Blogging helps encourage teen writing Survey reveals that student bloggers are more prolific and appreciate the value of writing more than their peers
Buried beneath the alarm of writing “purists,” however, was a promising finding with equally important implications for schools: Blogging is helping many teens become more prolific writers.
The survey, conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project with support from the College Board and its National Commission on Writing,
Forty-seven percent of teen bloggers write outside of school for personal reasons several times a week or more, compared with 33 percent of teens without blogs. Sixty-five percent of teen bloggers believe that writing is essential to later success in life; 53 percent of non-bloggers say the same thing.
Eligible applicants are required to be nonprofit 501(c)(3) history organizations such as a museum, historical society, preservation organization, historic site, library, archive, or other history organization;
Eligible applicants must submit the application on behalf of their partner school(s) or educational organization(s) as the school(s) or educational organization(s) are not eligible to be the applicant; and
Applicants must design a project in partnership with a local school(s) or youth group(s). To view descriptions of Save Our History projects funded in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 please visit http://www.saveourhistory.com.
1. Proposed projects must focus on exploring and preserving a significant aspect of community history.
2. Proposed projects must raise awareness among students and community members about the significance of their local heritage and the importance of preserving it.
3. Proposed projects must include a tangible resource that captures students’ effort to learn about and preserve their local history in a unique, creative way.
A key person behind the “$100 laptop” for schoolchildren has left the project as the organization overhauls its operations and prepares to tweak its open-source approach by welcoming Microsoft Corp.’s Windows.
Then last week, Bender left the group entirely. That marked a third high-profile departure from OLPC. In addition to Krstic, Mary Lou Jepsen, who had been chief technology officer, left in December.
But Bender already has new plans: to launch an independent effort to further the development of the XOs’ homegrown software, known as Sugar, and get it to run on Linux computers other than XOs.