Sail the Seven C's Teacher Expo Sampler
Collections Courses Curation Creation Collaboration Content Chronicle
This project consists of two parts:
1. My novel in development, The Next Page. Recently, my mind wandered to 'What if a teacher with nothing to lose chose to work from her instincts rather than a teacher's edition?'
In The Next Page, I mainly rely on Joanna Page's journal entries to tell the story of a fourth-grade teacher who, despite opposition from influential parents and her principal, leaps out of her comfort zone and takes her students (and herself) on a 180-day journey of creativity, novelty, and unpredictability.
2. All manner of added features and content, including writing prompts, creativity strategies for teaching and learning, copyright-free, attribution-free photos, and many other items, some of which I haven't even dreamed up yet. Let's see what develops. Thanks for visiting.
As the title page suggests, this project focuses on:
- Chronicle [the novel-in-progress]
- Curation [There are tons of smart people out there whose work I plan on tailoring to The Expo, including Austin Kleon [Show Your Work, Steal Like An Artist, Keep Going], Josh Linkner [Disciplined Dreaming], and Tom and David Kelley [Creative Confidence and The Art of Innovation].
- Creation
- Collaboration [would love to hear your suggestions for additional resources]
- Courses [including my course on prewriting]
- Content [ex. short tech how-to videos]
- Collections [photos, 8.5 x 11 'posters' with inspirational quotes, writing prompts]
Your Instructor
Greetings.
My name is Tim Haag and I'm a retired teacher whose enjoyment of writing for a younger audience and creating and sharing educational content led to The Expo.
This project consists of two parts:
1. My novel in development, Rebel Hour. Recently, a 'what if' floated through my mind--what if a teacher with nothing to lose chose to work from her instincts rather than a teacher's edition? In Rebel Hour I use a variety of writing forms [emails, journal entries, character conversations, straight narrative] to tell the story of Ms. Page, a fourth-grade teacher who, despite probable opposition from her principal, leaps out of her own comfort zone, and injects variety and creativity en route to an unpredictable 180-day journey.
2. All manner of added features and content, including writing prompts, creativity strategies for teaching and learning, copyright-free, attribution-free photos, and many other items, some of which I haven't even dreamed up yet.
Let's see what develops.
Thanks for visiting.