tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015589183103314236.post8590043221713817029..comments2024-02-27T00:31:04.627-07:00Comments on Adventures in Pencil Integration: Pencil IslandAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015589183103314236.post-53692430016546128572010-01-03T09:52:33.137-07:002010-01-03T09:52:33.137-07:00"You move from a sage on stage to a guide on ..."You move from a sage on stage to a guide on the side." Why do you make me feel a day in the classroom with you, or a shared conference passing notes as the session drones on would be a treat?<br /><br />We are using just such a pencil-integrated program in our classrooms. I was introduced to it this year and there is quite a bit of enthusiasm for it. Some of my more pencil-savvy students need to be reminded to get back to their pencil-integrated program. I always find them expanding their wikipapers, scanning the indexes for informative pages, or in at least one case joining all the pen-pal groups I have and trying to start his own pen-pal group. "Sure Max, that's an exciting pen-pal project you started to research history, but did you get your lesson done and have you recorded your percentage on the chart? You know this is your learning time at the paper and pencil station."Alan Stangehttp://staff.prairiesouth.ca/sites/stangea/noreply@blogger.com