Author Archives: anthonijacobs

As I look back on a semester of blogging, here is a list of awards I have given to my own individual posts. Most Professional Post The winner of my “most professional post” goes to my writing coach profile from blog post #2. The writing coach profile was presented as a post that our writingContinue reading “Blog Post #8- A blog about a blog”

As I’ve gotten older, I feel I’m slowly starting to understand all the folks before me who I thought were rigid and afraid of change. I’ve felt lately, it’s not so much a fear of change as it is an anxiety about where to start. It seems like things change more rapidly than ever, andContinue reading “Blog Post #7- The Ol’ College Try”

As I reflect on my journey as a coach for young writers thus far, my experiences with various students have provided invaluable perspective on what it’s like to juggle the different needs of multiple individuals. Some writers have been very skilled, producing work that genuinely made me think “damn, I wish I had thought ofContinue reading “Pro Blog #5- Writing Coach Experience”

If I’m being honest, I had never even heard of a zine until my last year of undergrad. So somewhere around 2019-2020, right before the pandemic. I was fortunate to take a writing workshop focused solely on zines, and I was immediately drawn to them. Admittedly, I am not much of a visual artist, soContinue reading “Blog Post #4 Digital Storytelling & Multimodal Composition”

“You need to create a lot of garbage to get to the heart of it.” This quote from Vicki Spandel’s 9 Rights of Every Writer expresses an idea that I have really grown to embrace in my own creative process. My freshman year of undergrad, after reading a chapter of Anne Lamott’s Bird by BirdContinue reading “Blog Post #3-A Madness to my Method?”

Hello all! My name is Anthoni, and I’m a graduate student in my first semester of the master’s program at UW-Milwaukee for Curriculum and Instruction- English Education. My goal is to teach high school English language arts, with an emphasis on the art! I look forward to helping students realize and maximize their own potential,Continue reading “Pro Blog 2- Writing Coach Profile”

Admittedly, I am regularly called “old” by my partner, peers, and coworkers for my lack of digital engagement. Particularly as it pertains to social media. I have a Facebook solely for the purpose of communication with a number of recreational groups for hobbies like pool, softball, and baseball. I am an anonymous user on RedditContinue reading “Blog Post 1: My Digital Literacy”

The texts I have chosen are imagined for a freshman or sophomore high school English class. The purpose of these texts is to introduce inequality and discrimination in an effort to encourage positive discussion while creating perspective around these issues. The texts would be presented in the order listed with the hopes of building anContinue reading “Blog #4”

The visual I created was intended to highlight some of the key points of reading comprehension from this weeks’ texts. I believe these tips are incredibly helpful and important to young readers, and aids like this would be valuable in any classroom. My intention with the images was to keep it simple, but effective. MoreContinue reading “Blog Post #3”

A topic I would like to focus on to better understand this semester is digital literacy. While I feel like I have a solid understanding of what digital literacy is, the digital landscape is constantly shifting and I believe it is important to stay as educated as possible in an effort to best relate toContinue reading “Blog #2: Where I am and Where I Want to Go.”