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ENG 315 Podcast 7 - Reflections on Talk by Dr. Steve Graham
Today, I was invited to hear a talk by Dr. Steve Graham of Vanderbilt University, co-author of the Writing Next report we are reading this week.
You can read notes from the talk on my blog and hear my audio reflections in this podcast.
ENG 315 Podcast 7 - Reflections on Talk by Dr. Steve Graham
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Getting in Gear to Think about Assessment
As we move toward a discussion of assessment next week, I encourage you to read this article with thoughts about how you are being assessed this semester with reading responses, field notes, your multigenre project, and your final portfolio.
What is common across all kinds of assessments? For what purposes might tests be better suited [...]
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Words of Wisdom from Jonathan Kozol
As we move to the end of the semester and student teacher gets that much closer, it is worth pausing to consider the wider field of education and what challenges you may face. Kozol has been a passionate voice for all students and teachers over the years, and this article from Edutopia reminds us of [...]
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Thinking about the Technology and Literacy Connection
As you consider the literacy skills that you will be teaching students in your elementary and middle school classrooms, one of the ideas that you could begin to explore in your professional responses is the idea of “tech literacy.” Here is a recent article about assessment of tech literacy. As you think about this, you [...]
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Teachers Teaching Teachers Webcast: 1/23/08
Dear 315 Students:
I encourage you to check out this live webcast Wed. night. I have worked with many of these teachers through the National Writing Project and this looks to be an outstanding use of blogging as a way to inspire student writing:
Help us plan our Spring Blogging curriculum on Teachers Teaching Teachers this week.
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Tomorrow [...]
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