Literacy work
Lynn, the Huron Heights literacy facilitator came into the Community Resource & Learning Room today and we had a great talk about what I am doing and what she is doing regarding improving literacy at Huron Heights. I started sending her an e-mail with some links, then thought a blog post would be more appropos.
She was a very enthusiastic listener to my yaking about blogging, ICT and the like. I suggested Stephen Downes as a great starting point. I then pointed her to Will Richardson as a leading blogger educator in the high school realm (and other realms I’m sure). Following Will, I sent her off to Danah Boyd’s musings on youth culture and other insights. What would the list be, without including Leigh Blackall and his incredible list of resources that follow his excellent paper on digital learning. My final suggestion is the blog A Difference: A Growing Community of Fearless Educators some great posts from high school educators in Winnipeg.
It’s great that I met Lynn and in the coming months I hope we will move the discussion forward a few degrees if not a revolution or two.
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I want to thank Brent for taking the time to explain blogging to me. I am looking forward to exploring all the blogs he sent me and seeing how we can use blogs to improve student reading and writing skills. We are very fortunate to have Brent as a resource at Huron.