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Michigan Reading Association Conference
I am looking forward to presenting with my esteemed colleagues, Amber White, Anne Sherrieb and Cindy Lewis from Ruth Fox Elementary School at the Michigan Reading Association Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this coming Saturday. The focus of our talk will be on instructional implications of the [(PST)2 + iC3] framework that I developed to…
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Repost from TILE-SIG Blog at Reading.org
I’ve contributed twice to this special interest group at Reading Today that focuses on the integration of technologies in literacy education. This week, my post focused on Universal Design for Learning in Online Courses. Here’s the link to the post: http://bit.ly/VzY4PI
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On attrition, and new possibilities
This week as I was collecting data for my dissertation research study, I had (another) one of those moments that made me stop and think about why it is that I’m doing this work. In the end, I would like this research to inform teaching practice. In the end, I want this work to help…
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What makes a great teacher?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXaLGt460e4?rel=0] I watched this TVO video tonight as I folded laundry, and it lifted my heart. It’s twenty-eight minutes of great teachers talking about what makes a great teacher, and I loved it! Key ideas — great teachers care deeply about their students, are confident in who they are and share their own strengths…
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Do students really use multimodal options when reading to synthesize?
Yesterday, I piloted part of my dissertation study with my very Fabulous Research Assistant (FRA) at Albion College. I tested my protocols for think aloud training (putting together a space puzzle) and for the pre-test activity. The pre-test prompt that FRA piloted asks students to read about the impact of common household chemicals, and specifically…
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On the inherent struggles of inter-rater reliability
Today, I met with my colleague, Angie Johnson, to code 20 percent of her data from a recent descriptive study of 6th graders’ evaluation of websites. We met at 10 am. Angie figured the whole process would take a couple of hours. Seven hours later, we finished. Epic day. Percent agreement 72%. Tough outcome. We…
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Planning for a Dissertation
This is no news to any of you who have a PhD. And yet, I feel compelled to state the obvious. It takes a lot of planning to pull it off. Just now, I’ve made a list of things that I will need to provide each dyad of students who participate in my study. The…
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First Day at a New School
After much deliberation and angst, we decided to enroll our daughter, Zoë, in a new school, located about 15 minutes away from our house this year. She was nervous this morning. So were we. But like all parents, we made this decision with great hopes for a school experience that will enlighten, inspire and motivate…
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Ireland 2012
Ireland 2012, a set on Flickr. From June 29 – July 29, 2012, I spent one month teaching the first year cohort of the MAET overseas Cohort in Dublin Ireland. This set of photos is mostly of my family and our activities with a few work-related photos in the mix as well. To see the…
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Strawberries and Jam
Delights of early summer. Fresh strawberries from Harvey’s Farm and jam, de ma cuisine.