Chris Gosselin & Beth Hughes Wakefield Public Schools
REFLECT:
What is your favorite book from high school? Why did you love it?
WHY WE ARE HERE...
WHO WE ARE...
Beth...
❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏
Worked in higher ed. & mgt. before teaching Is dually certified in English & mathematics Taught both English & math on the college level Has taught in the ELA classroom for 18 years Serves as a teacher in & District Site Coordinator for Virtual High School ❏ Is a lifelong learner, with 60 credits beyond MEd
Chris...
❏ has been teaching ELA for five years (Westford and Wakefield) ❏ teaches English Language Arts and Digital Learning (.6/.4) ❏ has literally grown up in a tech-centered learning environment ❏ considers effective and meaningful relationship building the foundation of learning
Our Educational Philosophy:
Relationships 101
(or, why any of this works)
how
WE GOT HERE...
where
WE ARE FROM...
Wakefield’s Stats...
25,000: number of residents ❏ 94: percentage of Caucasian residents ❏ 51: percentage of adults with a high school diploma (at most) ❏
as their highest level of education ❏
60: percentage of households with a combined income less than $75,000
3,300: number of students within our 11 schools ❏ 88: percentage of students that pursue higher education ❏
❏ Above State Average: where our students score on the MCAS
2007 ASSOCIATED PRESS READING POLL
25
51
why READ?
STUDENT VS. TEACHER
FRESHMAN ENGLISH
the four types of readers: developing dormant underground avid/lifelong® Donalyn Miller, The Book Whisperer
HOW DID WE GO FROM THIS...
...TO THIS?
READICIDE!
READ-I-CIDE : “NOUN; THE SYSTEMATIC KILLING OF THE LOVE OF READING, OFTEN EXACERBATED BY THE INANE, MIND-NUMBING PRACTICES FOUND IN SCHOOLS” ~Kelly Gallagher, Readicide
The Christmas Carol Effect
“We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.” ~ B. F. Skinner, A Man and His Ideas (1968)
“A BOOK ISN’T RIGOROUS IF STUDENTS AREN’T READING IT.” ~ Penny Kittle, Book Love
what about the...
how do our classes look different this year?
independent choice reading
“MIND CANDY” IS OKAY (IN MODERATION).
What about the Canon?
meeting students where they are: THE GOLF ANALOGY
HOLD UP: I thought this was supposed to be about BYOD! (We saw you double-checking your schedule…)
BYOD@WMHS
BYOD philosophy… We no longer have to go to the lab to do work… we just do work.
SAMR and beyond
Google Apps
Online Texts accessibility
THE LITERARY SANDBOX:
Tools for the classroom
real-world tasks vs. literary arts & crafts
EMULATION 101
PROCESS vs. PRODUCT
What happens between 2:06 p.m. - 7:29 a.m.? “BY ALLOWING OUR STUDENTS TO PASS THROUGH OUR CLASSROOMS WITHOUT LEARNING TO LOVE READING, WE ARE CREATING ADULTS (WHO THEN BECOME PARENTS AND TEACHERS) WHO DON’T READ MUCH.” Donalyn Miller, The Book Whisperer
Don’t teach ELA? Doesn’t matter.
OUR FORMULA:
Fostering a Love of Reading + Authentic, Real-World Tasks
FOR THE LOVE OF BYOD
our challenge:
Think back to high school. What was your favorite book that you read in class? Go and read it again. Re-ignite your passion for reading!
DISCUSSION/ Q&A
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