Student Voices Through Blogging
Students have valuable contributions when it comes to solving some of our most pressing problems, and they grow stronger in their interpretation and understanding of the world the more […]
“If the environment is imaginative, the writing will likely follow suit.”
Quote by Dave Eggers, Founder of 826 National
Poetry Foundation Fellowship Opportunity for Young Poets
The Poetry Foundation is hosting a national competition in which Ruth Lilly and Dorthy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships will be awarded to each of the five winning contestants.Т In its […]
Found Poetry: Chiseling Creatively
After a tip from Gary Liebesman, we discovered Srikanth Reddy, an assistant professor of English and visiting University of Chicago poet. After experiencing a drought of inspiration subsequent to the […]
Facebook 10 Stories
More and more our relationship to technology is transforming ways we connect with people around the world. Today I found out about Facebook’s 10 Stories project.Т The site highlights 10 […]
Austin Kleon
On Thursday, I visited Kim’s class and was blown away by their newspaper blackout poems. After a short and brief presentation about similarities in my process as a visual artist, […]
Connection to History of STUFF
I was searching the web and found this project that relates perfectly to the video I posted yesterday for History of Stuff. I could see the photographs being used for […]
National Geographic January Issue- Kayapo Courage
I was in Barnes and Noble this past week, browsing through the magazines and on the cover of the National Geographic was an image of a member of the Kayapo […]
Craft Cool Timelines
http://timeline.knightlab.com Not sure how this fits in the scope of our Pages program, but perhaps someone might find a use for it in class. I had a student use […]
PAGES Teacher Meeting Recap and Resources
Our recent PAGES Teacher Meeting cultivated a rich landscape for the flourishing of investigation, creativity, and collaboration. Teacher-partners expressed their affirmation for the growth in student maturity with respect to […]
“Schools are only a piece of an ecosystem of learning”
Connected Learning: Relevance, the 4th R “Connected learning” seeks to look in and around the school to leverage opportunities to learn. Schools and other such learning environments need only look […]
Follow-up to Wednesday’s teacher planning meeting
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Why We Read
“Found” insight on the walls of Aaron Sherman’s classroom. Thanks Aaron for sharing the full essay. Click on the full post for a link to the essay: Why We Read.
The Pages Program (Wexner Center for the Arts) 