30 Days of writing #2: Get your students writing for 60 seconds with oneword.com

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>_____________________________________________</b></i></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>If you are a South African teacher reading this we would like to tell you about a writing opportunity and a free online writing course that is coming up with SchoolNetSA  as part of the amazing <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2013/03/30-days-of-writing-1-welcome-to-african.html" target="_blank">African Storybook project</a> and website that is being developed for Africa. Our 30 days of writing posts will lead up to giving more information about this. WATCH THIS SPACE!</b></i></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>__________________________________________________________</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More and more one can see how amazing it could be if all the students in a class have tablets. Imagine having just one or two minutes each day to get the students writing! This website <a href="http://oneworld.com/">http://oneworld.com</a> is designed for just that. All you have to do is:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You’ll see <strong>one word</strong> at the top of the following screen.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have <strong>sixty seconds</strong> to write about it.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click <strong>go</strong> and the page will load with the cursor in place.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don’t <strong>think</strong>. Just <strong>write</strong>.</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihx9GHB4MGHcDBzdrTLBOcFbUA11g3c3dteUnR4QBFAQoiayETj3sqXXNDNOSkPrI7rOiCKB4sDO2dpPCCHSVu1ooEhsPzDAMfwMt6mOFYDytbnYYdd6STgFm0Nwr_KwYl82L1YZNMM5E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Advantages of daily writing practise:</b></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This could get students into the habit of just writing and thinking out of the box. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By writing every day, the students gain fluency while getting a chance to practice important punctuation, spelling, and style skills in context</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The students will soon start writing more fluently. </span></li></ul><div><br /></div></div>

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