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Common Core: Been Divin’ In

Alan Sitomer — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:42:51 +0000

It’s been a while since I done did write me a blog post but I swear I have a good reason.

Common Core. I’ve been diving in like a tourist at the Great Barrier Reef with a

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On the Academic Menu for 2012: Alphabet Soup

Alan Sitomer — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:57:58 +0000

Become long enough in the tooth as an educator and you’ll realize that with the dawn of each new calendar year also comes the DONAROBA (Dawn of a New Round of Buzzwords and Acronyms) in the world of reading, writing,

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Death brings a book rec. Who wouldda thunk?

Alan Sitomer — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:29:39 +0000

Death brings a book rec. Who wouldda thunk?

I blogged about a man’s passing yesterday and one thing I didn’t mention which I now feel I ought is that Fred was a reader. Big time. It’s not something lost

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Death has come to visit…

Alan Sitomer — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:35:21 +0000

Death has come to visit. No one escapes. The person who passed was a good man, dare I say great, yet he and I were not close in any sort of life-long type of way.

I knew him. He

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Should I save the boy or correct the grammar? A conundrum-like parable

Alan Sitomer — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:13:30 +0000

As I walked off of a middle school campus in Brockton, Massachusetts earlier today after doing a series of huge student assemblies for the incarcerated – I mean, scholars – a moral conundrum struck. There, as school let out

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3 years a bloggin’

Alan Sitomer — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:08:00 +0000

It’s coming up on my 3 year anniversary of embracing the world of blogging and the truth is, I’ve been considering “tossin’ in the ol’ towel”.

Until this year’s trip to NCTE that is.

I was a bit surprised by…

How I handle being an intellectual bantamweight when in w/ the heavies

Alan Sitomer — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:08:39 +0000

I don’t want to give the impression that attending conferences like NCTE is not thought-provoking, challenging, and intellectually hard work. There are always so many smart people under the roofs that it doesn’t take someone like me too long before…

As one of the few Alan’s at ALAN I gotta say that ALAN rocks.

Alan Sitomer — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:48:18 +0000

Every Sunday night after NCTE is officially over there is a tremendous cocktail party for ALAN. Not ALAN as in me, Alan – though don’t think I am not considering suing over such a mildly convenient coincidence for them –…

Still feeling the WOW!

Alan Sitomer — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:01:24 +0000

As my second day of NCTE 2011 is upon me, it’s almost unreal to reflect upon the professional incredible-ness this conference has delivered to my doorstep as a YA author.

Without a doubt, as a writer, NCTE has changed

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Pre-reflection on NCTE’s value as an educator

Alan Sitomer — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:55:27 +0000

As my first day of NCTE 2011 in Chicago is upon me, it’s incredible to reflect upon the professional amazing-ness attending this conference has brought to me as an English Language Arts lifer.
Flat out, my skills set has…