Category: Multiliteracies
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Preparing for Writing Methods, K-8
The month of August has brought a number of transitions, not the least of which is that I begin teaching at CMU next week. There are two courses that I will be doing this fall; one is a writing methods course for K-8 pre-service teachers and the other an intermediate composition course. More on composition…
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Thoughts on Technology and Literacy Professional Development
Last week, a number of RCWP teachers met to plan professional development for the 2007-08 school year. The meetings went well, as we discussed a number of issues about how and why we should be doing technology/writing PD and we all agreed that we needed to make the sessions compelling to teachers in terms of…
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Opening Thoughts, Day 2
Opening Thoughts – Day 2 Dixie Goswami – Bread Loaf Think about a follow up conference in 2009 that would invite the young people with whom we are working to attend as well. The literacy that our young people are learning is collaborative; every talk that I have heard shows that the students are the…
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Closing Thoughts on Day 1
Closing Thoughts on Day 1 Six friends of the NWP will offer closing comments on day one! Jackie Royster – Truisms Literacy is not benign – it has social and policitcal power wiht predictable and unpredictable conseuences. Digital technologies make it easier to see Truism 1. We have teachers who want to do right by…
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“Language Learning and Peer Response Online in a High School ELL Classroom†by Joe Bellino and Ailish Zompa
Here are notes from Joe and Ailish’s presentation on “Language Learning and Peer Response Online in a High School ELL Classroom.” They both teach at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. “Language Learning and Peer Response Online in a High School ELL Classroom†by Joe Bellino and Ailish Zompa Overview of Project What…
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Teaching Writing in the 21st Century
Tonight, I am blogging from Baltimore, where I am attending an NWP working meeting, “Teaching Writing in the 21st Century.” I feel very fortunate to be here with about 60 colleagues and friends of the National Writing Project and the Bread Loaf School of English. There are many, many wonderful people here — too many…
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Book Review: Teaching and Learning Multiliteracies
Yet another busy week has passed by with too much to blog, and too little time. Our summer institute is coming soon, and I have had lots of reading to do, so the good news is that I now have an excuse to get blogging again — book reviews. So, here is my first one,…
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TTT Podcast, Re-mediating Speech Class (5/30/07)
Thanks to Paul, for allowing me to repost the Teachers Teaching Teachers podcast from 5/30/07 that I co-hosted with Dawn, “Re-mediating Speech Class.”
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Teachers’ Online Personas (Discussion from My Dissertation Defense)
Today was my dissertation defense, and I am happy to say that I passed with no major revisions. Hooray! There are still some minor things that I need to touch up, but that is to be expected. So, my hope is that I will have this all wrapped up and turned in to the grad…