Dianne+Ruxton

=Dianne Ruxton=

BSWP, 2008

Capital High Schooll, Boise, ID

Accelerated English 10/ English 10

Dianne, a veteran teacher of 18 years is a homegrown teacher born and raised in Boise, Idaho. Dianne began her studies as a psychology major at the University of Idaho and seven years and seven majors later she found herself graduating from Boise State University with a degree in Communications and a minor in Secondary education. She began her teaching career at Boise's Fairmont Junior High where she stayed for six years before opening up Boise's newest junior high, Riverglen. After three years there, she was asked to move over to Capital High School to take on the Accelerated English program. She has been there ever since. A prolific student and a technology connoisseur, Dianne earned her master's degree in Educational Technology in 2007.

Reading and writing have always been passions of Dianne's; she kept a journal as a kid and is a self-proclaimed bibliophile. Becoming a part of the Boise State Writing Project was a big step for someone who doesn't like to give up her summers, but Dianne took the plunge. The program helped her change her perception of how to teach writing to her students as well as showed her new methods for getting them interested in learning. Dianne took all she learned back to her classroom and feels she is a much stronger teacher now. "I feel like my kids are engaged, interested, and generally wanting to learn in my class." Dianne continues her work with BSWP as the technology liaison and will be traveling to Orlando for the 2010 NCTE conference to present "21st Century Literacy Skills: conducting research using web 2.0 tools."

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My Podcast Assignment

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Robert E. Lee Glogster

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How to speak Irish

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