Sites and Apps Students Are Using

As a teacher, one of my goals for this year is to know my students better. I'm not a big fan of get to know you sorts of games, but I hoped that an interesting question might create some space for learning more about my students. To that end, I asked students in my high …

A Day in the Life: Continuing the Conversation(s)

Another busy day at the UNC Charlotte NWP Summer Institute. One thread that I noticed throughout the day was the importance of creating space for and engaging in (professional) conversations. We began the day with a conversation about assessment. Lacy led us to consider the different words we associate with assessment and the kinds of …

Where I’ve Gone

Perhaps not directly related to teaching and learning, but certainly about social media use. A letter to my Facebook friends... Hi friends, I’ve been wrestling with Facebook for awhile. With its privacy policies/settings, with ads suggesting we should lose weight or find a hot mate, with suggestions to connect with people we’d rather not. I …

Moderation, Guilt, and Social Media

It's been clear to me for several months that I haven't been putting in the work reading and writing longer pieces which give me a deeper satisfaction than the momentary pleasure of an @ reply. In thinking about how I might make more space for that kind of reading and writing, I realized I was …