Janet Ilko
Cajon Valley Middle School ELD/Leadership Teacher
CVUSD
I am passionate about empowering middle school students to read and write about things they feel are important. The past two years have been spent focusing on long term English Learners, looking for projects and writing activities that spark their interest and help develop language for real life purposes. My goal is to use digital writing as a tool for student self expression. i am fellow in the San Diego Area Writing Project, and have been an educator for 25 years. I believe that you are never too experienced to learn new things. I have been working on using blogs and mobile devices with students to empower them to use their voice, their words, in their world. I am excited to be presenting at the CUE conference this year.