Getting Started
You may begin to draft your response using any tools you would like (Google Docs, iMovie, etc.). However, when you are ready to work within the Teacher Breakthroughs site, you must first Sign Up and then Log In with a code provided by your Writing Project Site Admin.
Sign Up and Log In
When you are ready to work on your response, you must first Sign Up with the code you receive from your Site Admin. Once you Sign Up you can then come back and Log In when needed.
Your response will be created upon logging in. Click on Edit Response to start to work on it. You can Save/Leave as Draft as you go.
If you have more than one response, click the Add Your Response button in the right-hand navigation to start a second one.
Composing and Editing
Writers are welcome to compose their responses using text, images, sound, and video. Each post begins with a Title and a Summary (280 character maximum). The summary will show up on the map and homepage along with any images you include. Upon publishing, Tags are required. Tags that are already in the system will display as you type and can choose from those, or create your own. Your Display Name is also required and your first name and last initial will be the default. Response fields you add can be reordered by dragging/dropping so that your response can appear in the order you decide.
Whether you are working on a piece of writing and/or composing with multimedia, it helps to work through a process of feedback, revision, and editing. Teacher Breakthroughs allows you to save a draft before submitting your piece for publishing. You can even remove a published response, re-edit and then re-publish a piece if you want to make changes after publishing.
Publishing and Sharing
Once your piece is finished, you will follow 4 steps to publish it.
- Click the Submit for Review button. You will be asked, “Ready to publish your response?”
- If so, select Tags for your response.
- Next, enter your public Display Name.
- Click Submit for Review.
Your response will be submitted to your registered Site Admin who can then post your responses to the public map and website.
We encourage you to share your writing beyond Teacher Breakthroughs, and social media share links are included on the website to make it easy for you to do so. Before sharing, please be sure to read our Privacy Policy.
Finally, Site Admins and writers should review our Terms of Use. In order to provide writers with a positive and inclusive platform, violations such as hate speech will not be tolerated and will be removed by administrators. Community members and readers should report problems or concerns to administrators by flagging content on the site using the Report a Problem feature or emailing us at writingourfuture@nwp.org.