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 * English Companion ning []

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Welcome to **Teachers are Talking Webcast,** a webcast with teachers conversing about their ideas, their practice, and their interests. This is Lisa Parisi, and Susan van Gelder. Our guests today are Jim Burke of the English Companion and Maja Wilson, author of Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment __**Outro:**__ This has been Susan van Gelder and Lisa Parisi, bringing you Teachers are Talking Webcast. Thank you to our special guests, Jim Burke and Maja Wilson.. Be sure to check out the[| English Companion ning] Our next show will be May 21st where Jason Ohler will be joining us.
 * Jim - what made you start the ning?
 * What were your expectations
 * How well do you think it is serving the ELA community?
 * You send out weekly emails - why do you think this is important?
 * What impact does the ning have on ELA teachers?
 * Can you describe some of the groups that have formed
 * The membership is quite large and growing - do you think the group can operate effectively with these numbers?
 * Book Group - what gave you the idea?
 * Maja - can you explain the general premise of your book and why you felt you had to write it.
 * Into discussion on all but the last chapter - has the discussion made you rethink any of your premises?
 * Intro:**

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