Teaching Writing
Imagining the Connected Possibilities with Robert Rivera-Amezola
Summary:
In this 19-minute interview, Digital Literacy Instructor Robert Rivera-Amezola discusses insights that came from watching students chat with each other online during non-teacher directed time. Originally published on August 29, 2020Download | Subscribe: Apple / Android / Spotify
Robert Rivera-Amezola is a Digital Literacy Teacher at Francis Scott Key Elementary and a teacher-leader with the Philadelphia Writing Project. In this 19-minute interview, Robert discusses insights that came from watching students chat with each other online during non-teacher directed time.
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