RI Writing Project

By: Kristen SpardelloAugust 2, 2013

http://animoto.com/play/iKXaAtk06yxXvdfL5Te17g#

What has mattered to you here and why?

• Sharing and collaboration

• Small group interaction

• Feedback from my peers

• Take risks and be vulnerable

• Passion and love of learning

• New hands-on tools, technology, and resources

• Dedicated teachers

What has mattered to you here and why? Continued…

• Exciting and inspiring

• Negative climate and atmosphere:

new CCSS

accountability

high stakes testing

decrease in pensions

top-down approach in education

How has this made a difference, one way or the other, for you as a teacher?

• Write with my students

• Share my struggles, strengths, weaknesses, and insecurities

• See me struggle while writing

• Model what I expect and want

• Tap into my resources

• Extremely exhausting and frustrating year

• Changes careers, continue teaching???

How has this made a difference, one way or the other, for you as a teacher? Continued…

• Morale down

• Teachers felt depleted

• I feel more positive

• Given a fresh start

• Feel empowered and excited

• I can do this again

• Rekindled my spirit

• Reminded me why I became a teacher in the first place

Where are you now as a teacher of writing?

• Hacking: game hacking

toy hacking

literature hacking

hacking different genres

• Writer's Notebook every day

• Create their own Writer’s Notebook

• Less focus on editing

Where are you now as a teacher of writing? Continued…

• Writer's workshop model

• Incorporating technology increases: students' creativity

critical thinking

problem-solving abilities

presentation skills

• More student's interest/choice

• Learning centers

• Quality not quantity

• Start Blog

Thank You For All of the Laughs! I Had a Blast!!!