Bill in the Kootenays

Samara Nicoll and I are the mentors, hosts, teachers, guides… (what are we exactly, Samara?) in the Literary Lounge at SelfDesign High. We’re there online to help SDH learners in English 11 and 12 with their writing. It might be remedial (where students need technical help with the basics) or inpirational (helping writers find their voice). Or anything in between.

We started recently and have already been working with a few students who obviously love writing and are good at it. We don’t mark them, grade them or act like teachers. We give them pointers on what they could do (or not do) to make their writing even better.

Samara and I are still working on the design and content of our home page. (It’s within the SDH online platform, so non-students can’t see it.)

And not only that, but I am working as a substitute mentor for a group of online English 12 students for a couple of months. I like it!

Here’s a video Samara and I made about the Literary Lounge.

Tags: alternative education, English 12, Literary Lounge SelfDesign, Nelson BC education, online education, online high school, Samara Nicoll, SelfDesign High, teaching writing