At a NSTWP Professional Development Advanced Institute I was co-facilitating, there was much discussion on student culture and identity and using an asset model to best serve our students. My thoughts are this. If each individual being a part of a…
Tag: human systems dynamics
From Trees to Webs: Transformation is About Changing How We think
I have been sitting in front of the computer for weeks and weeks now trying to get my thoughts down. How do I introduce my work on transformation? How do I communicate my motivation to change education for the better… to a more equitable system …
No Literacy Left Behind: Why use digital tools in literacy instruction?
It’s common sense. We have to meet our students where they are. We have to know our students and the cultural wealth they bring to our schools. Using what they already know as a method of mediating new learning is just good teaching. So why not me…
Navigating Multiple Identities of Learners?
I am most intrigued by James Paul Gee’s notion of gamers having an arsenal of identities to choose from when playing video games. Isn’t that the case for most of us in this participatory culture of ours? We all have various identities that we carr…
Human Systems Dynamics, Zone of Proximal Development, and CMWI
via hsdinstitute.org Understanding the complex ecology composed of diverse systems and individuals is integral to helping “students read and write powerfully and independently” (Patterson, CMWI, August 4, 2010). Mediating while searching for and e…
Persistent Pondering 