About Me
- Mrs. Dana Moody
- I was married August 31st 2008 to my high school sweet heart, Dennis. Together we have a charmingly handsome son who is the sunshine of our lives. When I am not home caring for either of my special boys, I am most likely on the campus of The College of Staten Island. I am the President of Student Government, and I am the chairwoman of the Campus Activity Board. In addition, I am the Commissioner, of The Part Time, Evening, and Weekend Commission on Student Government. I have a seat on the CSI Association, as well as College Council, and Auxillary Services (to only name a few). I have earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in English with a concentration in creative writing. My ultimate goals include earning a PhD. and becoming a college Professor or Dean. As I continue my education I plan to work closely with student affairs. As of now, I am a High School English Teacher with the Department of Education. I love planning events, and bringing people closer together. I am fun, friendly, compassionate, and highly motivated. I speak exactly what is on my mind, and to many, that is a good thing, while to others, that is considered not so good. ;)
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Throughout the course I have read many many articles, some of which I absolutely loved, and others that I was reluctant to read, found troubling understanding, or didn't find myself truly connecting with the text.
Each article did give me insight to things that I had not known before, and to things I probably would never have thought of on my own.
Gee had some strong points, yet obvious things to say, and was pretty repetitive at times, but all in all he was an easy read and drew some wonderful connections between learning and videogaming.
I also found Peter Elbow’s “High Stakes and Low Stakes in Assigning and Responding to Writing” a good one because he discussed the signifance of both high stake and low stake assignments which helped me as a teacher better understand the purpose of assigning certain things to my students.
Engaging Ideas by McCarthy, was one I was very intreged by, because I did my presentation on her article. I was taught very simple, but useful and practical tips for enaging students and knowing what assignments to give in order to do so.
I also learned how to reduce my workload as a teacher by clarifying grading criteria, providing rubrics, having peer and group reviews to only name a few.
Lastly, I loved Emigs article, whose title has slipped my mind at the moment. I loved this article because it opened my eyes to ways of looking at writing in a way I never ever imagined before. It explained to me that writing is a foundation that helps students devlop many good, strong, strategies for gaining knowledge, enhacing communication, expressing oneself, and over self improvement in life. Emig discusses writing in deep ways, far deeper than the idea of jotting down a phone number or class notes like many of us think. It is inspirational, motiational, thought provoking, and ultimately a means for learning, thinking, and gaining knowledge.
These texts are now permanent fixtures in my life that act as tools and guides, similar to my annotative bibliography that will continue to reference to help improve my teacher career, the career of teachers around me, and my students overall academic well being. I have learned significant ways to incorporate writing into the curriculum, in ways that will help students to develop better learning techniques in their other courses. I have also taken on a whole new interpretation of what writing is, and how it can help us.
Dana Moody