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Paul Allison has been been teaching ever since he graduated from Hunter College, CUNY in 1983. After a few years in the desert (Utah), and a couple of years at the High School of Art and Design, NYC, he had a wonderful dozen years at University Heights Secondary School, Bronx, NY, where he Paul Allison learned that doing school better didn’t have to be the same-old, with more effort. After that, Paul worked with English Language Learners at the International High School in Queens for three years.

After 9/11, there was a lot of talk about doing meaningful work. At the same time, Paul was finding himself being seduced by new forms of literacy on the Internet. An opportunity to become a “studio teacher” of technology at East Side Community High School, NYC presented itself in the Summer of 2002, and Paul has been at ESCHS ever since.

Another community that Paul is a part of is the New York City Writing Project. He was a participant in the NYCWP’s Summer Invitational in 1985, and he has worked for the NYCWP in various ways ever since. Currently, with Felicia George, Paul is the NYC Technology Liaison for the National Writing Project.

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I am a biker, a blogger, a consultant, and a father. I am a husband, a photographer, a podcaster, and a runner. I am a searcher, a teacher, a vlogger, and a webcaster.

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blogging, google maps, high school, mapping, mashups, middle school, National Writing Project, new media, podcasting, reading, theory, video, vlogging, Web 2.0, webcasting, World Bridges, writing

bigotry, consultants selling products, educational portals

6-12 Teacher, Tech Liaison with New York City Writing Project

Secondary Education

East Side Community High School, NYC

New Journalism Teacher

I teach a "studio" class that is not within the "core curriculum" of the school. We learn about weblogs, wikis, podcasts, and other Web 2.0 tools.

find out more about "serious games."

Stay in the classroom.

Masters

Grove City High School, Grove City, PA, USA

Hunter College, CUNY and New York University

M.A. in English Education

My work as a technology teacher is grounded in many years of writing and reading pedagogy.