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Ten Chapters In: Thoughts on Online Serial Novel Writing
What are you going to do with your long weekend? Maybe you’d like to read the first ten short chapters of a serialized novel about a twelve-year-old girl who suspects something funny is going on in her small town of Gale Harbour, Newfoundland. If so, you will find this novel, Nellie and the Coven of Continue reading
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What’s the Use of the Academic Paper?: Blogiversary Post #9
I’m still asking myself this question – “Is the academic paper the best way for students to demonstrate their learning?” – three years after publishing the original version of this post. In the interim, I’ve listened to the audiobook of Now You See It (discussed below), and I’m still not sure whether I’m onside with Davidson’s Continue reading
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Triumph Over Burnout: Blogiversary Post #4
At the beginning of the new school year, some of us feel refreshed and eager; others, not so much. If you’re filled with dread at the thought of vacation’s end (not the ordinary oh-I-wish-I-could-read-novels-on-the-deck-forever dread, but the more acute why-am-I-doing-this-with-my-life dread), then maybe it’s time to re-evaluate: is teaching really what you want to do? For Continue reading
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Blog Hop!
Apparently a “blog hop” is a thing. I’ve been invited to participate in this one by my friend Anita Lahey, whose fascinating blog Henrietta & Me is all about the books she’s reading and the people in them. Anita is a poet, essayist and journalist; her poetry collection Out to Dry in Cape Breton was Continue reading
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Bye-bye, Google Reader
As many of you know, Google Reader is shutting down on Monday. I haven’t used it in years, but I’m sure some of you still do. If you need a new platform for following Classroom as Microcosm, here are a few options. Look in the right-hand column. See the button that says “Sign me up”? Continue reading
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When the Syllabus Goes Wrong
I cannot tell a lie. My new course is a failure. This semester, I did a complete overhaul on the English course I teach for Child Studies majors. The earlier version of the course was a solid one. It focused on the topic of childhood relationships in literature: parent-child relationships, sibling relationships, and friendships. We Continue reading
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Prompt #3: The Writing on Learning Exchange: Who Taught You?
Welcome to the third installment of the Writing on Learning Exchange! Thanks so much for all of you who contributed to the last two rounds. If you’d like to go back to Prompt #1, or to Prompt #2, please do! If you’d like to just start fresh with this round, that’s great too. For guidelines Continue reading
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Prompt #2: The Writing on Learning Exchange: What I Want To Learn Now
Welcome to the second installment of the Writing on Learning Exchange! Thanks so much for all of you who contributed to the last round. If you’d like to go back to Prompt #1, no worries; there are no deadlines! If you’d like to just pick up the ball from here, that’s great too. This is Continue reading
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Prompt #1: The Writing on Learning Exchange: Learning About School
Welcome to the Writing on Learning Exchange! Every week or two I will publish a prompt that is meant to get us thinking and writing about some aspect of our learning and/or teaching experience. Whether you are a teacher, a learner, a parent or just a citizen who cares about the growth and development of Continue reading
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