With the easel at my left (I am right handed), document camera, computer or iPad on my right, and a swivel chair all my tools are at my fingertips! There's no need to move across the room to see the screen or make an adjustment to my technology. The students and I have access to everything in one space. This one-stop meeting space allows the students to maintain focus on the learning and not the tools.
Author: Deb Frazier
Past the Flash of Technology
Technology gives us all choices and decisions to make. Big decisions. How can we welcome technology in our classrooms? Technology can be a new way of doing the same thing. Will we seek apps that allow our students to make choices in creating and sharing with others, or will we seek apps that do the same old thing in a different way?
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The Silent Hero: Routines and Procedures
Procedures allow us to complete our daily tasks without worry of what's next. Our minds are free to think about the important parts of our day, the learning.
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Protecting Student Writing Time
As the school year approaches and we are knee deep in planning our schedules it seems a good time to keep this (previsously run) post in your mind. What do you believe about writing? How will this be reflected in your schedule? Your schedule can tell your students what you value. We would never… Continue reading Protecting Student Writing Time
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Environments: Writing Workshop Fundamentals
Working with the intention of creating writing environments with our students that are reflective of the beliefs and the needs of all should be our goal. While each writing workshop is unique to the writers within the workshop, there are basic design components true of all writing workshops.
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What Do Teachers Do All Summer?
Summer is the opportunity to sit back, hit reset and plan how I will improve for next year. I like to use my extra hours of summer considering my past teaching practices and think about what worked and what I wish had gone differently.
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My Mission to Stay Connected: Sizzling, Summer, Slam!
Each summer I plan creative ways to keep my students reading and writing, and each year the participation is less than I anticipated. What is it that causes this lack of participation? Do kids forget? Do parents forget? Do kids need the help of parents? Or, is the competition of summer just too high?… Continue reading My Mission to Stay Connected: Sizzling, Summer, Slam!
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How Do We Help Students Find Their Why?
At first, pride filled my heart, but as I continued to watch, I realized the work ethics I was watching at that moment hadn't been as clear nor intentional throughout the year. The day's show of teamwork could have been the culmination of a year's work, but I knew it was something more.
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GRAB A SEAT, GRAB A PEN, & GET APPY: KEEP LEARNING GOING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER
Writers grow as they witness writing in their lives. The waiters jotting down orders, medical staff recording on charts, families creating a to-do list, shopping list, planning vacations, messaging family, and friends, composing emails, journaling, and the many other reasons we write in our lives.
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Finding Time: With Craft Moves on The Poem Farm
Poetry month in my opinion (and my students’) is a celebration of writing! It’s a time when we writers welcome new beginnings and hone the art and crafting of our writing skills. I watch my students take wings and write with grace and confidence during poetry month.
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A Learner-Driven Classroom & Writing Workshop
Moving to a learner-driven classroom has changed my role in the classroom and writing workshop. As a teacher in a learner-driven classroom, I have stepped back to observe the learner.
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A Challenge for First-Time Slicers
If this is your first time participating in the SOLSC, then this weekend challenge is for you!
