Constructing and Locating (Creative) Freedom
transcript: “When given a completely blank canvas I feel constrained. When I am told what the boundaries are, and I have a place to focus, I feel actually free. In […]
Home is Where the Classroom Is
Here we all are. All in the same sinking boat, waving but not drowning, or is that the other way around? Either way, we’re all doing the same: teaching from […]
“A Powerful Discourse on Love”
During the Pages fall retreat, 15 educators and teaching artists gathered in a room with visual artist and scholar, Ann Hamilton, as she led us in a “choral reading” deconstructing […]
A Pages Lesson to Leave With
Creative writing is a must. This seems obvious enough as I finish my fourth year in the Pages Program, but if I am being completely honest, creative writing had dwindled […]
Walnut Ridge @Wex: Learning to Trust Our Own Eyes
As teachers we are constantly searching for ways to challenge and motivate our students. Watching young people grow, learn valuable lessons, and master content are just a few of the […]
Group Projects
Uniting 40 people with one project is not an easy task. It requires compromise, collaboration and patience. I’m happy to report our class successfully created a group project that added […]
The Power of Trust
The bond between a teacher and her students is one that is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before. Teachers take their students, sometimes hundreds of them at a time, under […]
POV
The most compelling element of Anthropocene was its use of point of view. The extreme close-ups of intricate, organic designs that we realize are images of destruction as we zoom […]
Writing is art.
Art is freedom. Art is expression. Art is powerful. When I was in school, I thought art was for the super talented, super creative people who were good at drawing […]
Trust the Process – A letter to my Pages students
Trust the Process A letter to my Pages students: (I am just like you!) I am nervous and anxious, constantly in a state of brainstorming before the Pages planning begins.Т […]
Strengthening Memory Through Arts-Integrated Experiences
What do we remember? The blur of objects, a yellow bird, a clown, polka dots, the dead owl, a monkey, the plaid shirt, stripes, colors, a wall of inflamed sayings, […]
The Cailleach Béara
Even though this is West Liberty-Salem’s sophomore year of Pages, this is the first year I am navigating an actual class through the program. Mythology may not have been my […]
Poetry Workshop in Six Steps
Every year for the Pages Program, the resident educators and the artists in residence get together at The Wexner Center to begin to imagine our year together. Now, if you’re […]
Socratic Circle Reflections on “Night”
Every year, at the end of studying “Night” by Elie Wiesel, instead of giving my students an essay or a test, I have them participate in a Socratic Circle. The […]
The Devil’s Advocate
It’s finally that time of year! March research brings April debates to my Sophomore English classes. Sure, maybe not the most creative of units, and maybe not really the best […]
