blogging
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The Writing on Learning Exchange: A Project to Get us All Writing
It’s clear that I’m in over my head this semester. I continually wish I had time to come over here to Classroom as Microcosm, ruminate at length about something going on in my classroom, and chat with all of you. Instead, when I’m not teaching or planning or grading, I want to think about something Continue reading
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Classroom Blogging
I’m having my students keep blogs again. I’m both excited and wary. Student blogs are a lot more fun to read than papers, but they’re also more difficult to evaluate. The setup process has gone fairly smoothly so far, but it’s still been a lot of work. Reading a ton of blog posts every week Continue reading
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Top 10 Posts of 2012
It’s time again for Classroom as Microcosm’s yearly top 10 roundup! These are the posts that got the most hits this year. It’s not always clear WHY a given post on this list got so much traffic, but the fact that a lot of people looked at and/or read these posts suggests maybe they have Continue reading
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What’s That When It’s At Home?
Dear Readers: I will be back in a few weeks with my yearly “Best Books” and “Top Posts” lists, but otherwise, Classroom as Microcosm will be on hiatus from now until the end of January. I hope you’ll consider, in the interim, subscribing to my personal/homestyle/living blog, What’s That When It’s At Home? This new blog Continue reading
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Now on Alltop
Dear readers: Classroom as Microcosm has been added to Alltop, a syndicator that I hope will bring new readers and so further enhance the thoughtful discussion that you all carry on in these pages. If you subscribe to Alltop, please add Classroom as Microcosm to your MyAlltop page! Just search for it, or go to the Continue reading
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Up and At ‘Em
It’s almost that time again. I hope you’ve all had a great summer. Mine has been thrilling, terrifying and exhausting, all on a small domestic scale. You will hear about some of it in the coming weeks. The upshot: school begins on Monday, and I am neither refreshed nor enthusiastic, but I am nothing if Continue reading
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What I Will Do For My Summer Vacation
Dear cherished readers: My semester is wrapping up, and as much as I want to post and discuss throughout the summer, I think it is time to take a break. As those who have been reading regularly will know, my husband and I have just bought a new home. The next few months will be Continue reading
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How I Saved My Teaching Career: Step 7: Write a Blog
This is the final post in a series on how to overcome burnout and love teaching again. See the end of this post for previous entries. In the summer of 2007, my burnout reached its peak. I’d taken some steps to deal with it (and you can check out the links below to read Continue reading
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How I Saved My Teaching Career: Reprise
Dear readers: I’ve received some comments and missives recently from discouraged teachers who have stumbled upon my blog and have found it helpful. This makes me very happy. However, there’s a place I want to send them, and I can’t. So I’m going to try to fix this problem. A few years ago, I published Continue reading
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My job is to teach people to read and write; aside from that, I like to learn things.
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