Wednesday, July 11th Homework
Becoming Your Own Expert—Teachers as Writers
By Tim Gillespie
In this 1985 piece, Tim Gillespie argues that teachers need to write so that their teaching of writing can be “based on knowledge we have earned ourselves."
"Whose Writing is it Anyway"? Kids Love To Write...Don't Wait Until They Read
By Diane Borgman
In this article from 1986, Diane Borgman describes the joy of working with kindergarten writers entirely unburdened by the bogeyman of first-draft correctness.
Computers and English: Future Tense...Future Perfect?
By Stephen Marcus
In 1990, Marcus made some predictions about what might happen with technology in the classroom during the next 15 years—prophecies that are interesting to examine in hindsight.
posted by Jeannine Hirtle @ 7/11/2007 12:48:00 PM
1 Comments:
At 7/15/2007 12:30 PM,
pat huster said…
Gillespie's article reminded me that we really can't expect our students to do something we aren't willing to do oursleves. We must write; we must let them see us write. They can't value wht they are doing if we don't appear to value it as well. I have learned so much just this week that will allow me to be a better writing teacher. I have rediscovered my own love of writing. I hope that love comes through to my kiddos.
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