Are we being assigned to specific groups or will we be posting to "Public" all class long?

While this was surprising to hear, we have been sufficiently warned about the theory vs actual game play.

Ahh, so important! I swear there can be so many different dialects and pigeon languages separate from what I label academic or standard english. To accommodate these different languages I allow some assignments to be written or responded to in a dialect they are comfortable in while essays have to be written in academic/standard English. Also, when I pick up a word that students use that is foreign to me, we create a vocab card for it where they explain its meaning, part of speech, and how I would use it in a sentence. They really seem to enjoy it :)

This is not completely the same...but I love it when people make school topics into songs...like the Helping Verb song! When I ask a grammar question to my class regarding the helping verb song my students regularly start reciting the Jingle Bell remix to find the correct helping verb. Its a familiar melody that helps with the unfamiliar words.

Do discussion responses have to be academic or can they be more friendly/general discussion formatted?

Is there a specific style you'd like us to reply, format, or cite in? MLA. APA, etc?

Why yes. Yes you did mention no slideshows. Glad to see we are moving away from death by powerpoint!

So do we have to completely reinvent the wheel instead of just tweaking what has already been created? Not an issue, just a clarification question. I rely heavily on templates and tweaking vs creating an original piece of media for my courses.

Wish the state was more focused on this with our kiddos and less with standardized testing.

I am actually excited to not have to worry about essays...said the English teacher :P