Author: <span>Ben Wilkoff</span>

08.20.07

Core 1+4: Write-On: How do you measure how good a piece of writing is? Does it matter the type of writing? Is this piece of writing different than others? Assess your ocean question writing piece according to the Cresthill Writing Rubric. Turn-in your ocean question writing piece. Discuss expectations sheet. …

08.17.07

Core 1+4: Discuss-on: Describe an experience with reading out loud in class, either good or bad. How do you read out loud well? What kind of feedback should we give one another on a piece of writing? How do we give constructive feedback? How do we discuss student writing like …

08.16.07

Core 1+4: Write on: Describe the writing process that you went through in order to create your draft of your first Ocean question answer. I write for the first paragraph. Everything a good piece of my writing has going for it is contained in the first few lines. The cadence, …

08.15.07

Core 1+4: Write-On: Write out one of the anecdotes that made note of in the “Dear Students” essay as a paragraph story. (Describe one of the times you felt a barrier in your life, one of the times that you ignored a barrier that other people have, or one of …

08.14.07

Core 1+4: Write-On: How can what you expect affect what you receive? Share your expectations with your group and create a master list of expectations that you will want to hold the class, the teacher, and yourself to. (They may be the same.) Compile and vote on expectations to go …

08.13.07

Welcome to the best two years of your life. This is not an overstatement. It is not hyperbole. Up until this point your life has either been pretty great or somewhat bland, but at this moment, you become a part of something so much bigger than yourself. You become a …

I vs. We

I don’t know when it happened, but I have started using the word “we” in my podcast and blog when I would normally use the word “I.” I believe that it is due to my increased awareness and involvement of the community that I have surrounded myself with. I also …

The Ripe Environment: The Living Examples

Today I drove nearly four hours (round-trip) in order to talk with 8 teachers from rural school districts in Colorado about blogging in the classroom. The meeting was in one of the most out of the way (and beautiful) places imaginable, Leadville. I tell you this not to rouse your …