The students’ hard word culminates in this beautiful anthology of which they get a fair share of the royalties and proof that they are capable of great achievements. Read More
3rd Edition Writer’s Guide: What makes writing great?
“Written for the learners so they can teach themselves and learn on their own when there isn’t anyone around to work with them. It encourages skill acquisition, self-teaching, and independent learning while also introducing the use of a reference or guide book. Independence creates confidence which leads to greater motivation of and investment from the learner in their learning.” Read More
Stetser Elementary 2014 Thematic Study Writing Project
“Twelve foot tree,
Let me be free.
Twelve feet tall,
I will not fall.
Twelve foot tree,
Let me bee me.
Twelve feet tall,
They hit me with their all.
Twelve foot tree,
I begged on my knees.
Twelve foot tree,
Please let me be free.
Twelve foot tree,
They wouldn’t let me.”
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A Simple Reflection on the More Recent Historical Socio-Positioning of Males
I address this perspective on male positioning over females not to focus on females but to place males correctly, for the purpose of this reflection, in their self-appointed and relegated privileged positions within a running, hegemonic, heteronormative, (w)hite-centric dominant narrative… Read More
The History and Role of Images in Storytelling
The Role of Editor in Arts-Based Research: Influence and Mitigation of Influence in Editorial Choices
“We don’t want to edit out the story or the storyteller’s voice.” Read More
Evolution and the Necessity for Friction
The Role of Editor in Arts-Based Research: Influence and Mitigation of Influence Through Editorial Choices
This video was a joint effort with Dr.Charles Vanover (USF) and Bob Devin Jones (and many others named in the video) as part of an arts-based qualitative inquiry into teaching and learning experiences in Chicago Public schools. The video is based on a stage dramatization of one teacher’s interview transcript (Vanover, 2018). The performance script… Read More
The Language of Being Human by Poet Ali
Conversation w/ Dr. Sbaitso
At the end of a long conversation with Dr. Sbaitso, an early version of interactive computer intelligence demonstrating its early-stage sentience, I got an interesting final response: “You are going to regret it.” I immediately thought, what exactly is our own behavior teaching this evolving young intelligence? Are we teaching it to curse the synthesized… Read More
