RI Writing Project Final Presentation
- 1. RI Writing Project By: Kristen Spardello August 2, 2013 http://animoto.com/play/iKXaAtk06yxXvdfL5Te17g#
- 2. What has mattered to you here and why? • Sharing and collaboration • Small group interaction • Feedback from my peers • Take risks and be vulnerable • Passion and love of learning • New hands-on tools, technology, and resources • Dedicated teachers
- 3. What has mattered to you here and why? Continued… • Exciting and inspiring • Negative climate and atmosphere: new CCSS accountability high stakes testing decrease in pensions top-down approach in education
- 4. How has this made a difference, one way or the other, for you as a teacher? • Write with my students • Share my struggles, strengths, weaknesses, and insecurities • See me struggle while writing • Model what I expect and want • Tap into my resources • Extremely exhausting and frustrating year • Changes careers, continue teaching???
- 5. How has this made a difference, one way or the other, for you as a teacher? Continued… • Morale down • Teachers felt depleted • I feel more positive • Given a fresh start • Feel empowered and excited • I can do this again • Rekindled my spirit • Reminded me why I became a teacher in the first place
- 6. Where are you now as a teacher of writing? • Hacking: game hacking toy hacking literature hacking hacking different genres • Writer's Notebook every day • Create their own Writer’s Notebook • Less focus on editing
- 7. Where are you now as a teacher of writing? Continued… • Writer's workshop model • Incorporating technology increases: students' creativity critical thinking problem-solving abilities presentation skills • More student's interest/choice • Learning centers • Quality not quantity • Start Blog
- 8. Thank You For All of the Laughs! I Had a Blast!!!