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Begin with a Poem . ..
We begin with Billy Collins's "Walking Across the Atlantic," beautifully animated by Headgear.

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Variations on a Theme . ..
What a curious theory Collins has about what might happen on his magical walk across the Atlantic. Most interesting is how he takes on the perspective of the creatures below as he walks.

We can learn a lot by learning about theories from our colleagues' perspectives.

Session Overview
Essential Question: How can we harness the power of transformative pedagogy; well-respected literary, literacy, and learning theories; and technology to improve the social futures of all students and prepaer them to participate fully in the democratic process and pursuit of social justice?

This week we'll culminate our review of literary, literacy, and learning theories by completing our VoiceThread synthesis and meeting in a live class seminar to make the theory and practice connection. We'll also continue our exploration of using digital tools to respond to literature.

Transmission
Transmission to lead to transactions and maybe even transformations.

Activities & Action Items
Activities & Action Items include project assignments due and heads-ups on assignments due.

Reflective Assessment Portfolio
Reflect and self-assess on progress made each week in Reflective Assessment Portfolio (RAP) in Google Docs.