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Wave in an English Classroom (beta)
The Gist: Group work can be messy. Collaboration is a key. I’m playing with Google Wave to try to make these work together. The Whole Story: If you want to see a myriad of responses, tell a room of...
View ArticleA Humbling Moment
The Whole Story: This semester has afforded me the opportunity to teach a class I’ve always wanted to teach – Storytelling. Thus far, we’re still fumbling with the ideas of what makes a story and what...
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Could you do this? Making music tell a story
The Gist: Students in my Storytelling class are now working with music. What we’re doing isn’t explicitly stated in the state standards. No part of me believes this project isn’t helping them to be...
View ArticleWriting out the window
The Gist: My students are writing what they see. The Whole Story: They sit in windows with journals and pens and pencils in hand. Many of them plug out the sounds of the building with iPods. They...
View ArticleThings I Know 74 of 365: Story is currency
On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born. – Alfred de Vigny Stories have always fascinated me. My family trades stories like currency. From the garbled message from my...
View ArticleThings I Know 150 of 365: There’s comedy in truth
It is easy to become deluded by the audience, because they laugh. Don’t let them make you buy the lie that what you’re doing is for the laughter. Is what we’re doing comedy? Probably not. Is it funny?...
View ArticleThings I Know 264 of 365: Some stories keep going
The process of putting your life into order with a beginning, middle, and end forces you to see cause and effect. – Catherine Burns Thursday, I got just about one of the best message I’ve ever received...
View ArticleThings I Know 321 of 365: Orson Scott Card has some fine words on storytelling
From Orson Scott Card’s introduction to Ender’s Game: All these uses are valid: all these readings of the book are “correct.” For all these readers have placed themselves inside this story, not as...
View Article137/365 As We Begin the Year, Here are Some Things to Keep in Mind
The start of the school year is overrun with beginnings. At the basest level, it’s the beginning of a group of people joining together for the first of 180 days dedicated to the idea that they will be...
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