Dan Priest is a pre-service teacher from Western Michigan University and presented “Rethinking Technology in the Multimodal Classroom” at MCTE‘s fall conference. He suggested that his explorations of the internet and some of the tools available continue to inspire the ways in which he teaches with technology. Using his Wii remote/homemade Smartboard, he argues that [...]

Just a quick post to note that on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, NCTE celebrates the National Day on Writing. Events will occur all day through their webcast, and I will be joining in the chat from 9-10 AM and in a live video cast from 2:30 – 3:00 PM. Please join in by inviting your [...]

Teachers Teaching Teachers: Conferring and Response in the Digital Writing WorkshopOctober 14, 2009 In this final episode of our three part series, please join Troy Hicks, author of The Digital Writing Workshop, and Director of the Chippewa River Writing Project at Central Michigan University, as we continue exploring the principles and practices described in the [...]

This past weekend, our department chair received an email from a local high school English teacher who asked, in short, should they be teaching students how to do a “traditional” research paper — including the use of 3×5 note cards — because some of his colleagues are strong supporters of it and others consider it [...]

Teachers Teaching Teachers: Exploring Author’s Craft in the Digital Writing Workshop October 7, 2009 In this second episode of our three part series, please join Troy Hicks, author of The Digital Writing Workshop, and Director of the Chippewa River Writing Project at Central Michigan University, as we continue exploring the principles and practices described in [...]

As we settle in to the school year and begin to think more about how to invite students into digital writing, we want to continue our own exploration of tools and resources. In the past few weeks, I’ve received emails from two people sharing info about a digital writing tool and a storytelling website. The [...]