This morning as I walked into school, a student excitedly greeted me "Mr. Gilson, look at my comic; it's finished!" I was blown away just...
Tomorrow I will share two sessions at our local teacher's convention on our work in room 157. The first is a look at multimodal...
I set this site up to help teachers and provide a space to learn together. Lifting Literacy has been a concept that brought together my...
Where It Began I started looking at multimodal composition when I saw some of the work that Paul Hankins was having students complete. I...
Students returned this week and it really has been a whirlwind from start to finish. Classes are very full and just making room to sit...
Over the last few years, I have tried to establish a community of readers and writers. Often times those shared reading experiences have...
My first semester working with 12th-grade students came to an end today and I would be lying if I didn't say I was a bit emotional about...
The last few years have been turbulent, to say the least. Students have been faced with previously unknown challenges that have taken...
I got to spend some time with teachers talking teaching and books last week. I think it is my favorite thing to do outside of working...
I was originally going to title this post I believe in Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, but it is an assignment for University and I was not certain...
I have always had a dream to do more to help teachers. This will be another step. More to come.