Read Into This

Garfield and Laura speak with Alanna about reconciling both backwards design and the double-helix approaches, and shifting to remote teaching without sacrificing pedagogy.

Shoutouts to Joanne Gibson.

Garfield Gini-Newman and Laura Gini-Newman read their paper Powerful Instruction and Powerful Assessment: The Double-Helix of Learning

https://tmcanada.blogspot.com/p/tmc6-gini-newman.html

Alanna hosts Lisa Corbett and her guest Karen Grose, author of her debut novel The Dime Box. Lisa asks Karen about the impetus for the novel and her writing process. Grose talks about the research she needed to do to accurately create the power dynamics that gradually reveal Greta’s origin story.

Jane Dennis-Moore and Beth talk about photography making thinking visible. Jane explains how putting cameras into student hands helps them find their identities for communication especially once they’re taught to frame an image with intention. Jane argues that making media in a participatory and collaborative way brings about deep learning about visual literacy.

Shoutouts to Melanie Mulcaster, Tina Zita and Jane’s recommended apps Kaleidacam, Chatterpix, iMovie, Photoshop Mix, and AdobeSpark

Jane Dennis-Moore reads her paper If You Give a Kid a Camera: Participatory Visual Literacy in the LLC

https://tmcanada.blogspot.com/p/tmc6-dennis-moore.html

Alanna talks with Colin Jagoe and Jim Pedrech about books that greatly influenced them as teens. Colin discusses his choice: Cosmos by Carl Sagan; and Jim talks about Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (in four parts). Shoutouts to Tim King, Sasha Sagan, The I.T. Crowd, Neil Gaiman, Dr. Who and Sean of the Dead.

Alanna talks with Beth and Lisa about books that influenced them from teens to adults. The memories flow as we talk about books for each stage of life (but especially for those ugly duckling times) and maybe how the classics belong in the past.
Shoutouts to Mrs.Clark for The Hobbit, Mr. Hornick for MacBeth, Mr. Underhill for Canadian Poetry

Alanna talks with Albert and Tim about books that greatly influenced them as teens. Both Albert and Tim talk about books that appealed to them because they were new Canadians. Albert discusses his choice: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger which taught him that being disagreeable was cool; and Tim talks about Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein which taught him about a deeper meaning of citizenship. Shoutouts to Heather Durnin, Shopclass for Soul Craft by Matt Crawford and Range by David Epstein.

Alanna talks with Lisa Corbett about her spontaneous Twitter-based book club. The first book chosen was Jesse Thistle’s From the Ashes and Lisa lead a Twitter Chat and a Google Hangout with the author. Next book and podcast will be Karen Grose’s The Dime Box. Lisa talks about using cloud-based tools like Google Forms, creating hashtags, and the books sitting on her list that might just be next.

Beth explores the hierarchy of genres and how we as educators bring our own experiences as readers, the positive and the negative, into the classroom with guests Rolland Chidiac and Chris Cluff. How does reading lead to making, creating, learning, and to building your capacity? How is the diversity of experience reflected in the books we encounter?

Rolland Chidiac- @rchids
Chris Cluff- @chrisjoncluff




Books Mentioned-
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213329-grit
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7090193-tattoos-on-the-heart?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=8cQBNHYDd3&rank=1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26085732-solitude?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=o78aTJKvv6&rank=2
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9963483-falling-upward