“The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.” Arthur Miller Not only am I eager to help my students take the first bite of the apple, I’m literally clambering to help them rip [...]
On Thursday I began a ‘crowdsourced’ discussion about getting kids to read, titled #edread. The purpose of this post is to: Add clarification to the purpose of #edread Clarify how you can get involved in the discussion To show how many great ideas and resources have been shared already. (Perhaps I should do a weekly [...]
It is easy to feel despondent as a teacher. It can seem that an insurmountable list of problems face us as educators in the 21st century. As an English teacher I feel that I am attempting to address the short comings of a society in which reading is under-valued, to engage students who fail to [...]
