October 9th, 1998
Title: Beginning With Generative Topics
Author: Lisa Gruenhagen
As I begin the school year I find myself specifically wondering about what things are most important for my students to learn this year. What concepts, themes or ideas can I present that will easily connect to their experiences and will help them to see the interconnectedness among different and seemingly distant disciplines? ...  

December 16th, 1998
Title: ALPS Site Use
Author: Lisa Gruenhagen
Having come to know the ALPS site, as I feel I have, from the inside out, has put a unique perspective on how I've come to think about it as a place to be, and how I've incorporated it into my practice ...  

February 4th, 1999
Title: Developing Understanding Goals
Author: Lisa Gruenhagen
As I turn my attention to the development of Understanding Goals (UGs), the concepts, skills, and ideas I’ve identified as most important for my students to understand in a unit of study, I realize what insight (into my students’ interests and understanding thus far) I have gained from identifying Generative Topics (GTs) at least in partial collaboration with my students. ...