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In this episode, Nancy Sommers talks about her first experience teaching, her work on responding to student writing, what comments best complement her teaching values, and she shares the importance of reflection in the writing classroom.
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Hi everyone, I'll be releasing a new episode tomorrow:
Episode 6: Nancy Sommers In this episode, Nancy Sommers talks about her first experience teaching, her work on responding to student writing, what comments best complement her teaching values, and she shares the importance of reflection in the writing classroom. About 75% of the episode is about responding to student writing and developing a pedagogy that is guided by response. We talk a lot about how to have dialogues with students early in the semester about commentary, which is timely for many of us as we start a new academic year. We talk about being generous responders. We talk about how comments can mirror our voice in the classroom. We talk about having students reflect on comments throughout the semester, and how teachers can use those reflections to better understand what's working and what's not working for students. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the episode and how you respond to your students. How do you respond to student writing? What tips and strategies do you have? Remember you can also go to Nancy's blog post and share advice to first-time teachers. Excited, -S Hi all, recently, and separately, Steve Parks and Nancy Sommers wrote about their Pedagogue episodes on Bedford Bits. You can check out Steve's blog post here. And Nancy's here. Both of them ask us to come together and contribute our own ideas and thoughts to their reflections. If you have some time, I would encourage you to comment on their posts.
I love seeing how Pedagogue is getting out to these other spaces and how people are using the podcast to reflect on their own teaching and using it to help generate more conversations about teaching writing and using it as a resource. This is definitely what I had in mind when I created the podcast -- for it to be used in different contexts in different classrooms with different teachers. So please keep sharing and following along. Since Kyle and Dana's episode, I've had a lot of graduate students contact me. And I'm super thankful. I've spoken to about six over the past two weeks. I've been really encouraged by their work and energized by those conversations. I'm excited to see these emerging scholars move teaching writing and the field in incredible ways. Here we are at the start of the school year (my favorite time of the year!). I wish you nothing but the best as you step into the classroom and meet and interact with your students. What a special privilege we have as teachers. What an amazing opportunity to listen and see students develop as learners and writers. For us to grow alongside them. I'm going to release a new episode next week. Stay tuned. Yours, -S In this bonus episode, Nancy Sommers talks about creating a classroom community, thinking and responding as a writer, and teaching one lesson each day.
Here's one of my favorite quotes from the bonus episode: "Be yourself. That's what I love about teaching is that my voice, my voice on the page is the same voice in the classroom. I'm a Jewish mother. I feed people. I bring cookies to class. You just have to be yourself. You can't imitate somebody else. The voice in the classroom has to be your own voice." Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Stitcher In this episode, Kyle Larson and Dana Comi talk about their research and writing, what has surprised them most about graduate school and what advice has helped, how the grad seminar can be re-imagined, and being actively involved in their local communities.
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Stitcher Hi all, we are about to celebrate 3 months! Wow. I'm thankful for all your support. Pedagogue wouldn't exist without you, and I mean that from the depths of my heart. I'm incredibly thankful -- and wish I could thank each one of you individually for listening and sharing and commenting on the podcast.
I've been thinking back to how this whole thing started: April 2019. I was driving back to Mississippi from Texas listening to a podcast. I was thinking about how much I enjoyed talking with teachers about teaching and listening to stories and experiences. How I always left those conversations inspired. How I always learned something from them. How I enjoyed meeting new people, new teachers. I said to M, "What do you think about me creating a podcast about teachers talking about teaching and writing? You know, where I just ask questions? Do you think I could do something like that?" M: "Yes." S: "Really?" M: "For sure. You love teaching. And you love talking to people. So I don't see why not." That was that. I came up with the name Pedagogue minutes later and sent out a tweet asking if people would be interested in listening to something like that. The response was amazing. So I started doing stuff. Built a site. Made a logo. Got recording software/equipment. Tracked my guitar for the opening/endings of episodes. Sent an email to a few distinguished teachers-scholars I didn't know. Mike Rose responded. All of that in 1-2 weeks. Almost 3 months later. I'm writing this post about Pedagogue. Still amazed. Still surprised. Almost 3 months later. People have contacted me about being on the podcast. People have reached out to me about writing a blog post. There was this and this, too. I've talked with over 15 teachers. I've released 5 episodes and 1 bonus episode. The site has had close to 3,000 unique viewers and 7,500 page views. So to celebrate 3 months -- I'm releasing another bonus episode on Friday, 08/09. Pedagogue Bonus: Advice to First-Time Teachers (w/Nancy Sommers) Please keep listening and sharing and commenting. The only reason Pedagogue is here almost 3 months later is because you helped it be here. Encouraged, -S Hi everyone, there's going to be a new episode this week!
Episode 5: Kyle Larson and Dana Comi When I created Pedagogue, I saw it as an opportunity to talk with teachers and have conversations that move across institutions and positions. I saw this podcast as a way to celebrate teachers, including graduate students. I saw it as a platform where graduate students could be heard and where they could share what they were doing. The heart of Pedagogue is to support all teachers, from distinguished teacher-scholars to graduate students. In Episode 5, I have the good fortune of talking with Kyle Larson, a PhD Candidate in Composition & Rhetoric at Miami University, and Dana Comi, a PhD student at the University of Kansas. We talk about their work and teaching, what has surprised them about graduate school, what advice has helped in graduate school, re-imagining the traditional grad seminar course, and being actively involved in their local communities. Yours, -S |
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