Status Update

We started to discuss the ways to attack the writing process and what we can do to support the brainstorming process.  Jason is looking for ways to attack new vocabulary.  My personal goal is find the strategy we had to break down a question-- I can't remember its name.  I think it was a part of our Wyandotte First materials.  I think it could be powerful to marry those strategies with our technology.  The ability to breakdown a question is a skill that will help students both inside and outside of the classroom.  Giving them the ability to tackle a problem is a necessary skill for survival.  Whether it is for an essay test or figuring out what to do if you are short on rent, you have to be able to tackle a problem and look at it from all sides. At this stage, I think the only measure we can have is if we are prepared to implement some aspect of our research in the classroom in the coming week, we aren't quite to the point to apply it to students yet.