Today’s Inbox Ideas section is on rap and hip-hop, which tied to an LA Times article. I turned my draft in just before The Daily Show last night (which is ahead of time for me); so I managed to get…
Category: Journal
someone heard me
A few months ago I wrote that I wanted an iPod for my television, so that I could load up everything and carry it around—and even more importantly if you’re as lazy as I am, change and load things up…
Stolen Words
Apparently my Ideas section from last week’s Inbox was so exciting, someone borrowed it: Digital Literacy Resources from NCTE Now I know that on the Internet, it’s hard to hold onto your text; but couldn’t they have at least cited…
Backdating
Cheryl is still giving me grief. She doesn’t care that it’s Father’s Day, and I have enough grief of my own to keep me hidden in the darkest corner of the room. The problem with any event that I enjoy…
Scholastic Reading Counts! e-NEWS Newsletter
Just found that one of my lists is referred to in this Scholastic Newsletter!
Unusual Sleep Patterns
Edited and posted a 9–12 lesson plan, Copyright Infringement or Not? The Debate Over Downloading Music. Sadly, my other major accomplishment for today is that I didn’t lie back down and take a nap. I’m not the most motivated person,…
Another Lesson, Another Web Site
Edited and posted a 6–8 lesson plan: You Know the Movie is Coming–Now What? And due to a momentary lapse of sanity, I bought listsoften.com (that’s Lists of Ten, not List Soften because I don’t think they’re soft at all,…
Two more lessons online
Edited and posted two 3–5 lesson plans: Opening the Door for Reading: Sharing Favorite Texts to Build Community and Once Upon a Time Rethought: Writing Fractured Fairy Tales. Tags: English language arts | K12 instruction | lesson plan | ReadWriteThink
Exploring Computer Literacy
The ideas in this week’s NCTE Inbox focus on “Exploring Computer Literacy.” Tags: English language arts | K12 instruction | NCTE Inbox | technological literacy
WordPress
Apparently my new hobby is to install a piece of software each weekend. Last weekend, Gallery; this weekend, WordPress. Folks in the blogshares online discussion were comparing MT and WordPress, and I was inspired to try WordPress. It was another…