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...

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...