noredink.com


Calling all English educators, this innovative new site certainly has potential.  It is definitely worth a try.  Let's be honest, very few teachers of English go into the profession salivating to instruct grammar.  Well, this new tool in our tool belt just make the prospect a little more inviting.  Though the webinar got off to a dreadfully slow start, moderator Jeff eventually got into the good stuff and introduced us to the site.  One of the coolest aspects about it is that it summons names from your facebook (if you allow access) and interests.  This is done with the intent of making the sentences that the students will correct a tad more compelling.  Instructors can make quizzes based on the whole gambit of grammar problems and the site will record student scores in several very comprehensive and meaningful ways.  The site seemed so useful that I'm excited to introduce my mentor teacher to it.  I wonder how he will receive it.  Earlier in the year, he discovered Edmodo and took it and kept going.  I wonder if he'll have the same experience with this site.

The webinar was all and all run very well minus the very slow process of webinar population --who are we all -- questions at the beginning.  Comically, participants continued and continued and continued to clap when they were asked to raise their hands.  Some people never learn some things.  Noredink.com aims to make grammar not one of them.