Ed.: Here is a set of digital tools Laura Benton recommended at the time of our interview. What would you add?  Schoology.com (free online class platform) Vocabulary.com (program which allows teachers to upload lists and students are prompted with questions) Modzilla Popcorn/Media Maker ( Examples: https://austinsalazar25.makes.org/popcorn/1l8khttps://perksofbeingpeyton.makes.org/popcorn/1l8l ) Google docs (Word processor, presentation app etc.) Todaysmeet.com (Easy to

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Chris McCurry, Nell Whitman, and the other contributors to this issue claim that conversations initiated while studying at Bread Loaf and continued online are at the heart of BLTN. Diverse in its members’ opinions, cultures and experiences, BLTN exists within the traditions of the Bread Loaf School of English, an institution that provides education in British,

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Laura Benton English Teacher Woodford County High School, Versailles, KY BLSE 2013, funded by the C. E. and S. Foundation In this interview conducted near the end of her first year as a Bread Loaf Teacher Network / C. E. & S Foundation Fellow, Laura Benton of Versailles, Kentucky reflects on how one summer at Bread Loaf

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by Chris McCurry English Teacher  Lafayette High School, Lexington, KY BLSE 2012, 2013, funded by the C. E. and S. Foundation Each year, as my Bread Loaf  summer progresses, my current ways of thinking and teaching slowly dissolve and reform around the ideas and pedagogy I learn from my instructors and the materials. In his Describing

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by Lorena German English Teacher Lawrence High School, Lawrence, MA Andover Bread Loaf 2010, BLSE Vermont, 2011-2013 Before, I was a passionate person teaching in a classroom. After four summers of Andover Bread Loaf, Bread Loaf School of English, and BLTN, I am now a passionate and strategic writer/educator, who teaches and impacts the lives

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by Holly Spinelli English Teacher, City-As-School High School, New York, NY BLSE 2010, 2012, 2013   My Bread Loaf experience this past summer transformed my teaching. At the request of my principal, I became an adjunct lecturer in the College Now program, a partnership at our school with C.U.N.Y. LaGuardia Community College. The program offers

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-by Paul Barnwell English and Digital Media Teacher Fern Creek Traditional High School, Louisville, KY M.A. 2013, funded by the C. E. and S. Foundation Attending the Bread Loaf School of English and participating in BLTN is a pedagogical journey not likely to be forgotten.  In this journal last year, I wrote about why a

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by Teri Heisey 2013 Bickimer Fellow Lead Teacher Ecole Kenwood Immersion, Columbus, OH Bread Loaf has certainly returned to Ecole Kenwood in Columbus, Ohio. I remember sitting in the Barn between classes working on a paper and feeling so fully present, inspired, motivated, and productive. While in the barn, I would “come up for air” between

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by Chantal Kenol Desmornes Principal and Language Teacher Port-au-Prince Haiti I am co-principal of a private, all-girl, secondary school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, celebrating its golden jubilee this academic year. In addition to administrative responsibilities, I oversee all academic activities and supervise teachers. I conduct meetings and workshops with teachers and students and meet with parents

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by Nell Whitman English Teacher Henry Clay Liberal Arts Academy, Lexington, KY B.L.S.E. 2012,  2013, funded by the C. E. and S. Foundation Two years as a Bread Loaf student have made me a more qualified teacher and a professional with the confidence and commitment to lead. My Bread Loaf coursework prepared me to teach AP Literature

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