Ten Tips to Get Started Writing

Writers' Guidelines for Educators' eZine

by Gwen Solomon

1. Write about technology in K-12 education from your perspective (classroom teacher, technology coordinator, librarian, administrator, parent, researcher, etc.).
   
   
2. Provide information that is new and practical. (It's a good idea to look at what we have on-line before you start to write.)
   
   
3. Write so that your article is clear and easy to read.
   
   
4. Make the point obvious. (What is it that others will learn?)
   
   
5. Tell your story with as much detail as possible.
   
   
6. Use resources that are available to you because of the web (graphics, video, sound, links to student work and other web documents, etc.).
   
   
7. Use good judgment about length. The article should be long enough to give real detail but not so long that people tune out.
   
   
8. Ask questions if you need help. Contact Gwen at gwensol@earthlink.net.
   
   
9. Use other articles on techlearning.com as models.
   
   
10. Send the article or story as an E-mail attachment to gwensol@earthlink.net. You can put the article directly into the email message or send it as an attachment in Microsoft word or as an RTF (rich text format) file or in ascii.