Management… Jessica Hudson, Principia College, Elsah, Illinois 12/02/2023 Adaption of Avatar Feedback Sometimes assuming a novel role helps students focus in novel ways to provide courteous and constructive feedback to the second or third drafts of their classmates’…
Methods… Sarah Hahn Campbell, South High School, Denver, Colorado 12/02/2023 More Than Just Writing: Using Research to Connect Again Realizing that something was not working after a long stint of remote learning, a teacher offered her concurrent enrollment College…
Management… Anna White, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan 12/02/2023 Shoes Help Teach Researching The purpose of this activity is to help students understand how keywords work and allow them to practice developing search strings in a familiar environment. To…
Methods… Cheryl Hogue Smith, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York 12/01/2023 Interrogating Texts Cheryl Hogue Smith teaches at a community college in a large urban city. My students often work full-time or at least work several hours part-time, traveling on public…
International… José Luis Cano, Jr, Texas Christian College, Fort Worth, Texas 12/01/2023 Rhetorical Bilingualism I taught at a predominantly Latina/o community college in Brownsville, Texas. While the school doesn’t keep statistics of students who speak bilingually, a quick walkthrough of the institution…
Assessments/Rubrics… EMPOWERING LEARNERS – Contributors 10/24/202312/07/2023 We know the value of collaboration, so despite each of our 40-plus years of teaching experience, Susan Steffel and I invited and received contributions to the content of our new…
Diversity/Inclusion… POETRY Notebook – Product and Performance 04/04/202103/31/2021 Poetry Notebook Looking for a way to engage students to create a POETRY-Notebook that showcases their learning about poetry and other English Language Arts skills and completing a product/performance assignment that…
Assessments/Rubrics… Creative Exams and Alternative Assessments in a Virtual Era 03/31/202103/23/2021 How do we measure teaching and learning in virtual classroom settings? It’s that time of year — time to confirm both our teaching and student learning. Doing either can be…
Diversity/Inclusion… Hispanic Heritage Month – Day THREE – Challenge to Write 09/16/202005/06/2020 Day Three – Inspired by an Artist (Inspirado por us Artista) Hispanic Heritage month, September 15 -- October 15 is a time of year to pause and reflect on the…
Diversity/Inclusion… AUTHOR PROJECT: Reading and Research 04/26/201905/05/2020 Writing about Literary Favorites After introducing students to the Nine Yardsticks of Value, a good way to determine how well they understand the concepts and can apply them to an…