teaching

Creat(ing) Writing using PicLits
Submitted by blsams on Sat, 01/24/2009 - 13:39When I was a high school English teacher, I often tried to incorporate creative writing into study of contemporary poetry. I think creative writing is an important end-in-itself, but I also believe that as students struggle with and enjoy crafting poetry or short stories, they might attend with more care and appreciation to the details of other textual landscapes. Good reading assists good writing, but the reverse is true too.

SimplyBox
Submitted by blsams on Wed, 01/14/2009 - 09:59If you’re a teacher looking for great resources to improve the quality of your teaching, help you integrate technology into the classroom, or spice up your lesson plans visit Instructify. I did last week and read a blog entry by Jerry Swiatek on SimplyBox. This technology is an easy way for teachers to organize online material for student learning.
