Archive for March, 2009

Quick Quote in MEA Voice

March 24, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

Just today, a colleague of mine was telling me that I need to be better at self-promotion. So, here goes…
Future teachers (college students now) use blogs and wikis to share their own writing—so they can someday help their own students do the same.
“Teachers are teaching the digital generation,” explained Troy Hicks, assistant professor of [...]

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Notes from “Digital Storytelling: Enhancing Language, Visual, and Media Literacies”

March 15, 2009Troy Hicks 2 Comments »

Digital Storytelling: Enhancing Language, Visual, and Media Literacies
MRA 2009 Presentation
Ledong Li, Tingfeng Luo, Wen Wu, Fan Zhang, Oakland University

What’s Your Story?

Stories Surround Us

What is digital storytelling?

Daniel Meadows: “short personal multimedia tales toldfrom the heart”

Educational Use of Digital Storytelling

Focus on specific topic and contain a particular [...]

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Announcing MIT’s International Journal of Learning and Media

March 10, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

Today, I received an exciting announcement from Kellie Bramlet with MIT Press Journals. In addition to the series of books that they released last year with a Creative Commons license, they are now offering the following new journal:
The International Journal of Learning and Media
MIT Press, in cooperation with The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education [...]

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Congrats to Janet and all RCWP Teachers

March 4, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

Been a long time since I’ve been blogging… hope to get “caught up” on some emerging ideas over spring break. But, for now, here is some good news from RCWP. Congrats to Janet for her leadership and all my colleagues whose work made this award possible!
The Engaged Scholar – Featured MSU Engaged Faculty – Janet [...]

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