A very interesting article that has some synergy with BoomWriter.
This short screen cast will help you to learn how BoomWriter works and where to find all the features.
What Type of Book?
BoomWriter has two types of book competition: “Group” and “Open”. The end result of both is the same - a fantastic story written by your students! But you may be wondering which is the best one for you to choose?
Common Core’s Persuasive Writing Standard
Using BoomWriter to Address the Common Core’s Persuasive Writing Standard
BoomWriter is truly a modern way for teachers in the 21st Century to address today’s Common Core State Standards. To better explain this, let’s look at how BoomWriter can be applied to one of the three primary “Types and Purposes” of writing addressed throughout virtually all grade levels of the Common Core.
We Lost!
“But how do the kids feel if they don’t win when participating in BoomWriter?” As you might imagine, this question comes up quite often when discussing the site and its model. When it does, I’m always reminded of my favorite comic EVER in The New Yorker of the kid coming home with a big trophy and saying, “We lost!”
