Reading landscapes and writing nature
Reimagining multimodal place-based teacher workshops in a global pandemic
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.24420Keywords:
National Parks, professional development, place-based learning, critical literaciesAbstract
This reflective article discusses lessons learned when Reading Landscapes & Writing Nature, an annual collaboration between a National Writing Project site and Weir Farm National Historical Park, migrated online in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The organizations have used critical pedagogies of place (Gruenewald, 2003) since 2017 to guide teacher writing workshops, and reimagined the professional development in digital spaces with multimodal literacies (Kinloch, 2009; Kress, 2003). This including 360 photospheres and Padlet as tools to expand educators’ understandings of literacy, wellness, and place.
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