Recently, I spoke with a former colleague not just about teaching but also about hiring. She said this: "It is hard to find real WRITING teachers anymore." The conversation stayed with me for a while, obviously. In recent research I did with preservice teachers, I noticed a pattern within their comments: They loved reading. This... Continue Reading →
Engaging Students through Joyful Literacies in Pop Culture
Katie and I recently had the pleasure of presenting with the rest of our joyful team at NCTE 2024's Heart, Hope, and Humanity Convention. Our presentation focused on one particular chapter of Joyful Literacies--"Moving Pretty Fast: Literacies as Pop Culture." We believe wholeheartedly in joyful literacies pedagogy, meaning that we must build our daily plans... Continue Reading →