Sep 5, 2024
On this week’s mini-episode, let’s talk about how to build an audio assignment in early in the year without feeling intimidated. Maybe you joined me for Camp Creative last summer and you’ve got alllll the student podcasting background, or maybe you’re new to the topic and feeling a bit wary. Either way,...
Sep 3, 2024
We moved this month, and it wasn’t one of your quick moves.
We did one of those once, from one cabin to the one next door, carrying our furniture and baskets of stuff across a soon well-worn path through the woods.
But no, this one was an international move across four flights and nine time zones, with some of...
Aug 29, 2024
On this week’s mini-episode, I want to talk about learning names, and my easy trick for mastery. It took me many years, but finally, after a year in which I had a Kalina, Karina, Ekaterina, and Katrina, I figured out a plan that really worked.
I hate not knowing students’ names. It stresses me out, big time. Maybe...
Aug 27, 2024
Jason Reynolds' website headline reads "Here's What I Do: Not Write Boring books." How great is that?
As with everything he does, he seems to be speaking directly to the young people he's always trying to reach. There's a reason The Library of Congress chose him as the national ambassador for young adult literature.
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Aug 27, 2024
On this week’s mini-episode, I’m sharing the coolest discussion warm-up I’ve ever learned, which I picked up at the Exeter Humanities Institute one week after my first year of teaching and the same week that I met my husband. You’re going to love it!
As you know if you listen to the podcast much, my favorite...