Less then a year ago my co-author Troy Hicks and I released our second book From Texting to Teaching: Grammar Instruction in a Digital Age. Since that time, I have been continuing […]
Texting is a Language with Rules
Yesterday two phenomenal events occurred. First, as many know, the book I co-authored with Troy Hicks with a foreword written by Liz Kolb was released yesterday. The out-pouring of support has been […]
From Texting to Teaching
Today I am both humbled and excited. Tomorrow my second co-authored book, from texting to teaching: grammar instruction in a digital age (Yes, I know the title is not capitalized, that was intentional) […]
Fighting the Good Fight with Technology in the Classroom
Last Monday I had a chance to present and talk with teachers at our local writing project site; the Chippewa River Writing Project. There were many great sessions where I took a […]
Flipping Grammar
Last year, my principal approached our science teacher and myself to think about the idea of flipping some lessons in our classroom. Since we have the ability to do so we thought […]
Digital Literacy Summer Institute Day #2
I can’t write a short enough post to discuss every nugget of information I gained from the second day of the Digital Literacy SI. So, I will explain one idea that hit home […]
Digital Literacy Summer Institute Day #1
We were asked on Sunday at the Digital Literacy Summer Institute to watch Matt Harding’s video: Dancing to Connect to a Global Tribe and his This I Believe statement. If you haven’t […]
Just Hanging Out…and Learning
This week has been crazy to say the least. On the other hand, it has been phenomenal! Tuesday, my 2nd hour seventh grade class began an adventure I felt was worth taking. […]
This I Believe and Memoirs
I want to take a moment and say thank-you to everyone who comments on my blog and actually read it. Though I don’t get a lot of readers compared to most bloggers, […]
Getting a Grasp on Good Readers and Writers
It has been busy the last few school days of school. I feel as if I am wasting time at certain moments, but I know what I am doing only paves the […]
