Hi everyone!
Hi everyone!
I'm Wilma Luth from Ontario, Canada. I freelance as a part-time ESL teacher in my local community college and as a teacher trainer both online and in various locations around the world. Before moving back to Canada I taught in Japan for 21 years.
In August 2008 I sat down in my parents' sunroom and started brainstorming a book project that had been on my mind for awhile. There's a general understanding that being a reflective teacher is important. But what does that really mean? The book would break down the reflective process and help teachers develop the skills that are essential for effective reflection. Over the years I've picked up this project from time to time. It has also lain dormant for months on end. Currently it's 69,000+ words. I have to decide whether to focus on one or two chapters in this course or to break it down into smaller projects so that I can finish something this month. I'm leaning towards the latter.
Looking forward to working with you all this month!
I'm Wilma Luth from Ontario, Canada. I freelance as a part-time ESL teacher in my local community college and as a teacher trainer both online and in various locations around the world. Before moving back to Canada I taught in Japan for 21 years.
In August 2008 I sat down in my parents' sunroom and started brainstorming a book project that had been on my mind for awhile. There's a general understanding that being a reflective teacher is important. But what does that really mean? The book would break down the reflective process and help teachers develop the skills that are essential for effective reflection. Over the years I've picked up this project from time to time. It has also lain dormant for months on end. Currently it's 69,000+ words. I have to decide whether to focus on one or two chapters in this course or to break it down into smaller projects so that I can finish something this month. I'm leaning towards the latter.
Looking forward to working with you all this month!
Sounds like a well-planned out project you have there. Looking forward to working with you on the course. P.S. I wish I had a sunroom :)
ReplyDelete69,000 words, wow! You might want to take a few chapters of that for our course, just because of the time involved in getting feedback. But for actually converting your file into an ebook, it's not that much more time for a long book as for a short book. So once you learn the process, you can apply it to the rest of the book in the future. Maybe for our class you could work on the introduction/first chapter/beginning (so everybody understands your topic), and then any chapter that's giving you difficulty--like one you think is too long or too short, maybe is unclear, something you have a question about, etc.
ReplyDeleteHi Wilma - nice to see you in the course. I think your book sounds great.
ReplyDeleteHi Wilma,
ReplyDeleteI really admire your ardent passion about writing.
Wow - you have been busy. Nice to meet you Wilma!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Wilma!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Wilma, lloking forward to work with you
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone!
ReplyDeleteHi Wilma,
ReplyDeleteI'm also from Ontario, originally (Scarborough).
69K words is a lot ~ but there's a lot to be said about RP! I look forward to seeing your thoughts on the subject!