C. Doing my final read for IMAGINATION has helped ease the boredom of fifteen-hour hospital room waits. Of course, waiting is nothing compared to what the patient must endure. It was during one of these interminable waits that I had my sudden, ‘ah ha’ moment. I realized, as my wrist and fingers grew sore from typing on my laptop sitting literally on my lap, that I’ve spent my life…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on December 6, 2012 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Sponsorship success!

Now that my Kindle Fire Department.com sponsorship has officially ended I can now look back on it as a success. I sold enough copies of DROP OUT to break even but what most important is that so many new people have now been exposed to my stuff. It also got my ranking down below 10,000 which according to the Amazon algorithms, means that the site will give me a little more promotion than a book that hasn’t sold so well. As of this post I’m still below the 20,000 rank. As I’ve…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on December 2, 2012 at 12:48pm — No Comments

Please check it out!

Please check out my latest novel on Kindle Fire Department.

Thanks.

http://fireapps.blogspot.com/2012/11/drop-out-kindle-book-of-day-1130.html…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on December 1, 2012 at 11:45am — No Comments

Book of the day!

Please check out my latest novel, it's book of the day on Kindle Fire Department.

Thanks.

http://fireapps.blogspot.com/2012/11/drop-out-kindle-book-of-day-1130.html…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on November 30, 2012 at 9:16am — No Comments

Absolute fun!

I’m at the absolute most fun time in the novel writing process for me. The plot of IMAGINATION is complete and tight and coherent. The characters have all been fleshed out and the settings are all detailed. Now, I spend the next few days reading fast and tweaking the tiniest details. Once that is complete I give one final, very quick read and send it off to my editor/formatter. I just contacted my cover artist and we are about to begin the process of designing a cover. I have a tagline for…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on November 28, 2012 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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