This Monday I am thrilled to get to co-host the week’s #engchat with Nicole Mirra (also check out her latest DMLcentral post!). If you’re around in the evening, please join us. Here’s a description of the planned Twitter-chat:
The skills supported in today’s ELA classrooms are the skills that will mediate and foment the social and cultural revolutions of the future. The link between literacy and civic engagement for kids today is clearer than ever: tools like Twitter and Facebook are often leveraged for sweeping displays of civic action and protest. What is the role of ELA teachers in guiding civic learning and identity for students? What parallels do these responsibilities have with standards and traditional education reform? Join Antero Garcia (@anterobot) and Nicole Mirra (@Nicole_Mirra) for this engaging conversation on June 3rd at 7 p.m. ET as we explore the crucial intersection between ELA instruction and powerful youth civic engagement.
Thanks, Meenoo, for letting us take the #engchat reins for the evening!