Here We Go.

My name is Alex, and I'm currently a Junior at the University of Northern Iowa, studying English, History, and Education. This blog is my way of tracking and publishing my progress, as well as share links and articles that I come across that relate to my personal and professional development. Be sure to check back every once and a while to see what I'm up to. I promise to make it as interesting as possible, and we might just learn something one of these days. No promises on that, though.

Edit: Found a Link this Weekend. Its was written by an English Teacher on Edutopia, Andrew Marcinek, and its about engaging your students. As an Aspiring English Teacher, This has always been a kind of fear of mine. How do I get kids to care about Dickens? or even Bradbury? Well, Marcinek has several steps here on how to rethink class projects and papers, including not accepting papers until they're "done," i, e, perfect, and treating the mistakes as learning opportunities to help kids learn to write better.

Also, not so helpful: "No. 9: make a Sandwich." C'mon, Man . . .

Find his List here.


Photo by  Alexandre Dulaunoy, used under a creative commons license.