What a nice surprise! I just returned from a week on the southeastern shore of Massachusetts, on Cape Cod bay, where I spent my time watching the tides, skipping stones, floating (just floating...) and roasting marshmellows. It was hard to leave, but it's good to be home...and nice to see a conversation going on about scrolls and textmapping.
* Laura: If you can wait for the book, I am writing one. I'll let the listserv know when I've finished it. In the mean time, you can find links to more information and materials on this page: http://www.textmapping.org/learn.html * Cindy: You'll find my best answer to your questions about photocopying and copyright infringement here: http://www.textmapping.org/fairUse.html * Joy: Thanks for spreading the word! As we head into a new school year, it is worth restating why I have taken a particular interest in this listserv: Keene and Zimmerman's work spoke to me -- as it clearly does to many of you. We all share the clear understanding that the path they defined is true and powerful. And I see strong connections between their work (as well as of the work of their colleagues at the PEBC) and mine on scrolls and textmapping. The common threads are "engagement" and "thinking". To this conversation started by Keene and Zimmermann, I add a focus on the need many students have for hands-on interactions. I see these interactions as "handles" and "tools" that teachers and students can use to grab on to abstract ideas as they struggle to pull themselves up and through the next doorway -- visual, spatial, tactile and kinaesthetic "ways in" for kids who might otherwise be left behind. The bottom line is this: Scrolls and textmapping open the doors for more sensory engagement with text,and this has real value as a support for MOT instruction. If this stuff is new to you, here are some pages to get you started: * workshop notes: http://www.textmapping.org/whWorkshopNotes.html * instructional benefits: http://www.textmapping.org/benefits.html * quick tour: http://www.textmapping.org/quickTourMOT.html Thanks again for your interest, and welcome back to another school year! Dave Middlebrook The Textmapping Project A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction. www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! USA: (609) 771-1781 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
