Archive for the 'GRDG620' Category
I haven’t started reading the end of semester essay/literacy philopshy papers, but I have been rereading the comments people made on the blog as well as the “terms and people to know” comments.
I wish I had done a better job of responding to comments. There were a lot of really good ones made, and I [...]
Last night’s topic was critical literacy and media literacy. It’s a juicy topic I love, but I’m not quite sure the students feel the same way.
We started off by doing a little writer’s workshop. I wanted the students to share their learning from writing the essay and to identify elements of what makes a good [...]
I really hate test prep, and to a large extent I feel as if that’s what we did on Monday night. The students were stressed about the upcoming essay. I wish I could be tough like many other professors and say, too bad, here’s the question, figure it out. But as a teacher educator, I [...]
Last night was the first night of the Nature & Acquisition class. I love the class, but always seem to be behind schedule, and last night was no different. Introductions took longer than I planned, yet hearing each person’s story was really important. I didn’t want to rush it. It gave me a chance to [...]
