As many of you all know, I am very interested in multiliteracies, specifically involving the “visual” element. Thus, it was only appropriate that I make my way to a session about using visuals!
Some of the important things I walked away with include the following:
struggling readers can still “read” books through images –> then the words [...]
The morning started off with a session on engaging struggling high school readers with Gay Ivey (from JMU). Here are a few of the novels she suggested:
Homeboyz
I Heart You, You Haunt Me
Stuck In Neutral
Quad
Paranoid Park
Bootcamp
Out from Bonneville
Twilight
I really liked her suggestion of including
The day opened with a talk devoted to the shift in education to a more digital, technological realm. Some of the points were interesting, but I don’t agree that students will learn to read from cds. Nor do I think this should be the “shift” of the education world. Technology is an imperative factor in [...]
Ah, yes, here we go! Some of my reflections on the recent NCTE convention in San Antonio…
I attended a very neat session on “Teaching Tone” (by Carol Jago and John Golden) on the first day. Here are a few quick notes that I found interesting:
teachers are doing all of the work –> need to push [...]
