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The Surprising Benefits of Student-Created Graphic Novels
Graphic novels are wonderful for reading, but when students use this form for their own writing, incredible stories can emerge.
What Matters Most When You’re Evaluating Edtech Tools
My advice from years of helping teachers make education software purposeful for learning - published on Edutopia in Nov 2020.
Building Relationships With K-12 Students Through Letter-Writing
For Edutopia, I wrote about how teacher-student letter writing can balance power dynamics and reveal all students as assets.
11 Meaningful Writing Assignments Connected to the Pandemic
Build relationships with students at home with these thoughtful writing activities. My latest on Edutopia.
A Strategy for Giving Corrective Feedback to ELLs
My article about supporting English learners with thoughtful corrective feedback was published by Edutopia in April 2020.
When Your Child Reads New Kid Over Your Shoulder
For Book Riot, I wrote about New Kid, a graphic novel that led to surprising conversations about race and microaggressions with my
A GOOD TALK We Should All Listen To
For Book Riot, I wrote about the kinship I experienced reading this graphic memoir about discussing race with a child.
Can equity in the classroom start with a survey?
After we survey our students about the challenges they face, we can begin the real work to ensure our classrooms are equitable.
Conferring with students about their graphic novel reading
When prompting students to talk about the comics pages they have read, ask open-ended questions and help them examine their own conclusions.
Using Video in Online Coaching: A Firsthand Perspective
Only with video was a teacher able to carefully observe what her students were and were not accomplishing.