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Yes, And...Virtual Clubs!
(Peanut Butter Jelly Time from The Gilfords' Kitchen circa 2020) Have you found yourself singing to your students when you are teaching? I have. In...
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Vlogs, GIFs, Twine, and Macros: Multimodal Writing
Vlogs, GIFs, Twine, & Macros Multimodal Writing ENGL 2150 Fall 2018 *** Jesse Rice-Evans, Graduate Teaching Fellow M 5:10-7:20; Vertical Campus...
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1st Assignment: How to Write a Professional Email
In this first assignment of the year, inspired by Professor of English and History at Schoolcraft College, Steven L. Berg , students in my EC1 ALP...
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I'm Ready with Jazz Hands!
Sometimes you know when you are ready! Ready. You've had a dream for a while and know that fruition and harvest times are nearby. That is how I have...
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Anatomy of a Team Meeting
At the Futures Initiative (FI), we have a 2-hour meeting with the whole team every week where we plan our collective work, update each other on the...
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Class Recap: The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
For today's English Composition 1 class, we read June Jordan's " Poem About My Rights ," and two essays by Audre Lorde from Sister Outsider , "Poetry...
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Oratory
(Found Feather circa 2015) Oratory. When I taught 2nd grade at the Carmel Catholic Mission, there was an oratory balcony over the pews. I imagined...
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An Activity to Put a Stop to "Students Don't Read My Comments on their Papers"
As a composition instructor, one of the complaints I hear most often among colleagues (and I've definitely said this myself) goes something like this...
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Learning Coaches
Wow! It has been quite a week! Lots of data collection!! We had our 30 day IEPs for our new students to virtual school. Here are some quick takeaways...
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Benefits of Using Brightspace Learning Management: A Student Perspective
For the past 3 months, I had the opportunity to work a co-op term at my university working on upgrading our learning management system from Moodle to...
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Meaningful Machines: Exploring Creative Programming for Creative Writing and Literature (Roundtable)
This is a Call for Papers for a roundtable at NeMLA (Northeast MLA) in March 2021. Submit abstracts here: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/CFP "...
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Nocturnal
Sometimes I can't turn off my brain. It is a little after 4:00 a.m. and I can't sleep. I have been up for almost an hour doing school work. There is...
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Launch
(Down the Road from Our Apartment circa 2020) Can't get through, but I can go around. It is hard to believe that school has been in virtual session...
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Gig Teaching
(A picture of my elementary students' knittings from their Handwork Class) Teaching is a temporary job. A gig. Yesterday, we had a guest actor in our...
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Bubble Gum Alley
Bubble Gum Alley Yay!! Getting ready to start our poetry unit!! I love poetry!! I wrote this for my 8th graders. Thought I would share. It is still a...
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Open Rank (T/TT/NTT) Faculty Position: Digital Media Practice at Duke Kunshan University (China)
Monday, August 31, 2020 (All day) to Thursday, October 15, 2020 (All day) Duke Kunshan University (DKU) invites applications for a regular rank...
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Collaborative Close Reading Online
This blog explains how collaborative close reading can be done online. I recommend reading that post before this one. Since posting my collaborative...
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Grand Je·té
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over The candlestick. For some time, I have been thinking about nursery rhymes and fairy tales. How can I...
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Call for Submissions for General Issue of the the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy with a Forum on Teaching in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Dec. 2, 2020 Deadline
The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy General Issue with a Forum on Teaching in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic Issue Editors: Nicole...
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Aaaaargggg!!
(The Heat Escapes the Dryer at Laundromat, circa 2020) Arrrgggg!! Sometimes I feel like I am living in the purgatory of Group Projects!! Yes, I love...
