teacher / librarian / writer
Right now, it feels as if we are at the peak of the tech hype cycle for large language models (e.g. GhatGPT). As educators, we are usually slow to adopt new technologies that promise to “revolutionize” the classroom. Early adopting educators have been evangelized about the World Wide Web, Web 2.0, ebooks, and other new(ish)…
I recently finished How We Read Now, by Naomi S. Baron. Its audience has to be educators, but it is friendly for a general reader as well.Baron gives a book length literature review of current research (as of 2021) about reading on screens versus in print. She focuses on academic reading, but she also has…
How do you structure your poetry writing workshop activities and exercises for high school students in your poetry club or creative writing classroom? I use four different approaches to planning poetry writing activities with high school students. As a club sponsor/youth spoken word coach, I don’t have much leverage or time with my students. I…
When ChatGPT was introduced a few years ago, it started a predictable cycle of hype and hysteria about the future of education with Large Language Models (LLM) creeping into our classrooms. This year, after the Trump administration issued an executive order on AI in schools, an opinion piece in the NY Times declared “A.I. Will…