inclusion and equity in entrepreneurship & innovation
The summer of 2014 I received a phone call that would forever alter my career as an English professor. The chair of my department called me to tell me that the college will be getting rid of contract faculty starting January 2015. Of course, I was a contract faculty there. My heart dropped. My mind … Continue reading Higher Education is Pushing More Professors into Poverty
“In a sense the limitations of Orientalism are, as I said earlier, the limitations that follow upon disregarding, essentializing, denuding the humanity of another culture, people, or geographical region.” ~ Edward Said The first time I read Edward Said's "Orientalism" was when I was doing my Master's in Literature, back in 2008. I remember signing … Continue reading The Toughest Lessons Learned: Conversations on Race
Argumentative writing is one of the most crucial writing for students to grasp, as it provides them with the tools to be able to convey their point of view clearly to an audience. Argumentative writing also provides an opportunity for students to understand different point of views when reading news articles, opinions and essays. By … Continue reading How to Write an Argumentative Paragraph
This post was originally published as part of the DigiWriMo blog series. You can check out all the blog posts that were contributed here. I became a digital writer last year. Then I realized that there is more to digital writing than revise, edit and polish. Digital writing is also about digital presence. I figured this … Continue reading The Dilemma of Digital Writing
This post was originally published on Edutopia. rap·port a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well. My first day teaching an ELL class, I walked in and was very confident that it was going to be the best class ever. After all, … Continue reading Strategies to Help Build Relationships with English Language Learners
Every day, students at University Laboratory School, a public charter in Honolulu, Hawaii, have the opportunity to spend a quiet 10-15 minutes with their teachers for a Writer’s Workshop. One on one, they talk through the student’s progress on writing assignments they were assigned to complete during class. But these aren’t the stale essay responses … Continue reading Cultivating Student Voice through Narrative Writing
This was my first post on Edutopia: What's a Thesis Statement? It contains questions to consider along with steps to follow with examples along the way. Tells the reader your opinion / point of view / interpretation of the subject under discussion. Indicates the direction the essay will take by stating the main points. Makes … Continue reading What’s a Thesis Statement?
Last year I joined twitter after following a conference hashtag. It was then that a whole world of professional learning opportunity opened up to me. I was listening to an interview that someone shared on my twitter feed, and that interview was about EdCamps and how they are such powerful forms of professional development, where … Continue reading 3 Ways to Lead your own Professional Development
This past week I had the lovely honour of moderating #slowchatED, and the topic was Student Voice. There was a lot of energy especially the first few days of the chat. Participants were driven to empower each other and discuss strategies and techniques they use in their classrooms to empower student voice. Let me preface this … Continue reading #SlowchatED: Educators Empowering Student Voice
Many educators are sharing their One Word of 2015. I thought a bit about the elements that motivate one to choose a word that would define them for the new year. Our past. Our present. Our future. The element of time mixed with the experience gained throughout it allow us to see ourselves, our actions, … Continue reading My One Word for 2015
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