Why do we assume that all technology is good, and that our failure to provide children with that technology will doom them to a future where they are left behind?
When we insist on computers being introduced in the classroom, why is it used as a tool in support of other subjects – research and reports [...]
Archive for September, 2009
feeling socratic
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
calling all boy readers!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I sincerely there are few (if any) male readers between the ages of 8 and 19 years old, but perhaps some of you out there know some boys in this age range who might be able to help a graduate student with a little informal research for a lecture he is planning to give in [...]
achieven like stephen
Posted in (not) writing on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It came to me while I was moving a bookcase across the room in my younger daughter’s room: what I want to be is the Stephen King of children’s and young adult books. But without writing horror, or the roadside accident, or living in Maine. Oh, and I’ll need a time machine to go back [...]
the shifting horizon, the distant mountain top
Posted in grad skool, middle grade, revision, vision, writing on September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The word came back on my most recent revision that, yes, I’m getting there, but I’m not there yet.
The story arc is fine, the tension appropriately taught, the characters in place, but it appears I need to give the antagonists narrative arcs as well. Actually, they do have their narrative arcs, I simply haven’t illuminated [...]
confluence
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boy books, boy friendly, boys, lecture, literacy, topic, Vermont College of Fine Arts on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s in the air.
Everywhere I turn these days I keep stumbling into discussions about boys and books and reading and literacy. Either this is one of those situations where the universe is suddenly focused a sharp light in one direction and everyone is looking, or I’m seeing what’s always been there with the eyes of [...]
the end of summer… reading
Posted in (not) writing, opinion, reading, school days, summer on September 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I know I’ve mulled over the idea of summer reading before – and recently the issue of reading has cropped up again in a different guise in the New York Times – but as we enter the last days of summer the girls are going through the dreaded ritual of fighting us over the last [...]
tweet tweet
- how cool is this camera? very. a new instant camera for a new era. want. http://tinyurl.com/ygbfce3 @photojojo 5 hours ago
- not that i tweet all that much, but i'm going dark for the next few weeks or so. too much to focus on, need to cut the feed... 4 weeks ago
- changing passwords all over the place as my twitter account has been compromised. warning: links may contain very clever phishing sites 1 month ago
- who knows a new poetry form? zenos! http://tinyurl.com/yg6rhyw over at julie larios' blog #poetry #poetry friday 1 month ago
- what do teens want (in books)? http://tinyurl.com/yls4wb3 interesting: no mention of gender differences. i'd be curious to know @ the boys 1 month ago
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