C. McKell

Member since Mar 27, 2008 with 1049 Public Bookmarks (1364 total)

About Me:
I have a passion for helping students find their voice through reading, writing, and critical thinking. I teach in an alternative high school and a community college. I am especially concerned that impoverished and underrepresented students have a seat at the academic table.

 

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Reader's Workshop,Writer's Workshop,Edupunk,Flat Classrooms,First-generation College Experiences,Critical Literacy,Action Research,Literary Theory,Grammar Instruction In-context (Jeff Anderson),Young Adult Novels,Viet Nam Veteran's Literature (Tim O' Brien),Cultural Studies,Technical Writing,African-American Literature,Cognitive Science,Curriculum,Cross Curricular Pedagogy,etc.
Favorite Music:
Bruce Springsteen,Bluegrass,Punkgrass,Nugrass,Classic Country,Classical,etc.
Favorite Books:
Authors: Louise Erdrich,Tim O' Brien,Jane Austen,Walt Whitman,W. B. Yeats,Pat Conroy,Michael Dorris,Maxine Hong Kingston,Gabriel Garcia Marquez,Tennessee Williams,Flannery O' Connor,Alice Walker,Sherman Alexie,Scott McCloud,Art Speigelman,etc.
http://bookmooch.com/m/bio/cmckell
Heros:
Nancy Atwell,Jim Burke,Jeff Anderson,and dedicated rural and urban teachers everywhere.

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  • Books for Teachers

    15 members,9 bookmarks

    This group is designed for educators interested in sharing and collecting information on books (fiction and non-fiction, scholarly and otherwise) that address the tribulations, challenges, joys, and rewards of the teaching profession.

  • Eduwiki.us

    74 members,279 bookmarks

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  • elearning 2.0

    127 members,652 bookmarks

    This group is for all those interested in the use of social software for learning and in developing new pedagogic approaches to elearning

  • Let's Manga

    16 members,3468 bookmarks

    A companion group to the Let's Manga project, gathering academic resources about manga (tag 'academic') and manga and Japanese popular culture news of interest (tag 'non-academic'). Visit the Let's Manga main page at http://japanesestudies.arts.kuleuven.be/popularculture

  • Clif's Notes on EdTech

    273 members,460 bookmarks

    Clif's Notes on Education, Technology and More

  • literary studies

    11 members,14 bookmarks

    This group is dedicated to the research of literature (fiction) in English. For there is a vast amount of comment on literature on the internet, this groups aim is to make its members' expertise available. Please only bookmark pages that meet academic standards.

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