Bystander — the Play!
Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Bystander, Happenings, bullying | No Comments »"Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Involve me and I will understand." -- Chinese Proverb And on that note, look at this amazing, full-page newspaper ad . . . Pretty cool, don't you think? The group that's putting on the ...
“One Book, One School” — One Amazed & Grateful Author
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 Posted in Bystander, bullying | 2 Comments »Found this via Google Alerts today . . . Every student at Passage Middle School is reading "Bystanders," a novel about bullying by James Preller, during the school's "One Book, One School" initiative. The school spent about $5,360 to ...
Bullying: When It’s Emotionally Too Painful to See Oneself as Powerless or Abusive
Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in bullying | No Comments »Just passing along a link to an excellent op-ed piece in the 9/22 edition of The New York Times, written by Danah Boyd and Alice Marwick, titled "Bullying as Real Drama." By all means go to the link and read the ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #125 (further thoughts on bullying)
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Posted in Bystander, Fan Mail, Readings, bullying | 2 Comments »As part of a late summer assignment, I received a terrific letter from Zander in Brooklyn, including his answer to the question, "What will happen to the characters in Bystander after the story?" Here's an excerpt from that letter . . ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #122 (Bystander Sequel)
Friday, August 19th, 2011 Posted in Bystander, bullying, the writing process | 3 Comments »Bryan writes: Can you please make a second book for "Bystander"? I loved the book and wanted to see more about eric and mary, griffin etc. It would probably sell. Thanks for considering. I replied: Bryan, - Thanks for your note. It's funny, I get asked ...
Author Skype Visits: Three Perspectives
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 Posted in In the Classroom, School Visits, bullying | No Comments »Last week I posted about doing a couple of Skype visits, complete with follow-up comments from a teacher-librarian. Because Skyping is a relatively new (and powerful, and affordable) educational tool, I thought I'd recap my experiences in more detail. To that end, ...
Notes to Myself: Writing BYSTANDER
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in Bystander, bullying, the writing process | No Comments »I'd guess that all writers do it, but I can only speak for myself. During the course of brainstorming for a book, which for me usually involves a composition notebook and random observations, snatches of dialogue, character traits, ideas for ...
Too Much Awesome: Posters, Student Writing, etc.
Monday, April 4th, 2011 Posted in Bystander, School Visits, bullying | 5 Comments »I know, Dear Reader, I know. You are getting tired of my slipshod approach, the endless excuses about how busy I am. But! Yesterday I coached two baseball practices, for two different teams. Threw batting practice to twenty-two different boys who are at ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #111 (Re: Book Titles)
Thursday, March 31st, 2011 Posted in Bystander, Fan Mail, Justin Fisher Declares War!, bullying, the writing process | 2 Comments »- Don't you love the icon that I use for every Fan Mail Wednesday? A word of explanation for younger readers: It's an illustration of something we used to call "a letter." You see, long ago, we used to -- and ...
Cyberbullying Link Dump
Saturday, March 12th, 2011 Posted in Bystander, bullying | No Comments »I've been reading a lot about cyberbullying in preparation for Tuesday night's panel discussion. Here's a quick link dump of a sampling of the better articles. Colin Archer/AP Photo * White House Ready to Rumble With Cyberbullies: President Obama takes a strong ...