by upnorthlearning | Oct 11, 2013 | Literacy, Teaching
Literacy has been on my mind again lately. It should be. I’m an English teacher, after all. What I have really been thinking about, though, is the rapid change in what it means to be literate for the future. Some people wonder whether books will die in an era of...
by upnorthlearning | May 28, 2013 | Teaching
In the fall, I saw this video from Jim Burke about using the voice memo app on an iPhone to provide audio feedback to students during the writing process. It’s not exaggeration to say that the technique Jim explained changed my entire paradigm about feedback and...
by upnorthlearning | Mar 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Finally! This is School in a Small Town World! And the views here are my own. Though I have had many websites over the years, I am now joining the blogosphere. I’ve always used writing as a means of figuring things out: in my teaching, in my life, and in my...
