Author Conversations: Podcasts
Welcome to Author Conversations, a new series of podcasts featuring Stenhouse authors discussing their books, their teaching lives, and their work beyond the classroom. You don't need any special equipment or iPod to listen to these audio interviews - just click on the links on the individual interview pages and your computer should automatically start up the audio software available on your machine.
- Gail and Joan, "The Sisters" discuss how their new DVD, The Daily Five Alive! was developed.
- Joan Brodsky Schur discusses using primary sources in teaching history.
- Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli describe literary borrowing and the importance of taking risks in writers' workshop.
- Cheryl Dozier talks about some key issues facing coaches.
- Reading specialist Pat Johnson describes the circumstances that led to her book One Child at a Time.
- Jeff Anderson describes the classroom experiences that led to his book Mechanically Inclined.
- Peter Johnston talks about how teachers are often held back by the fear of mistakes.
- Ralph Fletcher argues that boys must be given more choice if we want to engage them as writers.
- David Booth and Larry Swartz discuss the importance of encouraging authentic responses to texts.
- David Booth and Larry Swartz reflect on the many different literacies that kids encounter.
- Janet Allen describes the philosophy that informed her book Words, Words, Words.
- JoAnn Portalupi reflects on the effects of standardized testing on writing instruction.
- Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis discuss their recent video, Read, Write, and Talk.
- Jennifer Allen describes some of the challenges she faces in supporting beginning teachers.
- Gail Boushey and Joan Moser— "The Sisters" discuss "The Daily Five."
