My takeaways --
1. Meta Reader Response -- take a RR activity full-circle by having students reflect on their response -- why they think/feel this way
2. Creative teachers capitalize on their personalities
3. Problematic Perspective + RAFT Mashup
4. Big Three of teaching with text but not textbooks -- know your students; Know your material; Know the end result (how to assess.
Burned In: Fueling the Fire to Teach by Friedman and Reynolds
English Ning Summer Book Club
Really supportive community of English teachers! Not to soon to become a member!
"According to George Siemens, "we can no longer personally experience and acquire learning that we need to act. We derive our competence from forming connections." As I mentioned before, I would not have had nearly as an enriching experience in this class had it not been collaborative in nature. "