Be sure to check out our new PRESENTATIONS Page. It includes presentations we've done in the past couple of years. Going-forward, after every presentation we do, we'll post our Power Point Presentations and handouts on this page. Check back late next week for Ruth's "Embracing Imperfection" Presentation that she'll be doing at the All-Write Consortium's… Continue reading We’ve built a new page!
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21st Century Literacies (NCTE’s Nov. 2007 Council Chronicle)
If you blog, then you know that websites are no longer the sole way to get information out into the world. We're living in a Web 2.0 World. Today we have blogs, wikis, podcasts, and many other tools that allow us to not only communicate, but to collaborate with others around the globe. Ruth and… Continue reading 21st Century Literacies (NCTE’s Nov. 2007 Council Chronicle)
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Gearing up for tomorrow’s Workshop
Here's my chart for tomorrow's LOOKING AT YOUR PLACE Activity. I've been contemplating modeling for them, but I'm leaning more towards a guided practice where I take them through the entire exercise step-by-step, revealing each new step every couple of minutes just like George Ella Lyon did for us at the WLU Conference.
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NCTE National Convention
After meeting Andi, Angela, Beth, and Molly at the WLU Conference in Louisville last month, I decided to attend the 2007 NCTE Convention in New York City. (Those four ladies will also be presenting at NCTE on 11/17 in a session called "OBSERVING DIVERISTY: A 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM INQUIRY JOURNEY.") I received the convention preview… Continue reading NCTE National Convention
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I met George Ella Lyon!
George Ella Lyon and I started communicating with each other this past winter when I needed to request permission for my students to mentor their "Where I'm From" Poems after hers when they were writing DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women. We had dinner in Louisville on Friday night, along with Ann… Continue reading I met George Ella Lyon!
