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Entries from June 30th, 2007

Podcasting Test Number 1

June 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Podcast

I’m experimenting a bit with podcasting, so please forgive any strange posts that may appear over the next day or two.  I’m storing my podcast files at Ourmedia.org, and I understand there may be a few problems with that.  Thanks for your understanding.  Test Podcast Number 1

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Dos and Don’ts of Choosing Literature to Teach to Teenagers

June 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Teaching, Teen Literacy

How do you pick a book for your students to read as a whole class? I’m fortunate enough to work in a school where I have the flexibility to change titles each year if I want to. I know that many of you are in schools where certain novels are mandated, or where you have [...]

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What Can Grocery Stores Teach Us about Teen Literacy?

June 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Teaching

When I was in college, my summer job one year was restocking shelves for a grocery store in Billings, Montana. I worked the graveyard shift, from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., unloading pallets of groceries from the truck, wheeling them into the aisles on pallet-jacks, and placing the products in neat little rows on the [...]

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