Dannelle D. Stevens Jorge Ramírez Portland State University
To understand the benefits of keeping a journal To learn about how to keep a journal in your professional life To see examples of journals that teachers keep To practice 1 or 2 activities that are useful in keeping a journal To show how to implement in your own classes as well
Introduction 5 min (objectives) Benefits Methods Examples Activity Classroom applications
Jorge Ramirez, teacher, doctoral student Dannelle Stevens, professor, Portland State
Jorge: Writing as a youth in Peru ◦ How a journal transformed my view: “keeping my thoughts handy” Reflection Organization “Conversation”
Structure – How, when, where, what – 2-columns: river, shore Type of journal to use – Bound, lined/gridded/plain Activities – Freewriting – Dialogue – Drawing
Freewrite? Dialogue?
Jorge: Implementation of journal keeping in middle school advisory