Guest Blog: Use Technology, Collaboration, and Creativity to Inspire Students for Poetry Month
April 6th, 2010 admin
Editor’s note: Gail Desler is our guest blogger today. She is a technology integration specialist for the Elk Grove School District near Sacramento, CA, and is passionate about the use of tech tools to facilitate new means of expression, collaboration and connection. A poem begins with a lump in the throat. ~Robert Frost The only problem with Haiku is that you just get started and then ~Roger McGough Poetry Inspires Guest blogger Gail Desler offers some creative ideas and resources to bring poetry to life for National Poetry Month. 5 off No Off read more
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