Project Wrap Up, final thoughts...

When I first approached Corey about having my students read his work, we didn't really have an efficient way to go about it. What started as an email exchange (with 32 students writing seperate emails to one author) became a highly innovative extension of my classroom all the way to a Canadian writer living in Japan.

The first thing we would like to do, is thank Corey for his participation in our blog project. He gave our English class a very unique opportunity where we could actually discuss, ask questions and sometimes even criticize a piece of literature studied in class with the actual author of that piece. His candor and interaction with the students was both highly insightful and entertaining.

As a teacher, I would like to thank my grade 10 class for their attention, effort and the pride they put into their work. You were the key element in the success of this project and you should all be very proud.

Many thanks to Mr. Craig Duplessie, a technology mentor for District 16, without his guidance and patience we would not have had the level of success that we did!

A new blog has been set up for similar projects with all students. It will showcase writing, encourage comments and be an open forum promoting literacy and discussion for the English Language Arts Classroom.

Come check it out! Read, respond and share!

www.classroomconversations.blogspot.com