1. RI Writing Project
By: Kristen Spardello
August 2, 2013
http://animoto.com/play/iKXaAtk06yxXvdfL5Te17g#
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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???
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
