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Deborah Holland
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  • Columbia, MO
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Affiliation
College of Education, Department of Learning, Teaching, & Curriculum, University of Missouri
Position
Ph. D. candidate, English Education--Co-Director of the Missouri Writing Project--Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
NCTE Member?
Yes
How long have you been a member of NCTE?
four years

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Einstein once mused that “Everything should be as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Big Idea(Read + Write + Create) = Synthesis expresses in simple terms an optimal, synergetic formula for learning. Reading and writing have been key elements in our educational system, but these tasks have traditionally been performed independently or in pairs, and the use of technology has been noticeably absent. Most subjects are taught in isolation, and students perform mind-numbing learning tasks without… Continue

Posted on November 21, 2008 at 9:30am —

Deborah Holland

Surfing the Word Tsunami

I wrote the poem one winter day and then added images and audio later

tsunami.ppt

Posted on November 19, 2008 at 5:02pm —

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Young Writers Conference 2007

Each year, middle school students from all over the state converge in Townsend Hall for the Young Writers Conference, hosted by Teacher Consultants from the Missouri Writing Project. This year, they were given a prompt in the form of a poem:

Little Red
Riding Hood
Extremely Tired
of Being Good
Hopped Off the Path
Skipped through the Woods
Ate Grandma's muffins--
Very Good!
Came to rest
Beside a stream
Fell asleep
Began to dream
What did she see?
What did she do?
What happens next?
It's up to yo… Continue

Posted on November 19, 2008 at 5:00pm —

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Thinking under the moonnight

Multi-modal response to most famous Chinese poem by Li Bai

Thinking Under the Moonnight.ppt

Posted on November 19, 2008 at 4:47pm —

 
 

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