As you may know, my brave and wonderful husband, Michael, has been fighting for the past six months to cure a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Although he is still receiving chemo, his last scan showed "no evidence of disease" and we are celebratin...
Join the Conference on English Leadership Annual Convention immediately following the NCTE Annual Convention Sunday, November 22 thru Tuesday, November 24, Philadelphia, PA.
MIT university is trying to build a free resource to help kids learn SAT/ACT thru the power of user-generated images and video. We are currently running a nationwide contest, challenging kids to make fun and memorable flashcards by pairing sentences and images to a common test word. There will be a small cash prize and iTunes giveaways. Due date is May 22.
NOOOO, I don't know everyone, but I figured that this would be the closest thing to campaigning that I would do. I don't seem to remember anyone handing out cheesy flyers and tacky buttons at CEL! By the way, centerpieces are ready to go. Did Lyn get a chance to tell the hotel we were supplying our own centerpieces? We'll need a place to put them between events, because sadly, my room is at the Marriott across the street. I also made a "preview" decoration for the registration booth. I'll try to bring that by on Thursday or Friday morning early.
Cheers! (BTW, you owe me a cocktail for putting me at the CEL booth EARLY on Sat. morning. That means I have to quit at a reasonable hour on Friday night!!!)
I just wrote a message to Lyn about dreams of 30 cowboy boots. Sad, isn't it? I hope things are working out for the Opening Session. It will be wonderful thanks to all of your work!
Edie,
Thanks for writing. Glad you like my photo here. I met this very affectionate ostrich during our group's tour of an ostrich farm in South Africa. I thought it was true love, and I hoped she would still respect me the next morning. However, I realize now that the ostrich was really more interested in the two food pellets that the guide told me to hold between my lips.
Edie,
Good to find you here. I'm looking forward to seeing you at the CEL conference in November. I expect that I will learn much at the sessions. Hope you are well and that your school year is proving both productive and pleasant. Best of wishes to the best of colleagues. (By the way, in the photo I've posted here, I'm the one on the right. It can be confusing, I know).
What an absolutely fabulous presentation and what tremendous teaching, Charles. I so wish I could have seen this "live." I love the idea of an award ceremony named "The Willies." Your students are very lucky.
Takes me back to Stephen Greenblatt's...
A presentation given as part of Session C 21 at the NCTE 2009 Annual Convention in Philadelphia, featured ways and materials teachers can inspire research and analysis of Shakespeare's life and works through digital media, particularly PhotoStory...