Helping Students Think About Who They Are as a Writer from Day 1
Have you been able to take a deep breath yet? I hope so. Cause I don’t know about you, but it feels as though this past year happened to me — too much time spent being reactive. And now I need to just take some deep breaths — a lot of them. Because before I can…
Front-loading the Writing Process: Reducing the Cognitive Load
Picasso’s quote may seem somewhat contradictory as giving answers is not necessarily a useless trait; however, dig a little deeper and it makes a lot of sense. Computers (or rather Google) give us the answers we are looking for — we receive an output for a question asked. This isn’t necessarily a negative thing —…
Talking to Teachers: Writing in a Social Studies Classroom (Vulnerability, Revision, and the Slowing Down)
This is a follow-up conversation with Jordan Moog, the AP US History & Grade 9 Global Studies teacher from the American Community School of Abu Dhabi. In a previous conversation with Jordan, we focused on the following topics: (1) writing beside her students, (2) time for revision, and (3) how hybrid learning has affected her…
Talking to Teachers: Reflecting on a Writing Process Unit (Non-Genre Specific)
This is part 2 of a two part series (Part 1 here), and was was originally posted on the Moving Writers site …where you will find a beautiful group of humans who post amazing resources daily on how to improve our student’s (and our own) writing lives. This is a follow-up conversation with Caitlin Wingers, a grade…
Talking to Teachers: Gift of Remote Learning, Flipped Classrooms, and Differentiation
This is part 1 of a two part series, and was was originally posted on the Moving Writers site …where you will find a beautiful group of humans who post amazing resources daily on how to improve our student’s (and our own) writing lives. Although this conversation happened at the beginning of the school year…
Conversations around Plagiarism: Moving from FEAR into OPPORTUNITY
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent.Jim jarmusch Because information and ideas are now so easily accessed and shared, it should be expected that we will be influenced both consciously and…
The Versatility and Beauty of 100 Word Stories
The Versatility and Beauty of 100 Word Stories — post inspired by @kculbertson
Annotating Objectives to give Clarity and Equity of Experience
My latest post based on @DonyallD’s webinar on The Power of Annotating Objectives — anchoring Ss to objectives/standards to provide clarity and equity of experience.
Reading in a Digital World
I remember as a kid looking through the Sears Catalogue and putting check marks or stars beside the toys or clothes that we wanted. What I didn’t pay attention to was the fact that the catalogues were either Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer editions—back when the fashion industry came out with new lines only a few times…
Talking to Teachers: “Your Voice Matters” and Feed Forward Feedback
I have heard quite a few teachers say recently that although the end of last year was crazy, the start of this academic year is even crazier. With even more uncertainty of what the year as whole will look like, teachers are navigating unexplored territory. Yet, amidst all of this (along with the increased tension…
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