English Education Professor

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We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but read. Reading, almost as much as breathing, is our essential function. Manguel, A History of Reading (7)

From A Working Library

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Jim Burke’s English Companion Ning goes viral and gets good press.

“Teachers value having a place to use and cultivate their professional voice,” said Burke. “It’s wonderful to get published in the English Journal or Ed Week, but not everyone has the time to perfect those articles or feels ready for prime time. The Ning provides a proving ground for people to shape that voice—something I hope will help to develop the next generation of professional writers of books and articles for our journals.”

Storyboarding Graph Paper.

Top 10 begins with MIT.

In fact, if you’re relating just a single fact or asking one question in your email, consider using just the subject line to relate your message. As I’ve mentioned before, in some organizations, such emails are identified by adding (EOM)—for end of message—at the end of the Subject line. This lets recipients see that the whole message is right there in the subject without clicking to the view the (non-existent) body. This is highly appreciated by people who receive a large volume of mail, since it lets them do a quick triage on your message without needing to conduct a full examination.

Sadly, good email subjects have become something of a lost art, especially among more recent additions to the Interweb. It’s a pity, because you’re far more likely to get a favorable response from a busy person when they can quickly grok your message. Merlin Mann

I have a good story about this book that I can never tell.

Through the Looking Glass.

From Subtraction.

Yale Video Lecture.