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Cass F commented on the post, Due April 20 (approx), on the site Multimodal Writing

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 02:36:00 -0400

My current context is one of distance, but close observation. I can only know the reality through my classmates, articles, and continuous perusal of sources available to me, and even then, I feel as though it […]

Cass F commented on the post, Community, Connection, and Communication: Due April 6 (approx), on the site Multimodal Writing

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:17:09 -0400

While living in Japan, I taught at a commercial high school with an emphasis on learning business skills. After graduating, most students would advance into customer service based fields such as becoming part of a […]

Cass F commented on the post, Literary Analysis I: Due when you're able, on the site Multimodal Writing

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 22:00:36 -0400

Prior to teaching at the secondary level, I sometimes co-taught literacy workshops for incoming freshmen at Queensborough Community College. These one to two weeklong workshops served as an introduction to content […]

Cass F commented on the post, Teaching (action) research: Due March 30 (approx.), on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 02:51:36 -0400

The use of technology in the classroom is still a difficult one for me, though I understand its value and potential to have groundbreaking effects on the ways students can engage in learning. I am sure that during […]

Cass F commented on the post, Teaching in Turbulent Times: Due March 23 (approx), on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 03:13:00 -0400

As someone who is not currently teaching, I can’t imagine the difficulty my classmates are currently experiencing while trying to successfully execute remote learning, especially for those who are teaching s […]

Cass F commented on the post, Argumentative Writing II: Due March 9, on the site Multimodal Writing

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:09:32 -0500

An idea raised in last week’s class discussion was that literary analysis and argumentative writing (or perhaps, all forms of writing) can be perceived as almost one and the same. In other words, everyone draws f […]

Cass F commented on the post, Argumentative Writing I: Due March 2, on the site Multimodal Writing

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:18:44 -0500

Arguments and debates often have the ability to silence, but they also have the potential to uplift, too, if we carefully consider the ways in which we approach an argument. Shannon Carey ruminates on this, when […]

Cass F commented on the post, Narrative Writing II: Due February 24, on the site Multimodal Writing

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:14:11 -0500

A particularly resonating resource provided from the course schedule was the article, “Create Safety by Modeling Vulnerability,” by Amanda Blaine. The author describes a moment in teaching in which she shared a p […]

Cass F commented on the post, Narrative Writing I: Due February 10, on the site Multimodal Writing

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 12:15:58 -0500

Narrative writing gives students the tools to transform the breadth of their experiences into essential understandings of themselves and ways in which to construct counter-hegemonic worldviews. Colonial harm, […]

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Sat, 01 Feb 2020 21:11:30 -0500

Cass F commented on the post, Upending Colonial Harm in ELA, on the site Multimodal Writing

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:53:02 -0500

During my student teaching practicum, I noted alarming assumptions made about students, especially those of the Caribbean and African diasporas: that standard English prevailed, their native vernaculars were […]

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Mon, 20 Jan 2020 04:39:23 -0500