The Writer in Me: Youth Twitter
Spring means new growth, and looking around it is exciting to see the flowering trees and shrubs- especially the chartreuse fuzz on the boxwoods by my front door. My children asked me the other day what that chartreuse green was all about…they thought something was “wrong”. No, nothing wrong at all-just emerging growth that likes to shout that something is “new” around here.
The boxwoods are not the only things demonstrating growth. LeeAnn Emerson, our middle school English department chair, has told me all year “Just wait until spring; you won’t believe what happens with student writing.” And, she could not have been more right. The work I see on line and coming across my desk–either “required” by teachers as an assignment or passionately offered “just because”–is impressive. New growth is evident, growth that is building on years of work before and exhibiting leaps and bounds this year.
In the upcoming posts I will highlight some of the student writing that has been shared with me. Some of it will be from the student blogs, and others will be pieces that are not published…yet. Beginning today, the Lovett Middle School will officially become part of the Youth Twitter “movement” and contributors to “Space”. My friend George Mayo and a Twitter friend Paul Allison have launched Youth Twitter and Space to create community and a digital home for creative students. Be it photography, poetry, short stories, essays, or digital storytellings, students now have a safe and encouraging community–shepherded by teachers–to share their work.
The first submissions to Space follow. Look for the current issue of Space to be released later today, and our Lovett students to proudly share their “new growth.” Let them know, with your comments here and hugs face to face, that we too are proud of them
Congratulations!
