#DigiLitSunday: Mentors
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Mentors . . .
I’ve had a few . . .
Where do I begin
To tell the story
Of how mentors have been my guide?
Mentors . . .
Trusted
Experienced
Advisors or
Guides
Mentors . . .
Teachers. . .
Authors . . .
Speakers . . .
Bloggers . . .
Technology wizards . . .
Mentors . . .
All with a digital presence
via
Voxer
Blogs
Google docs
and
(gasp)
even old-fashioned
emails.
How do you connect with your mentors?
Teacher Mentors
Allison
Julieanne
Jenny
Mary Lee
Ryan
Sally
Sandy
Steve
Tara
Those lengthy conversations as we learned, laughed and studied together. Asking questions, checking for understanding, and seeking new information . . . on our learning quests!
Online Book Study Groups
What Readers Really Do: Teaching the Process of Meaning Making by Dorothy Barnhouse and Vicki Vinton – It was a Twitter book study with Ryan, Allison, Julieanne, Sandy and many more included a grand finale with Vicki Vinton.
Good to Great Teaching: Focusing on the Literacy Work that Matters by Dr. Mary Howard – This continues to be a weekly chat #G2Great on Thursday evenings at 8:30 EST.
Who’s Doing the Work? How to Say Less So Readers Van Do More by Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris – This book study involved a combination of GoogleDocs and weekly Voxer responses.
A Mindset for Learning: Teaching the Traits of Joyful, Independent Growth! by Christine Hertz and Kristi Mraz – Book study and Twitter Chat
The Journey is Everything: Teaching Essays that Students Want to Write for People who Want to Read Them by Katherine Bomer – A book study that resulted in several “essay slices” that included GoogleDocs and a twitter chat.
The Book Love Foundation Podcast Summer Study Session with Penny Kittle – a Facebook group with video, readings, and responses each week.
Craft Moves: Lesson Sets for Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts by Stacey Shubitz – This book study involved a combination of Facebook responses and conversations with authors of the mentor texts from Stacey’s book.
Professional Development Facilitators who serve as mentors
- Lester Laminack
- Nell Duke
- Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan
- Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris
- Vicki Vinton
- Jennifer Serravallo
- Melissa Stewart
- Linda Hoyt
- Seymour Simon
- Dana Johansen and Sonja Cherry-Paul
- Lucy Calkins
- Chris Lehman
- Kate Roberts
- Maggie Roberts
- Cornelius Minor
- Colleen Cruz
- Mary Ehrenworth
- Kathleen Tolan
- Amanda Hartman
- Celina Larkey
- Katie Clements
- Shana Frazin
- Katy Wischow
- Brook Geller
- Liz Dunford Franco
- Brianna Parlitsis
- Meghan Hargrave
- Kristi Mraz
- Marjorie Martinelli
Bloggers
Many may be a part of the Two Writing Teachers “Slicer” group or this “DigiLitSunday group or just may be bloggers who I have learned from:
- Vicki Vinton
- Two Writing Teachers – Current bloggers Betsy, Beth, Dana, Deb, Kathleen, Lisa, Melanie, and Stacey (as well as Tara and Anna)
- Mary, Amy and Jenn at Literacy Lenses
- Julieanne
- Dayna
- Margaret
- Mary Lee
- Steve
- Sally
- Kathy
- Erika
- Leigh Anne
- Ramona
- Rose
- Lynne
- Linda
- Elsie
- Catherine
- Shana and Katy
- Clare and Tammy
- Burkins and Yaris
- Christina
- Kari
- Jennifer
- Donna
- Phyllis
- Justin
- Susie
- Michelle
Technology Mentors
- Cornelius
- Maggie
- Kate
- Chris
- Katie and Kristin
Authors of Books about Mentor Texts
- Ralph
- Penny
- Ruth
- Kelly
- Stacey
- Rose
- Lynne
- Lisa
(If you need last names for those authors of books about mentor texts, you can check them out in this post!)
So I’m apologizing to those literacy mentors who I left out in error – one of the disadvantages of making lists – but the point of my post is that these mentors, many of whom are in MORE than one list are all people that I know in the digital world as well as the physical world.
Through Twitter, Voxer, #TCRWP, ILA and NCTE, my horizons have expanded exponentially. Now my mentors come from many, many states across this country. All delightful folks that I have had the priviledge of learning with and beside . . . Mentors and Friends!
How do we know the impact that your mentors have had?
These pictures reflect my most recent thinking with some of my mentors! Can you name them?
#SOL16 + #OLW = JOYFUL
If you’ve studied the background in my blog, you have seen that my #OneLittleWord “Joy” has been with me for quite awhile.
Where is that joy?
Yesterday, I was cocooned in joyful.
Joyful was in Voxer Posts.
Joyful was in Facebook Posts.
Joyful was in tweets.
There are days when the Alpha and Omega of joyful seems to reside in social media. Sadly that means that the Joyful is not easily visible in some of my work days. Sometimes the day to day trivia is wearing – mentally and physically. It’s hard to summon laughter and truly celebrate “JOY”! But yesterday JOY surrounded me everywhere.
Joy is here in these videos . . .
What is your hope? via #ParkwaySchools (3:14)
Who will be in your classroom this year? via Four O’Clock Faculty (2:04)
If you feel like you need a new life via Power of Positivity (0:51)
and in both versions of “The Hospital Window” here (4:20) or here (2:59).
Are you planning a “Global Welcome Back to School” this year?
Or what about “Making Joy a Reading Standard”?
How will you spread JOY this year?
How will you be Joyful?
What will it look like?
What will it sound like?
Thank you, Betsy, Beth, Dana, Deb, Kathleen, Lisa, Melanie, and Stacey for this weekly forum. Check out the writers, readers and teachers here.
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