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From President Kylene Beers

We often say that April showers bring May flowers. That adage points out the importance of the right nourishment (rain) to get the result we want (daffodils!), and it offers wisdom for much of life. At NCTE, April is a time of much providing nourishment as we turn our thoughts to advocacy, the National Day on Writing, and reminding students and ourselves about the beauty and power of poetry. Some effort—nourishment if you will—in each of those areas from each of us will mean wonderful rewards in the future... READ MORE

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Blog Posts

Frank W. Baker

Reading Between the Frames (new film literacy curriculum)

Posted by Frank W. Baker on May 5, 2009 at 5:48pm

Just One More Book! Podcast

Of Cancer & Community: Win a 10min audio production

Posted by Just One More Book! Podcast on May 2, 2009 at 7:58am

Gady Shlasky

The Q Group Gives Free Online English Courses to Mexican Residents forced to stay at home

Posted by Gady Shlasky on May 1, 2009 at 1:04am

Frank W. Baker

How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write

Posted by Frank W. Baker on April 30, 2009 at 11:49am — 1 Comment

Andrew Pass

Gatsby on Google Earth

Posted by Andrew Pass on April 29, 2009 at 2:08pm

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Mila M. Fuller

How will you celebrate the National Day on Writing? 4 Replies

Started by Mila M. Fuller in Join or Start a New Discussion Here. Last reply by Mary McFarland 3 hours ago.

Elizabeth Beagle

The aduacity! 9 Replies

Started by Elizabeth Beagle in Join or Start a New Discussion Here. Last reply by Debra Schneider 20 hours ago.

Dominique Zino

College application essay coach/tutor needed! Looking for a presenter to complete our CCCC 2010 panel...

Started by Dominique Zino in "Ask a Question" Forum May 3.

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Mary McFarland replied to the discussion 'Rethinking the 21st Century SHIFT...' in the group 21st Century Literacies 3 hours ago
Paola, I agree with you that we definitely need "disciplined teacher research" that is shared. I also like your idea of slowing things down until we can look into how critical literacy and critical technological literacy is affected by u...
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Technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments. Join this group to share and benefit from current best practices on this topic.
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Mary McFarland replied to the discussion 'How will you celebrate the National Day on Writing?' 3 hours ago
Writing empowers each of us, and I'd like our whole school to share this sense of empowerment. I'd also like to take it a step past the "sharing" and, also, to expand the "sense of sharing" to the joy--and the actual ...
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Mary McFarland replied to the discussion 'Sharing Strategies - Building Local Partner Galleries' in the group National Gallery of Writing Local Partner Curators 4 hours ago
Cheryl, I also teach at a small community college and many, although not all, are adult learners. I really like your idea of confidence boosting because I have found that while my adult learners are often the most devoted and studious, they are al...
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Jude replied to the discussion 'Sharing Strategies - Building Local Partner Galleries' in the group National Gallery of Writing Local Partner Curators 4 hours ago
We are going to use our local gallery to showcase writing at the college; we tend to be inclusive and hope to have both faculty and student use the gallery; we shall have a timeline for submission and types of writing to submit. Above all, the gal...
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John Stovall replied to the discussion 'Sharing Strategies - Building Local Partner Galleries' in the group National Gallery of Writing Local Partner Curators 5 hours ago
Most of our students are working adults and we are also inviting staff and administrators as well as students and faculty as a way to stress that we all value writing.
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