One of the biggest lessons we learned as a team of teacher-researchers in Michigan is that the scaffolding and teaching of “digital writing” begins before anyone gets on a computer. In this post, we’d like to share a story about how we, as a team of teacher-researchers, came to understand the importance of building classroom communities that support students as they write together in both digital and physical spaces. Who we are and where we teach We are a team of three urban educators who teach in a suburb of Detroit. Oak Park High School is located just over a…
Author: Katie Locano
Katie Locano, Sarah Weaver, Laura Gonzales, Peter Haun
Katie Locano has taught at Oak Park High School for 15 years. She currently teaches 11th grade ELA, 12th grade AP Lit & Comp, and is the ELA curriculum coordinator.