Boogie Board: a high tech/low tech homework helper

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The Boogie Board is an LCD eWriter which acts like paper & pencil but has the capacity to store and transfer files electronically.  One potential application for students, is using the Boogie Board for note taking. Research suggests handwritten notes are more beneficial for processing conceptual knowledge than typing on a laptop (Abstract ). The eWriter may also benefit students who employ it as a scratch pad, to check their spelling or complete math computations.

Stick writing: Drawing that supports oral and written language

Pictographs are simple stick drawings used to represent the chronology of events in a story or procedure. Children can use stick drawings as a means to support memory and organization for oral story telling or as a pre-writing task.
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Is childhood art key to developing language literacy?

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Bob Steele, retired professor of art education at UBC, has spent his career raising awareness about the importance of fostering drawing in young children.  He describes spontaneous drawing as a medium for language and a developmental stepping stone towards written expression.   Raise-a-Reader: Is childhood art key to developing language literacy?

Explicit Instruction in Sentence Combining Results in improved Written Language

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                                                Why Teach Sentence Combining?