Category: Literacy
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Reflections on "Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops”
While there are many things on which I could comment in this article, I want to focus solely on the image that readers see when they first view it. Take a look at this for a moment, and then think about the implications of this image on school laptop programs, regardless of the discussion following…
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Notes from Ellin Keene’s “The Intricacies of the Mind”
Notes from Ellin Keene’s “The Intricacies of the Mind” NOTE: Email her for PPT. Keene, one of the authors of Mosaic of Thought, began by promoting the new edition of the book that will be coming out in May. She has been the director of the Cornerstone Project for the past few years, focusing on…
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Notes from Christopher Paul Curtis’ Keynote
Curtis Notes from Christopher Paul Curtis‘ Keynote These are partial notes, as I was taking lots of pictures at the beginning of the session. Curtis shared some stories about his youth and talked about how some younsters get the “Scarlett B” on their forehead and how he didn’t have one. One story that he shared…
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Doug Fisher’s “Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work”
Doug Fisher’s “Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work” Fisher outlined a program that he and teachers at their high school (he has been on loan from SDSU) use for literacy achievement. Some Foundations Reading time every day — practice makes permanent as it relates to SSR Rationale for choosing strategies: Is it research based? Is…
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Jim Burke’s “Teaching: The First Ten Minutes”
Jim Burke’s “Teaching: The First Ten Minutes” Presentation at MRA 2007 Jim Burke began by inviting participants to think about the actions that students must engage in to be successful in their core academic work. He then talked about how students need to continue a number of academic skills in classes that have traditionally not…
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Visions of Online Learning
Are we, as educators, approaching this in the right way? To deal with the growth, the University of California is launching an extensive effort to make sure applicants’ online high school courses are on par with traditional classroom instruction. More students across US logging on to online classrooms – The Boston Globe To be honest,…
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Notes on Timothy Shanahan’s “The Role of Research in US Reading Policyâ€
Here are notes from a talk today: Timothy Shanahan, Current President of the International Reading Association Tim Shanahan is a professor of urban education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the director of the UIC Center for Literacy. He has played a leadership role at the federal level in making connections between literacy…