PPS Instructional Technology

I think, as educators, we can all agree that “the process of composing is, in a nutshell, critical thinking”. That particular quote is from our own Collin Nuismer, ELA teacher at Central Middle School. I definitely could not agree more. That is why I was so excited to hear about the work he is doing with his students, or more accurately, the writing his students are doing. For example, here is an excerpt from one of Collin’s student’s, Elizabeth, and her writing from a prompt about volcanoes. the Earth shakes, the mountain trembles, on the verge of eruption smoke billows from it’s dark maw, blocking the sun, casting a shadow on the world lava spews upward,  raining fire from clouds of grey ashes,  gleaming bright in the gloom. (For Elizabeth’s full piece and access to her other writings, follow this link .) She, in addition to all of Collin’s students, is composing a large percentage of her writing on a web platform called, Write About . In fact, his st...