Category: Misc. Debris
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Response to 2016 MDE Assessment Survey
The Michigan Department of Education has issued a “2016 Assessment Survey” that I encourage every teacher and parent in our state to reply to ASAP. There is a public hearing on the future of assessment in Michigan that will be held in Lansing on July 30th, but I can’t attend in person… so, I am…
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Many Thanks to Many Colleagues
There are a few moments in one’s career where you pause long enough to say “thank you” to all your colleagues for all the opportunities that they have provided you. So, I am taking one of those moments this morning to say thanks to the many teachers, students, fellow English educators, and friends that I…
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Connected Learning Webinar
Today, I enjoyed a conversation with a number of colleagues about the “The Digital Influence on Looking Closely at Student Work.” Definitely worth a listen, and be prepared to write down lots of ideas about how to engage deeply with students’ work as a tool for assessment and professional development. Andrew Sliwinski – Co-Founder of DIY.org;…
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Digital Writing from Saskatoon Schools
During the 2013-14 school year, I was invited to work with teachers from Saskatoon Schools via webinar, including teacher-librarian Tamzen Kulyk. She and her students have created videos that document their learning through a digital writing workshop, and I am happy to share them here. [iframe]<iframe width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/_WV_OKgOhNY?list=UUFg-ZpDBtVhNa_DZg3_ElIg” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>[/iframe] [iframe]<iframe width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/prUtx3qwKPs?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″…
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Keynote from Reinventing the Classroom 2014 Virtual Conference
My thanks to Steve Hargadon for an invitation to speak during the Reinventing the Classroom virtual conference last week. The archive of my webinar is available on YouTube. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Conversation with Carl Young’s Class
Last night, I had a Skype conversation with students of my friend and colleague, Carl Young, who are taking a course on teaching composition and reading The Digital Writing Workshop. It was a robust conversation, and they had really smart questions. I have, with permission, simply copied and pasted the text from their original wiki…
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One-To-One Technology ‘Is Really About Building Effective Relationships’
My thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the invitation to respond to his EdWeek Teacher Blog question: What are the Dos and Don’ts of having a successful one-to-one computing (where every student at a school gets a device) program? Check out the post to see responses from Alice Barr and Mark Pullen as well. This work is licensed under…