I am excited to host #engchat on October 10th at 7 PM EST. To join the discussion, log on to twitter and follow the hashtag #engchat. Here are some thoughts on the topic for the evening:
There are so many great things going on English classrooms these days that part of me wishes I'd kept teaching middle school: the emphasis on authentic writing and on inquiry, the desire to connect with students' passions and outside-of-school literacies, a richer and more streamlined integration of instruction and media (including student production), and generally a wider, more encompassing notion of what constitutes literacy. What's missing, though, is a concept that unites all of these goals, and more: being a fan. It's a topic that I've spent the last few years speaking and writing about, as in this policy piece for Language Arts and, indirectly, in this article about the real meaning of Harry Potter. While hardly an expert in curriculum or pop culture, I look forward to discussing their intersection on #engchat and learning a lot in the process.
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Peter Gutierrez has long been involved in discussion around literacy and education. His experiences include:
-former Board member, National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
-NCTE Spokesperson on media literacy and graphic novels (former NCTE Media Commission member)
-author of forthcoming Corwin Press title Beyond Engagement: Pop Culture Fandom in Today's Classroom (speaking on topic in relation to film at NCTE convention in Nov)
-hist writings have been published by School Library Journal, Screen Education (where I'm a columnist), Huffington Post, New York Times, Financial Times, The ALAN Review, TribecaFilm, BookShelf, etc.
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