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Tina Wolfer: I introduced Tween Tribune to my class last week and was blown away by how engaged they were.

 

TweenTribune, TeenTribune, and TTEspañol offer teachers and students an opportunity to read high interest news stories about everyday people from around the world. Introduced in such an appealing way, Tribune stories are interesting to middle schoolers and are a great way to get students to read newspaper articles - and then to hear them comment.

 

Tina Wolfer's blog: Teaching. Learning. Community.

 

 

 

 



Erin Klein: TweenTribune, TeenTribune, and TTEspañol are fantastic sites that teachers have free access to.

 

The sites allow you to create a class and give your students access to relevant news that is interesting for their level. We've found that this site helps us integrate our writing into social studies so that literacy naturally becomes a part of our class.

 

We have our students select certain topics, like world news, and read about the available articles. Once students connect to an article they feel passionate about, they write a response, or comment, to the post. Students are used to the format because this is very similar to the social networking sites they're accustom to.

 

We've found that students are reading more (outside of class) because they're interested in the topics and they're searching for that 'just right article' to reply to. Additionally, students have become so passionate about some pieces that they're commenting on several articles, as opposed to the one required response. Tween Tribune has helped us integrate cross-curricular subject matter and discuss real-world issue with our students.

 

Kleinspiration: Connecting Tradition and Technology to Inspire

 

 

 

 



Robin Phares: I hope you will take some time and look at this site. It's a keeper!

 

If your students are anything like my students, current events are NOT their strong point. They just don't have time for such trivial things. I have found an exciting website that will help us reach our students and keep them up to date with what is going on in their world.

 

Teen Tribune and Tween Tribune presents our students with the news, however, they go one step further. They allow them to interact with the news. Students can comment on the articles and from what I have read there are some really interesting conversations going on.

 

Teen and Tween Tribune have made it easy for teachers to stay in command of what their classes are doing on these sites. It is very easy to register your class. After registration, Teen and Tween Tribune will set up classrooms for you where your students register.

 

Here comes the best part! This amazing site automatically generates custom reports for you. They have given the teacher the power to moderate, edit, or delete students' comments before they're published. You can even generate a custom individual report where there is a space for you to critique the writing, analysis, or critical thinking reflected in their comments. All of this for FREE! Amazing!

 

Talking Tech with Robin

 

 

 

 



Kristen Swanson: I was very impressed by the options offered by TweenTribune, TeenTribune, and TTEspañol and I think it would be a fabulous community for students in middle school classes. Give it a try!

 

Students at the middle school level need opportunities to express their opinions and ideas about current issues and topics. Tween Tribune is a free resource that teachers can use to help introduce dialogue about current events in their class. Tween Tribune provides age appropriate versions of current news articles and all comments are moderated before they are posted. It is safe. You can choose to create a customizable page with student log ins.

 

Kristen Swanson's blog: Teachers as Technology Trailblazers

 

 

 

 



Robin Talkowski: Earlier this month, I wrote about TweenTribune and its possible uses for reading and writing instruction and practice. The day after my students were assigned the task of reading a news story and writing a short comment about the story, one of my struggling readers reported to me, "I spent a whole hour reading the stories. They were all so interesting."

 

Thank you TweenTribune, TeenTribune, and TTEspañol!

 

Robin Talkowski's blog: Reading & Technology

 

 

 

 



One of our graduate students, Kyle Kipp, a Lincoln High School Media Specialist, suggested we take a look at TweenTribune. Their site suggests, "If you can't keep up with technology, TweenTribune, TeenTribune, and TTEspañol are here to help."

 

With their posts on Facebook and Twitter, they hope teachers will learn "how technology can be a help instead of a hindrance."

 

What I like about the site is that students are encouaged to post their own stories.

 

Eastern Michigan University: EDMT and Beyond

 

 

 

 



Amber Gooshaw: I was alerted to this site by a Massena principal. I am thrilled with how easy to use and kid-friendly TweenTribune, TeenTribune, and TTEspañol are.

 

Basically, students can look for stories that are interesting to them or read articles you direct them to. Then they can leave comments and have forum-like discussions with kids all over the country and even the world - some classes from Australia, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan exist in this online community.

 

Amber Gooshaw's blog: The Penguin's Slide

 

 

 

 



Lisa Sanderson: If a teacher is looking to add more non-fiction reading with short written response & reflection to his/her classroom, TweenTribune, TeenTribune, and TTEspañol may be a good choice.

 

This site presents itself as a great place for elementary students to read current events that are appealing to them. Having the option to comment in a safe, moderated environment gives them authentic practice of contributing to the conversations of a community. Many classrooms still subscribe to a paper magazine - such as TFK for Kids - but with an online news service the discussion goes beyond the classroom walls, and it is FREE.

 

Lisa Sanderson's Tech Tuesday blog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TweenTribune for the classroom

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Hear what 100 teachers are saying  

 

Engage, inform, and educate your students with TweenTribune and TeenTribune. These sites let students interact with the news, while fulfilling requirements for language arts, computer skills, and other classes. Kids love it – and so do their teachers. Find out what they’re saying here.

 

Step-by-step instructions for using TweenTribune and TeenTribune

  1. Fill in the form on this page, at left. We will notify you via email with your account information.
  2. After you receive your confirmation email, invite your students to join, by clicking the "Student sign up" link at the top of the homepage.
  3. To sign up, each student creates a unique username. No last names or spaces. Add letters or numbers if the username requested is taken.
  4. Students must select your classroom from a series of dropdown menus, beginning with your country. Finally, students provide the answer to a security question so they can reset their password if they forget it.
  5. After your students have signed up, ask them to select a story from the homepage or Topics menu and create a comment about the story. Comments do not appear until you publish them.
  6. Now you can log in to publish your students' comments using the "For teacher links" that appear on the right side of the page after you log in. If you have more than one classroom, choose the classroom you want using the "Change classroom" pulldown.
  7. Click the "Comments awaiting approval" link to review, then publish, your students' comments.

 

Here’s how TweenTribune and TeenTribune work. Each weekday, we scour the Web for age-appropriate news stories that will interest tweens and teens and invite them to comment. All comments are moderated by their teachers before they are published. Find out more about safety features, below.

 

 

Customize TweenTribune and TeenTribune for your classroom. Once your class starts using TweenTribune, the site will automatically generate custom pages showing:

  • The stories your class has commented upon
  • Individual comments by each student, on his or her own page
  • All comments by your students, in one report that can be sorted by students’ names, comments, or dates
  • And don't worry – you can moderate, edit, or delete your students’ comments before they’re published.

You can access all these features using a group of links that appear on the right side of every page at TweenTribune and TeenTribune. These links are labeled with a headline that reads "For teachers links."

 

 

Then click – you’ve just printed individual reports for every student in your class. Click the Print reports link, and you will print out individual reports for each of your students, showing the comments he or she has made on various stories. And each report contains space for you to critique the writing, analysis, or critical thinking reflected in your students’ comments. To download a sample report, click here.

 

 

Now what? That’s up to you. The stories at TweenTribune and TeenTribune can be relevant to almost any school subject – from social studies, to language arts, to science, to art. One German teacher asked her students to comment on the stories in German. Download this lesson plan developed by an art teacher in Virginia Beach, Va. Click to see the Top 10 Lesson Plans

 

 

Stay safe. TweenTribune and TeenTribune are in full compliance with COPPA - the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act – as outlined by the Federal Trade Commission. This means that:

  • Students may not use their last names.
  • Students may not use their email address anywhere on the site.
  • We do not gather or store student email addresses.
  • Teachers moderate students' comments before they are published.
  • We only uses news stories from reputable news organizations, such as the Associated Press, and local newspapers and TV stations.
  • Teachers' identities are independently verified before they are granted administrative privileges.

 

 

No classrooms to set up. No students to sign up. You may be tempted to register all your students yourself, but it makes more sense to let them do it themselves. Here's why:
  • You can't sign up students if you are logged in. You must log out first.
  • Your entire class can sign up themselves in less time than you can.
  • If you create the student sign ups, then you'll need to manage their passwords. However, if they create their own usernames and passwords, they can reset their passwords without bothering you by providing the answer to the security question they submitted when they signed up.

Please note: Teachers are not permitted to share usernames/passwords with students. You must comply to maintain access to TweenTribune and TeenTribune.