The Georgia DOE recognized me for being the Georgia Council of Teachers of English High School Teacher of the Year. It was a nice ceremony, mainly because the announcers took time to tell the audience all about the people being recognized. Often it seems these kinds of things are a blitz of names, and you…
I had a great time and went to so many great sessions at this year’s GCTE Conference at Callaway Gardens. This first session I attended explored the use of Plasq’s Comic Life software in school projects (Kristen Kallaher, Stone Mountain High School). I have Comic Life on my Mac, and I use it to make…
I am very excited and honored to share that the Georgia Council of Teachers of English has selected me as one of two high school English Teachers of the Year.
I have been trying all week to finish the last English Journal so I can gush about all the Folger goodness, but I haven’t had a chance. Lest I let too much more time slip by, I’ll discuss the articles I have had a chance to read. Mike LoMonico, as usual, is on target with…
Some of you may know I went to the annual GCTE (Georgia Council of Teachers of English) convention this weekend. It was great, but the numbers were down — probably the economy. I know lots of the schools systems have probably told teachers they would not pay to send them to conventions this year. For…
This is liable to be a rambly post, and frankly, I’m not sure I like reading those myself, but sometimes they have to be written. Those of you who are members of the UbD Educators wiki — are you interested in having a Ning, too? It wouldn’t mean shutting down the wiki, but Nings seem…
