Category: English Education
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“It’s Not About the Technology…” (Usually)
So, a few things have happened in the last week that have me thinking about my belief that “it’s not about the technology, it’s about the literacy practices the technology enables.” As much as I do believe that, there is a certain point at which the technology has to be functional in order for the…
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End of Year “Reflection”
Well, I’ve held off on using the “R” word for any tagging on this blog, but I guess that it is the end of the calendar year that causes me to think about reflection, even though it is a term that is fraught with problems, as my adviser, Lynn Fendler, points out. At any rate,…
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If Fifth Graders Can Go Paperless…
It’s been a busy two weeks without much time to blog here, but a link to this article from NCTE’s Inbox caught my eye. This fall, I have been pushing friends and colleagues to go paperless with free and open source applications, like Google Docs, and even though this isn’t quite the same, seeing that…
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George Hillocks, University of Chicago: Procedural Knowledge and Writing Instruction
Another great talk on campus from a leading scholar in English Education and Composition… Notes from George Hillocks’ talk, “Procedural Knowledge and Writing Instruction” Statement about effectiveness of grammar instruction that Mary mentioned– often cited and often ignored The more time that students spend on grammar leads to a negative correlation in writing scores Teachers…