I’ve been trying to decide "the next thing" I want to write about for a long time now. I could write about passages in the book I’m reading (The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging). I have some notes on revision that…
Author: Traci Gardner
Fair Use and Copyright for Educators
From my entry this week for the NCTE Inbox Blog: Unsure if you can use a music video in class legally? The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education can help answer all these questions. Read…
Use Doodle to Cast Your Vote
From my entry this week for the NCTE Inbox Blog: Trying to plan a time to meet friends at the Annual Convention in San Antonio? Doodle is a free online polling tool that makes it easy to gather preferences–for setting…
Tell Me about Your Convention Session
From the NCTE Inbox Blog (you know, my other blog): The 2008 NCTE Annual Convention is only 3 weeks away. Before you know it, you’ll be in San Antonio attending sessions, giving presentations, and connecting with friends and colleagues. But…
Installing a Bit of an Update
Yes, I’ve been off this blog’s little sphere of the world for quite a while. Long stories, all of which we’ll skip. I have been writing regularly on the Inbox Blog for NCTE, so I haven’t been completely gone from…
Another Revision
Fiddling around with paper titles for the English Journal call. Wondering about “Plagiarism or Censorship? The Battles over Using Wikipedia in the Classroom.” Not really sure I like it, but oh well. I’ve written 11 words. Published a lesson plan…
Proposals
I’d like to get something written for the English Journal due next week on doing the right thing, but I’m having trouble getting started. The call talks about academic honesty, plagiarism, and cheating. I’m thinking about perhaps doing something with…
Lesson Revisions
Finished my work on the markup and tidying of our revision of the 3-5 lesson Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies today. The whole process took close to 7 hours. I hope the next one goes a bit…
Figuring out the Inbox blog entry
So today I flailed about trying to figure out what to write for the blog entry. It needed to tie to 21st-century literacies, but I was feeling really lost on what to say. Going through the copyeditor’s comments seemed a…
Back to the Copyeditor
Got a handful of things done today: Inbox Ideas done, Inbox Announcements done, Work on Feb 08 calendar done, South Park character made (don’t I look cool?), Hallmark ornaments mom needed purchased, trip to the bookstore completed. But the important…