Kathrin Shechtman has made this statement about the Invisibles: Stepping out of the shadow of a curriculum and going freestyle with these 100% student created stories has been a wonderful change. Do you really have to reinvent the wheel to come up with something new? Can’t you just change the material and composition and have […]
This comment was posted here by Cherie Thomas a few days ago. I see it as a tremendous breakthrough not just for Cherie but for all of us. Cherie please thank that person for her vision on behalf of everyone in this blog community and those throughout the country and world who are trying to
Martin Anders was the first person who ever joined this PLC, ten years ago. He writes from Germany: Dear Ben, “But how can we show up as human beings when we are not even able to do this in our own private lives, in our relationship with others who are important to us? We cannot
More on what transpired with Tina last week in Portland from a parent: Good Morning Tina, Our twins came home and were a little distressed that you might be getting beat up from other teachers in the district because you were not teaching “their way, and not following a book!” So, I hope you recall
Ben Slavic in response to Terry Waltz: I know your work has had a great effect on many people. I am very happy to be working side by side with you and so many other fine people to bring change to our field. Just for the record, I am the inventor of the One Word
Michael Peto wrote recently on facebook: Just a few quick thoughts before going to school: (1) Starting with student generated pictures for characters is a much more interesting launching point into stories than any of the premises of my best stories. (2) I used to work so hard that as the last class left for
Tina Hargaden, in response to Terry Waltz: I have heard some people say quite stridently and repeatedly that TPRS is difficult to learn, that it’s like walking on a tightrope. That it takes years. Then someone comes up with a new system, built on ideas that came before, but put together with some new elements
Terry Waltz: Is it [the Invisibles] new? Or something coming back around from earlier days of TPRS? One-word images as a way to begin stories — or even just to stimulate talk without any “story” — has been around for a long, long time. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a fine technique, but let’s be
For those investigating the Invisibles, there was some recent talk about it on FB. I share parts of that discussion here, because most of those who wrote are members of our PLC and because, for those who go way back in this group, the Invisibles respresent the biggest positive change in this work I have
Hey everybody if you have read The Big CI Book and found it helpful go to this page on the Teacher’s Discovery website and give it nice review! http://www.teachersdiscovery.com/product/bigcibook/books-1
It’s a roller coaster experience for us. No sooner do we hear just this morning such a positive report from Cherie, after sharing in the difficulties Tina encountered last week, than we get a new new negative report from PLC member Kristen ND Wolf. Check this out: I had a horrible experience with my admin
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