About me
Mr. Chris Sloan has been teaching at Judge since 1986. He currently teaches AP English Language and Composition, freshmen English, New Media, and Digital Photography. He advises the school newspaper, The Bulldog Press, JMTV, and is also the webmaster for the school’s web site. From 2003-2007 he was the technology liaison for the Utah Writing Project and has conducted various workshops for both the UWP and the National Writing Project. He now collaborates with the Wasatch Range Writing Project at Weber State University. From 1998-2005 he was the Utah state director for the Journalism Education Association.
While he still is a proponent of traditional literacy skills, he uses a plethora of digital tools in his teaching because the definition of literacy is changing. You can read more about research on the new literacies at Reading Online, or from the NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies.
In his spare time, he coaches youth sports, and enjoys photography and playing music with his friends. He has written articles that have appeared in publications like Sports Illustrated for Kids, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Journal of Reading, the Intermountain Catholic, and Black Coffee magazine. He has also presented workshops for the Journalism Education Association, the Utah Writers and Photographers Clinic, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Utah Council of Teachers of English, and the International Reading Association. He has a B.A. from Carroll College in Helena, Montana and a M.Ed. from the University of Utah. As an undergraduate he also attended University-College in Galway, Ireland. He has been designated a Master Journalism Educator by the JEA, and also serves on their Certification Committee.
He is married with four children, two of whom have graduated from Judge. His other children attend Our Lady of Lourdes elementary school in Salt Lake. He serves on the board of Ulster Project-Utah.
