WOW! I said this in my final portfolio and I will say it again, I can not believe what a journey this has been. I am so grateful for the learning opportunities that have been presented to me. I have learned so much about myself as a learner, a teacher, and a blogger/techie. I realized […]

Check out my final portfolio of digital storytelling! What a great experience! https://storify.com/leesaman/that-s-a-wrap

WOW! How is it week 7 already? I really enjoyed the reading and research that I did this week. I liked that we had a choice of our required reading and it was nice to revisit an article I had read a few years back. It opened my eyes again and reminded me that I […]

Dear future me, Life in 10 years… this is a crazy thought but I will be 40…YIKES!!!! What do I imagine my life to be like at age 40… Married 3 kids Still teaching loving life   What is scary to me is who is president… Donald Trump? Hilary Clinton? Someone new I hope! I […]

http://depts.washington.edu/writeuw/lowstakeswriting.html After finding the video about low stakes writing on edutopia I wanted to read a bit more about it. This was a really short and sweet article explaining low stakes writing. I loved it because this is exactly what I needed… a quick look at low stakes writing and how it is being used […]

AWESOME Video!!!. This was a great video that explored the idea of using low stakes writing in the classroom.   Literature- The presence of literature was so amazing in this video. It showed students writing in every academic subject. I love the idea how differently it was being used across subjects. Some teachers gave students […]

This is such a great article that I have had the chance to read before but it was great to revisit it. I had really forgotten so many of the great points that it brings up about white privilege. As I read through I was reminded that I think white privilege is something that whites […]

COLLABORATION, COLLABORATION, COLLABORATION! This seems to be the theme of what I took out of this week! I read many articles and watched videos that I found and that my classmates shared that focused around collaboration. My thought now is to really think about how this plays into my classroom specifically. I believe that the […]

This was a long article for me. It seemed that I had to read and re-read many times. Social learning is something that we have been dabbling in throughout this whole class and I guess I am still just trying to understand exactly how it will play out in my classroom. It was interesting reading […]

http://www.edutopia.org/poetry-literacy-live-technology-performance-video Awesome video about poetry! I have to thank so many of my classmates for reminding me of edutopia. I had really forgotten what a great source it is. This video basically talked about slam poetry from the perspective of students and teachers. Project planning- It was very evident that the video was well planned […]

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-poetry-terry-heick This was an awesome article for me to read. I have really been trying to think of how I would incorporate more technology into my classroom and this article gave me so much to think about. Digital Poetry is an interesting idea but basically is the idea of incorporating visual, audio, and multimedia aspects […]

Ever wonder what to write a haiku poem about? Well here is my haiku poem with some ideas.   People, places, things Things to write in a haiku Anything you like   Love, trust, happy, sad Emotions at their highest Writing a haiku   Work, l...

I have to agree with so many of  my classmates this week on the sadness. I will be teaching 4th grade next year and I know that my students will be aware of what is going on around them. I know that this will be a topic of discussion in the classroom, and I have […]

http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1202&context=lajm Very interesting article that I suggest you all take a few minutes to read. It was definitely an eye opener to me. When you look at the statistics that were found on how much time was spend on informational text, and how many resources were available in classrooms it is so scary. It also […]

This was a very interesting review. I would love to share it with my students some day. I would also love to read the book, but of course have added it to my never ending list of books I need to pick up.   Research- As far as this review piece there was not a […]

I love that this article began by stating that the book is a “why to” guide. This is so meaningful to me. I have to know the why behind the what. How do we immerse the powers that be how important this digital movement is? Not only is it important for teachers to include these […]

 

I am just continually amazed by the technology that is out there these days. I am soooooo far behind when it comes to technology. This week I watched some great videos that my colleagues shared and read some great articles that they shared as well. I am feeling extremely inspired…it is the beginning of July […]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/01/22/is-poetry-dead/   It is scary that this is even a question that we are asking… however it is a very relevant question. In my opinion it is not dead however it does need to be revived. I think that it is our job as educators to revive poetry. We need to draw in the excitement […]

Blogging…..ohhhh blogging Blogging has not been a friend of mine so far. The article speaks to a blog not only being the text but the style, the look, the colors, etc. This is something that I am still continually struggling with. I am not tech savvy enough to create the style that I am going […]

What a week! I learned so much more new technology this week. I LOVE VINE!!! I have so many great ideas for using this in the classroom. I want to use this to have my students create introduction videos of themselves. How fund would it be to have them make a 6 second video to […]

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/resources/learning/articles/detail/70244   WOW!!!! So many great examples of chant poems in this article. I love the work that all of these students created… and I love the idea of sharing it with my own students. This article did a great job of building some background knowledge on how poetry began. It reminded me to think […]

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/five-reasons-poetry-needed-schools-elena-aguilar   I loved this blog on poetry. It was short and sweet and easy for the reader to access. This article quickly addresses 5 reasons why we need poetry in the classroom. Research- Was the project well researched? I would have to say the writer has great points but I am not sure that […]

Wow- Talk about overload… So much new information to me. It was very interesting to actually read the background of DIY I had no idea that it went back to the 70’s. I thought this was a fairly new trend- such as what we are seeing on all the tv shows, pinterest, etsy, etc. Little […]

Check out my first ever vine video! This depicts what makes me happy. Also, my favorite art to do is color!

Good evening! I am happy to say that I have a much better understand of some of the technology that we are using. I am feeling much more confident and am really getting the hang of the annotating and such. With that being said I think I had a much, much better week. I am […]

https://via.hypothes.is/http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1087&context=reading_horizons   LOVE LOVE LOVE this article for so many reasons! First, it was publised by my alma mader. But really it addressed so many things that I was thinking about poetry. Poetry almost seems like a lost art in the classroom. It is missing from so many classrooms. Often I think that poetry seems […]

           

Haikus on Street Signs Inspire Non-Fiction Genre Mashups   Check out this awesome blog about mash-ups and poetry!!! I loved it! Story flow- This blog had great flow. It was easy to follow and navigate. I was searching for something to read about that would include using poetry and mashups and this title popped up. The […]