Category: Reflections
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End of 21st Century Literacies Meeting Reflection
The questions that we have collectively explored the past two days leave me with many thoughts, which I will get to in a moment. First, I need to synthesize this weekend with the other working retreat that I recently attended — the CEE Leadership and Policy Summit in Chicago. Having had two weeks to reflect…
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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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Reflecting on TTT, Preparing for CEE
It has been a long day of travel from East Lansing to Chicago and now a bit further north to Lake Forest, where the CEE Leadership and Policy Summit begins in just a few minutes. Just a few quick thoughts on last night’s Teachers Teaching Teachers and what I will be doing for the next…
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Thinking about Critical Media Literacy
Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with Susi Elkins, a colleague at MSU that I originally met when I visited her class’s digital portfolio presentation a few summers ago. She plans to develop a critical media literacy professional development session for local teachers, and we talked at length about what might happen in…
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Reflection on the “New Literacies” Workshops
Wow. So, many things to think about based on Friday’s workshops, but first and foremost a hearty thanks to the 15 teachers who led these “new literacies” workshops: Julie Achterberg Pen Campbell Jennifer Conrad Richard Cook Elizabeth Cyr Joseph Haughey Joyce Hunter Aram Kabodian Angie Montpas Mitchell Nobis Dawn Reed Luke Rodesiler Robert Rozema Renee…
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Time to Finish my Degree…
OK, now I have even more motivation to get done… Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education – Inside Higher Ed :: Teachable Moments Blogged with Flock
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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,…