I think the reading pile(s) on my nightstand beside my bed...and on the floor and in the magazine rack etc etc... have just reached their own "tipping point!" LOL :-) I will put the title in my journal on my 'want to read list!"
Jennifer Palmer Reading Specialist, National Board Certified Teacher FLES- Lead the discovery, Live the learning, Love the adventure. Reading furnishes the mind only with the materials of knowledge. It is thinking that makes what we read ours. -John Locke From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 4/1/2008 11:59 AM To: Special Chat List for "To Understand: New Horizons in Reading Comprehension" Subject: Re: [Understand] question on intellectual life The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell. It's a compilation of stories that the author uses to demonstrate his premise that all actions have a "Tipping Point"...the point where a dramatic change occurs. Knowing the tipping point in events helps us to see where change happens and helps us to analyze why the change occured. It's a good read. Peter -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Palmer, Jennifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ok Bonita...What book are you referring to when you say "tipping point?" > > > Jennifer Palmer > Reading Specialist, National Board Certified Teacher > FLES- Lead the discovery, Live the learning, Love the adventure. > Reading furnishes the mind only with the materials of knowledge. It is > thinking > that makes what we read ours. -John Locke > > > > > > From: Bonita DeAmicis > Sent: Tue 4/1/2008 9:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Understand] question on intellectual life > > > JUDY:How do those of us who choose to read To Understand, who believe in > living the 'intellectually engaged life,' arouse the interest of our > colleagues? How do we help adults want to lead intellectually engaged > lives? > > I am lucky to be in a school with open architecture (except on those days > when > it is noisy). Open architecture means four classrooms are connected with an > open pod. We see and hear each other teaching. What this means for collegial > sharing is that every time I sit to read a book, my colleagues see me and ask > about it. Every time they put up a new anchor talk and hold a class > discussion, > I see it and ask them about it. They notice workshop (it is hard to miss); I > notice and admire things about their instruction. It is a great environment > for > stirring things up. As a techie-sort, I used the first school's smartboard > and > teachers would just stop in the pod and stare as I taught lessons. That is > all > it took to build interest. One teacher joined our fifth grade pod for a year > and was exposed to reader and writer workshop, anchor charts, strategy > instruction, use of GATE icons, etc. She returned to second grade the > following > year and took all that stuff with her, where we now see it appearing in their > pod's rooms. I love how infectious my school environment can be. > > That said, I have nevertheless pursued opportunities to influence. I do this > (technology-wise) by my blog and wiki. I do this > philosophy-wise/literacy-wise > by holding a book talk or workshop. I do not get paid to do these things, I > just throw them out there and see who shows up. My name is a little familiar > because I teach BTSA and a math methods course at the local college (where I > also stir things up). I guess all this is to say that I think part of living > the engaged life is stirring things up. Eventually, it reaches a "tipping > point," (anyone read that book?) > > :)Bonita > > _______________________________________________ > Understand mailing list > [email protected] > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org > _______________________________________________ > Understand mailing list > [email protected] > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
