When I get (what I consider) a good, solid idea for a comic, all I want to do is work on it. Dinner prep be damned! This particular idea came to me during a workshop I gave this past week through the UNH Professional Development & Training program on using comics, picture books, and graphic… Continue reading Stages of Edu-Twitter: A Comic
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Free, Easy, & Fun Summer Learning (Sangria Not Included)
One of the aspects I like best about being a teacher is the freedom we educators have during the summer. Not in the sense of having our summers "off"--because who, among us, truly do nothing work-related over the summer?--but in the sense of having the space and the time to reflect, to learn, and to dream… Continue reading Free, Easy, & Fun Summer Learning (Sangria Not Included)
Texts That Have Changed My Thinking…
...and are bound to change yours, too, if you're into that kind of thing. But seriously, I have learned more about education, literacy, and school policy in the last five years than I have my whole teaching career (which, in all honestly, is less than two decades long). This explosion of learning and new thinking… Continue reading Texts That Have Changed My Thinking…
My So-Called Literacy Life 