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Article: Use class Web site to host historic guest lecturers: grades 6-12.(What's Working in Education)(sample interview with Mark Twain)(creative writing teacher recommends web sites for use in cross curricular teaching)
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- Curriculum Review
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- April 1, 2004
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In addition to editing Curriculum Review, I teach an online creative writing class for UCLA Extension. Although my humor-writing course caters to adult learners, this fun and informative end-of-class activity can easily be adapted for younger students.
Instead of despairing over the limitations of an online classroom, I decided to exploit any possible advantages. My favorite one: You can bring guest lecturers back from the dead. In the last week of each course, I ask students to submit questions for the late Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain. On the last day, through the magic of the Internet, America's greatest humorist responds to all their queries--even the ...