Jackie Swanson has been teaching for 31 years but the first 25 were not what she wants people to know about. Calling herself a “traditional” teacher, after 25 years she made a change and started using a pedagogy called “Writer’s Workshop” The results and changes for her and her students are both amazing and inspiring. It is a model that could be used by our entire education system. In fact, her school, North Middle School, in Rapid City, SD is in the process of doing just that. Today, Jackie tells the story of how she came to the Writer’s Workshop. Next week, we will see how this process works, and what the students are doing in her classes now.
Speak Dog, Speak!
I've been working on our original website Oyate Ta Olowan.We've been working on adding digital downloads to the site, but it's still a challenge. Oyate is a public radio series that we did on traditional Native American music. We did 52 half hour shows and traveled over 100,000 miles collecting music from all over the Americas. It was a while ago, but people still seem to love it, so we keep offering the shows for sale. It's all a part of our little press Many Kites Press. Life is so amazing, and so full, but we keep on trucking. I hope things are going well for all of you, and that continue to create wonderful things. Later, Milt Lee
Can’t wait for the next one!