by upnorthlearning | Jan 16, 2017 | Literacy, Teaching, Writing
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on six different writing projects in my professional life — two blog posts, two chapter proposals with a colleague, and two proposals for presentations for the 2017 NCTE Annual Convention with different collaborators. The...
by upnorthlearning | Nov 13, 2015 | Digital Literacy, GAFE, Literacy
The apps and extensions that help power our Google Apps for Education paperless classroom This is the third in a five-part series about favorite apps and extensions for Google Chrome and Google Drive. In the first post in this series, I covered some essential tools...
by upnorthlearning | Oct 4, 2015 | Blogging, Digital Literacy, Keeping it real, Literacy
After a summer off, I am returning to blogging with a new, and I hope, lasting, enthusiasm. This summer when I wasn’t adding anything to my blog, I dedicated time to reading the blogs of other educators and thinkers whom I admire. I guess I would say that I...
by upnorthlearning | May 13, 2014 | Digital Literacy, GAFE, Literacy, Teaching Strategies, Writing
How the paperless classroom goes beyond teacher convenience This is the second in a series of posts about the impact of a paperless approach on the writing process and product. In the first post in this series, I talked about using technology to improve my feedback to...
by upnorthlearning | Apr 25, 2014 | Literacy, Teaching Strategies, Writing
How the paperless classroom goes beyond teacher convenience This post was featured on the Chippewa River Writing Project’s Teachers as Writers Blog this week. Check out the blog for other great posts from CRWP teachers. This is the first in a series of posts...
by upnorthlearning | Apr 12, 2014 | Literacy
In his book, Deeper Reading, Kelly Gallagher lays out ten reasons that students should read. His ten statements resonated with me, and as I read, I envisioned them as a poster that I could use in my classroom to keep the conversation going about reading. I proposed...
