Literature Circles EduBlogs Coming Up!
I met again yesterday with Lynne Jordan, early education literacy instructor. I have created the main weblog, Literature Circles. It links to our Literacy & Technology Teacher’s EduBlog. Lynne and I are going to complete a few chapters of Bud, Not Buddy to use as a sample for the pre-service teachers. I won’t be teaching the class until September, but Lynne is giving me time to come talk about weblogs first and then two sessions are planned with the students. The good thing about this group is that I will be doing other technology lessons with them so I will be available to help them as they need it on the weblogs. Plus, this group will be going out into the schools before too long. They can put it in the hands of the students!
I’m meeting today with the entire cohort for a planning session. Lynne wants me to share what we are planning with the rest of the group.
I may “tweak” this some more so any suggestions are welcomed!
August 19th, 2003 at 12:30 pm
I have to tell our teachers to check your Literature Circles Blog
While in Santa Barbara for the NWP Urban Sites conference, I stumbled upon the Reading and Writing Together book by Nancy Steineke. I have seen alot of “teachers books” but this rocked. This summer, our upper grade teachers used it for planning for the coming year. What really came home to me was the importance of building a climate of trust in a classroom and how that is so important if one wants to have a truly student centered classroom.
Excellent to see blogs being used in pre-service teaching! I have something to show the folks I work with at UIC.
Reading & Writing Together
Collaborative Literacy in Action by Nancy Steineke
http://www.heinemann.com/shared/products/E00443.asp
August 19th, 2003 at 3:59 pm
Thanks for the “heads up” on the book. It sounds great - I’ll have to check it out. I am getting more interest from other professors so maybe more projects will follow. I hope so!