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A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the first time ever in the history of me that I’ve said that I’m not letting the BOOK ruin the TV SERIES. So I’m just reading the 3rd installment now because the 3rd season is done. But the book…
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IGNITE presentation: Arts-based research
For those of you who haven’t found out about the Pecha Kucha style of presentation, there’s already another kid on the block. It’s even faster than Pecha Kucha with 20 slides at 15 seconds each. I found it really difficult to do asynchronously but that’s what my professor wanted so I tried. First she had…
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Change Agent rant
WARNING: the following response could be seen as a rant. It probably is. I read the Cochran-Smith & Lytle article with some trepidation. One of the hard things about being a teacher-librarian in 2013 is that I expect any day now that some policymaker is going to make me redundant. Ouch. So when I read…
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Karen Martin says “Research is a tool of colonialism”
Martin’s research is so refreshing! I can’t seem to find the link to the actual chapter online but here are a couple of the places you can find her work: http://www.isrn.qut.edu.au/pdf/members/researchers/Martin.member.pdf http://www.e-contentmanagement.com/books/283/please-knock-before-you-enter-aboriginal “Research can help understand problems, or it can perpetuate problems. This is particularly evident in research that involves Aboriginal people because the power…
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My right brain play fighting with my left brain
Even after just one week of studying educational research, I find myself reaching for the vocabulary of research as I read to identify patterns in the research papers that match my emerging understanding. In examining Gallop’s ideas about ethical reading, I am reminded of Derrida’s theories of deconstructing texts and McLuhan’s ideas about the medium…
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I’m an amateur researcher
I have been a teacher since 1994, spending 3 years teaching English in Japan, and the rest in Ontario teaching drama, English, and media arts in the classroom and online. I became a teacher-librarian full-time in 2009. Currently working ⅚ a teacher-librarian in a large secondary school. My other ⅙ has me back in the…
threadbare beauty 