Bud the Teacher

    Posting a new podcast tonight that’s a reflection and a brainstorm on some thoughts on writing across the curriculum.  The show’s also a request for information:  How are you creating classroom and school-wide environments that support writing  in every classroom?  If you’re not doing that, why not?

Link from the Show

Darren Kuropatwa’s Blog

      . . . because we’ve been doing lots of hard work here at my high school.  I’ve been grading lots of papers via Moodle, recording new podcasts for the Colorado State University Writing Project podcast feed, and working to prepare an inservice that I’m doing with some of my fellow writing project teachers.  Oh — and teaching propaganda techniques to my writing students. 
    We’ve also been talking a great deal about writing across the curriculum at my school.  It’s a subject that sometimes makes me uncomfortable.
    I know how essential it is that students become able and eager readers and writers, regardless of what they want to do after high school.  But since I’m a language arts teacher, the culture supports that writing occurs in my class. 
    My colleague, Jason, a science teacher in a neighboring school district, has his students do a ton of reading and writing.  But I think a lot of teachers consider his approach novel.  Of course, it’s easy to find excuses for why writing isn’t important in a particular subject area.
    But it is.  Writing is essential in all of them.  Cassandra has an interesting comment on the subject.