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Liz Spalding
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Liz Spalding's Discussions
B32. Teaching the Holocaust in the 21st Century
Started Nov 22
ELA Lesson Study
Started Oct. 19, 2008
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We did not have enough handouts for everyone, so we are posting the handout here. It contains a link to the Echoes and Reflections web site and links to the painting and photo we examined. Thanks for your participation!
Liz Spalding, Miles Myers,...
We had a celebration of Writing at a Las Vegas K-12 school called West Prep. Our Congresswoman Dina Titus who co-sponsored the Congressional Resolution attended and is the gorgeous lady in the fuschia suede jacket (note her "I Published" sticker -...
I hope this link works! Here is a very cool "throw down" video made by a Las Vegas high school student that we shared with local English teachers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntWTX2b52bM
Lori--We're having an event at a K-12 school here is Las Vegas and Congresswoman Dina Titus will be attending. The event is October 19 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time. Would you like video? If so, how do I get to you?
Liz
Pleasse disregard my question about permissions. I found my answer on the general NDW Ning.
We have a few strategies in place, including sending personalized e-mail invites to people we think will post and asking them to invite 10 more individuals. But here's a good idea from a high school teacher in our grop. She is going to start chall...
I am in the process of writing up a page of FAQs for local contributors. I aplogize in advance if these questions have been answered, but here goes....
1. Will the Gallery open at a particular time on October 20 (e.g., 12:01 a.m.)?
2. What, if a...
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- Affiliation
- University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Position
- Associate Professor
- NCTE Member?
- Yes
- How long have you been a member of NCTE?
- about 20 years
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 3:07pm on October 24, 2008,
Les Burns said… - For sure, Liz! I've never stopped thinking about our stuff from the summit. I've got little bits and pieces of writing all over the place about it. I'll do some Dr. Frankenstein mojo with it and you'll know it's ready when you hear me screaming, "It is aliiiiiive!"
Or something like that. Hope you are doing well!
- At 3:49pm on September 8, 2008,
Jacqui Joseph-Biddle said… - Welcome to the NING, Liz. We're really trying to work our way into the 21st Century here at NCTE. I hope this experiment works.
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"The existing standardized tests are so incredibly bogus that it is the height of impropriety for NCTE and other so-called professional organizations to pretend that tests exist "to identify learning needs, inform instruction, and monitor student ...
So far there has been no response from NCTE in any form since the postings on the website of the Washington Post. The bottom line remains:
NCTE has approved of a plan that calls for
(1) Explicit, systematic teaching of literacy as the only path.
(...
Approximately 8 million students in grades 4-12 are reading below grade level. Limited literacy skills cause 3,000 students to drop out of high school every day.
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