Penzu

What is Penzu? //Penzu is a free web-based private journal and diary. According to Penzu Inc., studies have shown that keeping a journal can not only boost your “working memory” but your grades, too. One of the best things about Penzu is that it is incredibly easy to use. Whatever you write is saved automatically and you can insert images if you like. You can keep your entries private or share them with others. Penzu can easily be used for class writing projects or students can access the program for keeping their own personal notes.//
 * (Source:** This is essentially a direct quote from: http://hillerspires.wikispaces.com/Cool+Tools)

Getting Started with Penzu

Link to Penzu: penzu.com/home

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"Student Samples" Penzu can be used for a variety of purposes. For instance, as Penzu Inc. explains, penzu.com can be used as any type of journal. What follows is an excerpt from penzu.com that lists several types of journals. ~ ~ ~ __Types of Journals __ Daily Diary  Expressive Journal  Travel Journal  <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Idea Journal  <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Dream Journal  <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Food Journal  <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Workout Journal  <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Work Journal  <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">~ ~ ~  <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">What follows are several **"student samples"**. Elementary Writing Journal Example: [|Second Grade Journal]

Foreign Language Class Example: [|https://penzu.com/p/4dbeca422]

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<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Writing to Learn with Penzu <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Sources: Information in this section is attributed to Vacca and Vacca (2008) and Morrow, Reuda, and Lapp (in press) unless otherwise noted. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">//George Herbert Palmer [said] that when confused he used to write himself clearheaded.// //~// Ralph Tyler (1949)

Writing can serve as a valuable learning tool, indeed. As Vacca and Vacca explain, "The more writers work with ideas put on paper or screen, the more they are able to revise, rethink, and clarify what they have to say about a subject" (p. 247). Click here for more information on writing to learn.

Penzu is a great //writing to learn// tool. It is a cross between a traditional journal,a social networking site, and a word processing document. **Imagine the possibilities!**

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Remember that you can make **comments** right on someone's entry. penzu.com
 * //How do __you__ Penzu?//** Use Penzu to share your ideas! Post the URLs for your journal entries below OR use Penzu's email option to share your entries with a friend or colleague.

April's Write to Learn Jacdaw

[|A. Ward]

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