November 2024 Newsletter

12/15/2024

Braden Taylor

12/20/2024 09:58:17 am

Abby, I really enjoyed learning about how you approach introducing students to new (to them) topics. This seems a rather interdisciplinary discussion that probably captures students in more than one way. I will certainly keep your methods in mind when me and my students encounter a national or international holiday or remembrance day.

Abigail Ross

12/20/2024 05:18:07 pm

Thank you, Braden. I appreciate your compliment!

Gregory Hansen link

12/21/2024 11:27:29 am

This newsletter is so impressive. There's such a breadth and depth of content, and I like the range of writing. It's great to see what faculty and students are doing in our region, and I've enjoyed reading the various entries.

Grover Welch

12/29/2024 04:36:35 pm

Thanks for being a reader and writer of the newsletter. It is a very important project to us and we see it as a way to forward the teaching happening in Arkansas Classrooms.

Samantha McGlaughlin

1/9/2025 08:58:04 pm

Abbigail Ross's article made me realize that I have never given much thought to the attack on Pearl Harbor. I have mostly ignored what and who instigated America's involvement in WWII, instead focusing on how we ended the war with Japan.

Abigail Ross

1/11/2025 10:37:31 pm

Thank you for your recognition. Through the years, the USA should continue to remember how our president chose to end the war with Japan, as it caused generational trauma and biological consequences. I agree with this, but I have noticed the lack of attention brought to those who suffered Japan's attack on us, which is one of the reasons I chose to write this article. I really appreciate your comment!

Emma Winchester

1/10/2025 02:33:16 pm

While all the entries are incredibly well-written and thought-provoking, I could not help but take a special liking to Abbigail Ross’s article regarding important historical events and how they are taught. Her ability to encapsulate the seriousness and importance of the event, no matter how long ago it was, while also making it engaging for the class is very interesting.

Abigail Ross

1/11/2025 10:40:33 pm

Thank you, Emma. I am grateful for the opportunity to share this and to continue working with my students for classroom engagement. I appreciate your compliment!

Cada Collins

1/13/2025 06:25:01 pm

I was incredibly moved by Jason Higgins' piece on Dennis Magnusen. As someone of a generation that has little to no experience with war and its ramifications, stories like his are so important to building my understanding of the magnitude of events such as these. As I read, I was filled with gratitude for his sacrifice and bravery, but I was even more overcome by his message of peace, passion for teaching and music, and adoration of his wife.

Jason Higgins

1/15/2025 05:01:10 am

Cada, thank you for reading Dennis' story and for your lovely note. I am overjoyed that his message for peace and his passions resonated with you and hopefully other young people. When stories like his find us, they tend to linger. -JAH

Julianne Baker

1/14/2025 12:41:32 pm

I am so thrilled to see so much happening in literacy education! As a future educator I am dedicated to supporting movements and projects to help improve all aspects of the classroom. I particularly enjoyed reading the section featuring Mr. Rob Lamm and Kerri Bennett because there is so much room for improvement when it comes to professional writing with high school and college students. With my long term goal being to become a college level educator, I find ineffable value in resources like the book that these two scholars worked together on.Thank you so much for putting this article together!

Dr Walter

4/8/2025 05:50:13 pm

Juli, you will make an excellent teacher. I hope you teach English in an Arkansas school for a long and fulfilling career.

Kerri Bennett

1/15/2025 04:44:02 pm

Hi, Juli.
Thanks for your interest in teaching writing to high school and college students! Though we have not written a book, we did collaborate on a presentation focusing on teaching the skill of paraphrasing to students who are learning to write academic essays, and we will be piloting a study on the effectiveness of this approach in the near future. As part of our presentation, we created at PowerPoint, which we will be happy to share with you. We hope that its contents can serve as a guide that teachers can use when covering paraphrasing in their own classrooms. You can reach us at [email protected] and [email protected].
Thanks again,
Kerri and Rob

Kay

4/8/2025 05:51:51 pm

Kerri, Thanks for taking a personal interest in the comments of our readers!

Averi Gasaway

4/16/2025 01:32:56 pm

I love this newsletter. I think that it is very thoughtful and shows just the professor you are! when you mentioned to "remember their lessons and practice them in my life in order to make their wisdom live on"
shows the heart you had into writing this newsletter and reminds me of how I think of one of my own family members! im happy to have had the chance to read this newsletter as it was very encouraging.
when seeing you also say that spring is the final stretch of the academic year that has grown long and weary, I think most every college student and professor can agree, we've all worked hard and given this newsletter we can see your hard work as well, thank you for the opportunity to read this.

makaya lancaster

8/28/2025 06:22:08 pm

Dr. Walter, this newsletter is very touching! I especially liked the tribute to your veteran father. It's clear how much his service and memory mean to you, thank you for sharing such a heartfelt piece of your work:)

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