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Relaxing day. The best of today is that the Oscars are getting ready to start in a few minutes.  As a movie-holic, this is one of my favorite nights of the year.  I love the Academy Awards.  The fashion.  The … Continue reading →

One of the things that I most appreciated from the first chapter of Teaching The New Writing is this notion of “textured literacy.”  The writers credit a 2005 article by Kathleen Blake Yancey with naming and describing textured literacy as … Continue reading →

After visiting several county education websites, I was struck by Hall County’s newest middle school, Da Vinci Academy.  Although many school districts acknowledge the existence of technology and its helpfulness, Da Vinci Academy (much like Tim Tyson and Mabry Middle … Continue reading →

“They want school to go beyond preparing them for next year…what’s more important is to balance that with getting them prepared to make a contribution today.” Wow.  Listening to Tim Tyson’s keynote speech and watching the videos that he shared … Continue reading →

Will Richardson‘s text book has been one of the most valuable text books I have ever purchased.  Not only was it easy to read, but it was also full of useful information.  It’s a book that I know I will … Continue reading →

In my opinion, podcasts are a very valuable and powerful tool.  I think that using a podcast made by either the teacher or the students as a supplement to class discussion can help with comprehension as well as help students … Continue reading →

Google Reader is a site that is visited on my computer multiple times a day.   That being said, it wasn’t until reading Richardson‘s chapter about the Reader that I fully understood just how useful it is.  The ability to be … Continue reading →

“…having used the Wikipedia entry not as a source of truth, but as a springboard to further inquiry” (93). This quote from Darren Crovitz and W. Scott Smoot’s article “Wikipedia: Friend, Not Foe” (English Journal  98.3 (2009): 91–97) perfectly sums … Continue reading →

After reading about John of Austria in the Encyclopedia Americana, then searching for him on Wikipedia as well as Britannica, it’s clear that Wikipedia offers a a plethora of additional information. The information that we first found on Britannica’s site … Continue reading →