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- Paul Allison has been been teaching ever since he graduated from Hunter College, CUNY in 1983. After a few years in the desert (Utah), and a couple of years at the High School of Art and Design, NYC, he had a wonderful dozen years at University Heights Secondary School, Bronx, NY, where he learned that doing school better didn’t have to be the same-old, with more effort. After that, Paul worked with English Language Learners at the International High School in Queens for three years. After 9/11, there was a lot of talk about doing meaningful work. At the same time, Paul was finding himself being seduced by new forms of literacy on the Internet. An opportunity to become a “studio teacher” of technology at East Side Community High School, NYC presented itself in the Summer of 2002, and Paul taught "New Journalism" at ESCHS for five years. In the Fall of 2007, Paul moved back the the Bronx to teach English in the 7th Grade at East Bronx Academy for the Future. Another community that Paul is a part of is the New York City Writing Project. He was a participant in the NYCWP’s Summer Invitational in 1985, and he has worked for the NYCWP in various ways ever since. Currently, with Felicia George, Paul is the NYC Technology Liaison for the National Writing Project.
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paulallison @voicethread If you were introducing VoiceThread to a middle school English teacher where would you point first (after the tutorials)?
paulallison @voicethread If you were introducing VoiceThread to a guidance counselor whose native language is Mandarin where would you point first?
paulallison @voicethread If you were introducing high school librarians to VoiceThread where would point them first?
paulallison @voicethread If you were… Continue
Posted on July 8, 2008 at 10:00am — 2 Comments
I'm not a nerd
Posted on July 3, 2008 at 12:11pm — 3 Comments
Why are we asking teachers to write hypertext fiction?
Here's a place to start in thinking about how hypertext stories are different than printed stories: Lies
Posted on July 2, 2008 at 9:50am — 1 Comment
What I was trying to say...
Let me try to tease out what I mean by that mess of words.
"Writing with Hypertextopia..." In this phrase I was trying to capture Julie and my sense that we want the experience of writing to be central, a… Continue
Posted on July 1, 2008 at 1:53pm — 1 Comment
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The Key & the Board by JoAnn Chen Stockbridge Stories by Julie Conason
Having Kids by Wendy Farkas
Chapeaux by Margaret F.
Running Memories by Mat Gerowitz
The Smell of Gardenia by Julia Loving
My Brown Purse by Aileen Malave
Landslide by Julie Miele
My Grandmother by Beth St John
VoiceThread Narrative Discussions
Family Camp by Paul Allison
Quality of Life by JoAnn Chen
Ellie Tells a Story by Julie Conason
Childhood... by Wendy Farkas
Life in Shards by Margaret F.
Honeymoon by Mat Gerowitz
My Loving Family by Julia Loving
Family Stories by Aileen Malave
Travel by Sonali Matani
Amsterdam 2008 by Julie Miele
My Running... by Beth St John
Our reflections on creating these VoiceThreads.
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Values & Education by JoAnn Chen
Curriculum Reform by Julie Conason
The Final by Wendy Farkas
My Tumblr Project by Margaret F.
Tumblr Postings by Mat Gerowitz
Social Activism by Karen Levy
My Journey by Julia Loving
Confidence by Aileen Malave
Becoming... by Sonali Matani
Finding Faith by Julie Miele
Social Networking by Beth St John
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Congratulations on Hunter College! I am also an Alum in Fine Art and Communications. But I am writing about your interview with Suzie Boss and the Project-Based Learning Book. I was in a book study group through ISTE that looked at this book, and I have loved it, and recommended it to others including the CTE Digital Media Consortium--Jonathon Molofsky at Brooklyn Tech--as the best book I have found for teachers who want to introduce PBL and digital media into their classes. It is in fact the main reference I am using this term for my UFT mini-grant to create a Digital Vocabulary Word Wall Webpage with 4 other colleagues at Graphics (3 who are also in Debi Freeman's Thursday class). It is an exciting project. Thank you ISTE, and thanks, also, NYCWP.
I love your photography. I wonder how many "reformed" artists are connecting with technology for teaching? In our project along there are at least three.