[Immediate disclaimer: I feel totally uncomfortable using the n-word in any form. I used it here because it was used by a student and I am quoting him.] I am friends with many of my old students on facebook (Although a large percentage of them are hidden from my feed due to photos of them … Continue reading
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Visual Noise & Visual Literacy
My Arts in New York City course had it’s last experiential component to a small gallery on the Lower East Side called Station Independent Projects. This is a tiny space, tucked inside some streets north of the Williamsburg Bridge entrance. I decided to take the students there because an acquaintance from my early days of … Continue reading
Socratic Seminar Conversion (Reading Strategy)
In my early years of teaching, I worked with a teacher named Rebecca who was a Socratic Seminar bad ass. She was known in our school and in our district as the mother of Socratic Seminar. I was known more as the teacher who could get any kid to write. We all have our badges … Continue reading