I’m writing about a new topic for TLAC 2.0: The Tell (defined below). It’d be helpful to hear some examples of ‘tells’ people are aware of in their own teaching. I hope to include a few in the book so please chime in with examples in the comments section. And please enjoy this short excerpt from…
[Note: This morning I boldly typed out a message to the world when I thought my editors weren’t listening. But of course (you saw this coming) they were listening, and now I am in trouble. But it’s worse than that even. The editor who was listening was … my mom. Now I should say that my…
I write a lot of emails entitled “Two Quick Things.” Scrolling back through my sent mail it seems that one quick thing is almost entirely unlikely to get me to write to anyone and three quick things is apparently cause for procrastination. But TWO quick things: that is the email-generating sweet spot for me. And the…
I just finished a chapter on writing in the classroom for TLAC 2.0. In the chapter I describe a scene in which some teachers and I realized we needed more powerful tools to hold students accountable for their written lives in the classroom. The solutions to that challenge are a big reason why there’s a whole…
A few days ago I reached out to some teachers I admire. Call it an RFI (Request for Insight). The topic was Cold Call. I wanted to know how exemplary teachers were using and adapting Cold Call …. particularly how they were using data to inform their Cold Call. What I got back was pretty amazing……