It’s Saturday, and I chose sleep over the 8 AM sessions; but I’m out of bed for Hilve Firek’s session, “Tech in the English Classroom: Winning Hearts and Minds.” We folks in the back of the room have been called…
Category: Journal
Last session for today. Bob Broad’s session on writing for Illinois English Bulletin He’s asked us to share name, affiliation, & something you want to see in the journal, something you want to learn about teaching in the bulletin. I…
My first afternoon session is on popular culture. The info in the program mentions using CSI/forensics, so it may be a useful idea for a lesson. Lisa and I came to the session together. Before the session starts, the eight…
After Bob Probst’s talk, Lisa and I dumped some heavier stuff off in the room. My room is amazingly located. In some ways, I know it’s a true disadvantage to have a room that backs up to the big banquet…
So here I am in the MLK Ballroom of the Decatur Holiday Inn blogging. I feel so hip and cool. I could be a political pundit what with this ability to blog during important events. I guess that to prove…
Woohoo! I’m caught up! This epic evening of blog postings has been brought to you from my hotel room in Decatur. It was only a week of notes to write up, but it felt like a month. I’m in Decatur…
BBC NEWS | UK | Education | English ‘must reflect technology’
According to this BBC article, “English in schools must adapt to reflect the use of text messaging and communication via new technologies, a report says.” Additionally, the report notes, “English needed to take account of the higher profile of the…
After much chatting with Lisa, I finally decided to do what needed to be done. I went with my gut instinct and turned the evil lesson into a 9-12 lesson plan. It feels so much better. More appropriate. I’m still…
Busy day. Gettysburg has been put in the incubator. I just had to work on something else. So I finished redoing and marking up Using Student-Centered Comprehension Strategies with Elie Wiesel’s Night, a 9-12 lesson plan that uses reciprocal teaching.…
You know the only thing I really remember about the Gettysburg Address is that we had to memorize it. That experience has not helped me in any way at any point in my life. It’s funny what I actually remember…