Comments for Andrea Zellner

Comment on Badges as Goals: Achievement Goal Theory by Crowski

Crowski — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:15:37 +0000

I agree, I love getting content out there because when you’re working with theory terms it can all blur together after reading it through a few times.

Comment on Badges as Goals: Achievement Goal Theory by Andrea Z

Andrea Z — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:39:29 +0000

I so appreciate you catching that! This is why I love blogging my papers. I have fixored it. Thanks again

Comment on Badges as Goals: Achievement Goal Theory by Crowski

Crowski — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:32:39 +0000

Hi Andrea,
I think the term “master goal orientation” in the last sentence of the first paragraph should be replaced with “performance goal orientation”. (Otherwise it reads mastery goal orientation promotes positive outcomes and, in contrast, negative outcomes. )

Comment on NCTE and dead white males by Andrea Z

Andrea Z — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:09:52 +0000

Thanks, Penny!

Comment on NCTE and dead white males by Penny Kittle

Penny Kittle — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:39:10 +0000

Thanks for a brave and important post!

Comment on NCTE and dead white males by Andrea Z

Andrea Z — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:01:12 +0000

Thanks for this, Joel. The differences you are highlighting here is in our intention as educators. Are we wanting kids to be just like us? Or have them grow as readers? And when we want them to be just like “us,” what do we mean? Whose voices are we privileging? You say, “Kids read and develop literacy skills when they are doing work they see as valuable and are in a community they value.” I would only add that the community needs to value them as well. By only privileging the canon, we miss so much.

Comment on NCTE and dead white males by Andrea Z

Andrea Z — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:58:20 +0000

Exactly. Thank you so much for your thoughtful response here.

Comment on NCTE and dead white males by Andrea Z

Andrea Z — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:57:32 +0000

I was a very lucky girl once to sit next to Jacqueline Woodson at a breakfast, too. You quote her articulation of the problems with the canon, and she provides an eloquent response to the likes of Stotsky, who may not even realize that in the zeal for comprehensive curricula, an over-reliance on voices of privilege perpetuates the hegemony that has proven so detrimental to young people. I am thrilled to hear that you’ve taken some action and please let us know how to support you and the commission as you move forward.

Comment on NCTE and dead white males by Katie Dredger

Katie Dredger — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:52:03 +0000

Hi Andrea, I was also in that session and have to say that I was encouraged the next morning at the Alan breakfast when author Jacqueline Woodson discussed her first year in college. She said that “among the cannon [she] was invisible, dishonored.” I’ve joined the NCTE commission on racism and bias in response and we are working on something . . . we don’t know what it will look like yet though. Peace to you.

Comment on Scribbling on the Internet: Hackjam and WIDE-EMU ’11 by “Mucking around with HTML is like baking bread or changing a tire” | Mozilla Popcorn

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:24:36 +0000

[...] hack jam’s organizer, Andrea Zellner, also writes beautifully about revealing the hidden structures that make up our digital lives: As more and more research and [...]