Lee Ann Spillane

Orlando

United States

Profile Information:

School / Work Affiliation
Orange County
Blog
http://portable-teacher.blogspot.com
Website
http://www.laspillane.org
Favored IM Account
spillarke
Skype Account
lee.ann.spillane
Twitter / Plurk / Other Account
spillarke
About Me
Formerly a Reading Writing Center teacher-coordinator, I now teach the AVID elective at Cypress Creek High School. To this position, I bring my experience in the Reading Writing Center where one side of the center was a classroom demonstration space where I offer content-based and sometimes technology-rich literacy lessons to teachers from across campus and the other side of the center was a literacy help center run by and for students. The AVID elective supports AVID students in all of their content classes. I am also a literacy consultant for Dr. Janet Allen's Literacy Leadership Collaborative. I have presented on literacy topics (reading, writing, data driven instruction and more) to teachers and districts nationally for the more than a decade. As a curriculum writer and project leader for Plugged-In to Reading and Plugged-In to Nonfiction, our latest reading kit, Plugged-In to Nonfiction for high school students was recently published by Recorded Books. Lastly, I enjoy writing as well and currently write for Stenhouse Publisher's Newslinks e-newlsetter .

Comment Wall:

  • Hans Feldmeier

    Hello Lee Ann, greetings from Bavaria/Germany! Welcome!
    Hans

    May 13, 2007

  • Carla

    Hello Anne, Thank you for your kind response.
    My book is already being used as part of many schools curriculum.
    You are right it is a very powerful tool to be used for children to help them understand their feeings and what they are for!
    Learning to express their feelings and emotions in a safe and constructive way is the key to creating harmony in this world between all peoples : - )
    Thank you so much for letting me share with you my heart.
    Carla

    Jun 4, 2007

  • Sheila Ryan

    Thanks for the invite. I just have one more username and password to remember now. I like the picture of you and David. I'm in the background!

    Aug 16, 2007

  • Sharon Betts

    Thanks for the friend invite. I completely agree with you as to making your area "working". Never apologize - some of your best ideas will come out...

    Aug 16, 2007

  • Nancy Bosch

    Thanks for your kind words--our district, too threw the baby out with the bathwater and blocked everything. They blocked ALL teacher blogs, scientists blogs, historian blogs, librarian blogs! Luckily, they unblock on a case by case.

    BUT, don't fall into the trap of assuming you have nothing to say--if there are not a lot of tech savvy people in your district you may have to lead the fight rather than just "nodding your head" in agreement. Educate yourself and make the best educational decision for your kids, then go through the chain of commands to fight for what you want for your kids.

    I wanted to use flickr and they wouldn't unblock it--I was POed because I found dozens of sites exactly like it--so I wrote to the tech team (all administrators and IT people). They still said "no" implying there was a specific incident in a school. Even though they turned my down, I use PhotoBucket, I felt really good fighting for what I thought was right. I'd do it again. So, go for it!!

    Aug 17, 2007

  • Elizabeth Davis

    Lee Ann thanks for sharing the "When I become a teacher" video. I saw that last year at a conference where Marco Torres presented. It is so sadly funny. I'm thinking about showing it to some teachers at my school - not sure they will take it the right way.

    Sep 6, 2007

  • Angela W.

    Lee Ann- thanks for the comment. That's neat that are in the same county. I teach third grade in the Southeast community. Where are you? I think the reading buddies is a great idea! How would we do it...logistically speaking? I am game if you are. :) Delete Comment

    Nov 3, 2007

  • Sheila Ryan

    Hi Lee Ann,
    I have played with it here at work with our group. I don't have anyone at home to try it with. I would be gladf to try it with you. I haven't checked Classroom2.0 since I thought it was blocked by OCPS.

    Dec 4, 2007

  • Jeanie

    Wow! My poor little county is just too far behind. Tell me how you have learned to do all this cool stuff and how in the world did you get a RWC? That would just be too perfect for our school!

    Feb 23, 2008

  • julie anne hanna

    dear lee ann...
    thanks for the great message...where did your friend, lee corey, teach? i am at sev izmir...my husband is the director for aci/sev....we are in our first year...after 17 years in asia (taipei and kl)..this is a huge change!!! we are loving it...but...as far as technology...we have a long way to go...any advice would be greatly appreciated!!! cheers..julieanne

    Apr 21, 2008

  • Jane Krauss

    I love the picture of your kid in the car mirror!
    Thanks for attending the SL session last night- Lovely to have you. Check out last night's EdTechTalk from TeachersTeachingTeachers-- It was a better event!

    May 29, 2008

  • Gavin McLean

    hi Lee Ann - nice coffee stains on your page - typical teachers work space huh?! LOL

    Jul 24, 2008

  • Mark Cruthers

    Hi Lee Ann,

    With exploration of Web 2.0 tools I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's web based power point viewing platform.

    Nov 16, 2008