Sometimes, we forget as teachers that our older students, those kids looking at the clock and watching the semester countdown towards...

"Create space for genius, and genius will emerge." I lost a little faith that the genius would emerge this term. Students proved me wrong.

A few weeks ago, I had to decide to miss NCTE. I have always dreamed of going to Boston, and I was looking forward to seeing my fellow...

The other day, a friend of mine shared that they were unsure if they still had a place in education because of the shifting winds and...

I can't believe it is already the end of September. This month has been a whirlwind. With a new grade and trying out a few  new  things,...

LOL I am not sure what happened, but this post's content disappeared. I was really happy with how it had turned out, so you will have to...

As a lifelong comic reader, I remember the countless hours combing through X-Men books, trading comics with friends, and looking through...

Summer often feels like it flies by. I think a large part of that is that I am always busy. I am busy planning for the next school year,...

End Strong As the year closes out, I always have my classes do a choice-heavy multiform (thanks, Paul) project. It has been a long year...

This week I had the pleasure of sharing the work of my students and the inspirations that I get to learn from to better help my students...

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...