Joshua Block It’s time to let my students go. Since the beginning of the school year, my 12th graders have been asking questions, discovering information, and developing ideas. They researched education and created Education Vision Digital Stories, they read theory and developed insights about media and the mental environment, and they produced media criticism mini-portfolios. Over the summer […]Read Post ›
There is something very powerful that happens when young people are given a chance to reflect on their own education and share visions of what education and school can and should mean. This year my 12th Graders began the year by doing just that. The unit began with us all writing about and reflecting on deep or […]Read Post ›
I’m excited to be teaching some new courses this year. I’ll be teaching 11th and 12th graders English which means new challenges and great opportunities. I’ve been writing the course handbooks which has helped me articulate goals for the courses while laying out some of the opportunities ahead for students. Here are is an excerpt: […]Read Post ›
[Cross-posted on Edutopia] The other day I surprised my students. They had just completed an Op Ed assignment. Choosing an issue they felt passionate about, students used evidence to build an argument and propose change. We had spent more than a week on research, outlining, drafting, peer editing, and finally producing polished drafts to send […]Read Post ›
My 12th Grade Globalization students finished their Immigration Profile Projects! Our investigation of immigration had provided a compelling reason to tell these often unheard stories. We were all moved by the films Documented and Farmingville. Enuma Okoro’s essay A Return to Nigeria led to an interesting discussion about connection to place. Concurrent to the profile projects students read Global […]Read Post ›
Mr J Block 