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Authentic Writing and Authentic Teaching

2020 was a good blogging year for me apparently. This is my 50th blog post for the year and represents…

Posted in All Pillar Reflections

Finding Your Writing Joy

What’s Really New? It is June 1 and I am filled with joy for all the writing I will do…

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Lessons From Unsettled Fall of Pandemic Teaching

As I prepare to teach over Winter Term for the first time and think about a second spring of pandemic…

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How To Begin Gaming Your Classroom

What’s New? This semester I kicked off my game-themed first-year writing classes with a focus on role-playing games and the…

Posted in All Pillar Teaching Tips

The Open Online Texts I Use To Mentor and Inspire

What’s Really New? This semester I am working on selecting some new poetry to inspire my developing writers. I developed…

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Your PLN is Your (Endemic) Multi-Purpose Survival Tool

What’s New? Sadly things are worse in the classroom. The pandemic shattered an already broken system and despite the efforts…