Welcome to my (working) page for teachers!
Articles and Sites I'm Loving:
- NY Times Article on Creative Writing in a Massachusetts prison: <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/books/review/creative-writing-in-a-massachusetts-prison.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
- News for all ages: this site levels articles and is a fantastic resource!http://newsela.com
May 2013 Workshop at Young Women's Leadership, Astoria
From Blogs to Books: Ways to Go Public!
What is an "authentic" audience?
What does it mean to "go public"?
What can publication be, with a little p? BIG P?
Links:
What does it mean to "go public"?
What can publication be, with a little p? BIG P?
Links:
- Student Press Initiative: Advice From Teachers http://www.publishspi.org/
- LuLu Press- Publishing Books! http://www.lulu.com/
- Create a Free Ibook: http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/_
- NYC Writing Project List of Places to Publish: http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/313
Technology Links! Ways to infuse tech in your classes:
Plan!
- Project Based Learning How To: Jeff Robin- PBL Guru from High Tech High, San Deigo: http://dp.hightechhigh.org/~jrobin/
- TedEd: http://ed.ted.com/ Use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create customized lessons.
- The Teaching Channel: https://www.teachingchannel.org..Watch this video about an amazing resource!
Book Recommendations for Teachers
- Nancie Atwell: The Reading Zone, In the Middle, Lessons that Change Writers, Naming The World
- Kelly Galagher: Readicide and other titles: http://kellygallagher.org/books_dvds/books_dvds.html
- They Say, I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff & Cathy Birkenstein
Film Recommendations for Teachers
- Bullied http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1723740/
- Elephant, Gus Van Sant: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363589/