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Clarence Fisher
 BiographyFirst and most important of all, I am a teacher. I have been teaching for twelve years and learn something every day. I teach full time and like to get involved with research to improve what we do in our classrooms. I am involved with efforts to redefine literacy and what it means to be literate in our twenty-first century, technologically advanced society. I write articles, make presentations, design websites, and love computers. My classroom has been featured in several articles in Middle School Journal, Technology and Learning and in the recent book New Literacies in Action. I have been honoured to win one of Canada's highest teaching awards; the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching. I have also been named an Outstanding Middle Years Educator in my province, as well as winning several awards for the innovative integration of technology into everyday classroom life. I am interested in where we are headed as a society, the effect of technology on literacy and learning, the possibilites offered by virtual worlds, and efforts to nurture learning communities across the globe so that even from here we can learn to live together.
Eric Hoefler
About Eric Hoefler:
I grew up just south of Richmond, Virginia and have been living in and around Northern Virginia since my teen years. After I graduated from Mary Washington College, I lived in Chinlé, AZ for two summers working with the Diné (Navajo) school system, where I helped to edit bi-cultural curriculum documents. That work convinced me I wanted to become an educator, and so I returned to Virginia to complete my certification. Since then, I’ve been working at Woodbridge High School’s Center for the Fine & Performing Arts, teaching English and creative writing courses. I also work with the Northern Virginia Writing Project as a Teacher Consultant and Technology Liaison and work with students during the project’s Young Writers one-day workshops and summer institute. I recently completed my Masters in English at George Mason University and am now teaching a course for other educators that focuses on writing and learning. Blogging Curriculum
Be a blogger! Follow all 16 of these each week. Name _______
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November 29, 2006
Our first game was yesartday against Eleanor Roosevelt we played good the first half but the second everyone just fell apart and the other team was real focus and they came out with the win but that’s ok it was just a wake up call but we now know what we need to work on and were a better team and next time we play them their going down.
Posted by Derrick at ESCHS, NYC |
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Hey Derrick, this is Isaac #40 on the
Eleanor Roosevelt team. I was the shooting guard and sometimes brought
up the ball with the little kid Max. It was great game. Your team
played very well in the first half. We were shocked that we were down
by so much. You guys played hard but being down by 10 just didnt
settle well in our stomaches. We came out and trapped you guys at half
court which made the difference. Good luck to you and your team. Hope
to see you down the road. What grade are you in? Who is you favorite
NBA player? What position did you play?
Isaac at ERHS NYC on Thursday, 30 November 2006, 18:52 UTC #
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Yo whats up. This is Max #32...the short point guard from Eleanor roosevelt. You were right....u guys were giving us problems in the 1st half. Alot of our players were very dissapointed and frustrated that many shots werent going down. The second half for us, was a half played only on heart, and the will to win. We did a good job of that. We started trapping and knocking down shots that really started to boost our confidence. The turnovers commited by u guys helped as well. It was a very good game though. I felt like both our teams played hard..but niether of us were on the top of our game.
Max at ERHS, NYC on Thursday, 30 November 2006, 18:55 UTC # -
Yo big D i know you was tight, I was so
madd but like u said that was a wake up call. We got a game today and I
dont wanna lose. I want to win soo bad. I know how bad u wanna win and
I hope other players wanna win just as bad.
Elvis at ESCHS, NYC on Monday, 4 December 2006, 17:13 UTC #
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