This blog was written by Jennifer Hiller (@thejenhiller), a high school teacher at聽Arbor View High School in Las Vegas, NV.
I have only been on Twitter for six months, but I have been overwhelmed by the support and inspiration from fellow English teachers in that short time! Earlier this month, I to post on a school bulletin board celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Within hours, my simple crowdsourcing post generated a wealth of replies from the #NCTEvillage to help me with my task. Then, in less than 24 hours, I had more than enough material to cover my bulletin board and lots of reading and exploring to do, thanks to the generosity of fellow teachers.
Here are some of the wonderful suggestions that came my way:
recommended the lovely “”聽by Francisco Alarcon and Margarita Engle鈥檚 “.”
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“,” a beautiful Jos茅 B. Gonz谩lez poem about family, isolation, and separation, was suggested by .
of #TeachLivingPoets directed me to a blog post with a list of contemporary suggestions of “”聽which included a host of talented writers like Elizabeth Acevedo and Sandra Cisneros.
directed me to Juan Felipe Herrera and Rigoberto Gonzales.
told me about Washington state鈥檚 poet laureate, .
Many poets on Twitter were recommended by , including , , and .
also lead me to some poets on Twitter such as , , , and .
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Several replies also suggested , , and . What would you add to this list?
Here is the bulletin board that was created!聽The SOL (The Student Organization of Latinos) made the display with the materials given to them by Jennifer Hiller.