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Notes from Alfie Kohn’s Talk at CMU

March 17, 2010Troy Hicks 1 Comment »

Alfie Kohn, an outspoken critic of traditional schooling and standardized testing, spoke at CMU on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Here are some notes I captured from his talk, “Overhauling the Transmission Model: An overview of traditional versus progressive teaching”

You may know if you have been a student or teacher that learning is not simply a [...]

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Looking for Feedback on the Idea of a Digital Writing Project

November 8, 2009Troy Hicks 2 Comments »

As we prepare to head to the NWP Annual Meeting and NCTE Convention in just about a week, I am also plugging away at our Chippewa River Writing Project Continued Funding Application. I have come to one of the most compelling parts of the report, at least for me… the point where we reflect on [...]

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Do You Use 3×5 Cards? Rethinking the Research Process

October 7, 2009Troy Hicks 1 Comment »

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 [...]

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Reflections on Day One of a Digital Writing Project

June 23, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

In the few moments that I have before beginning the second day of the Chippewa River Writing Project summer institute, I wanted to pause to reflect on what happened in day one as it relates to digital writing. We were able to get up and running with very little trouble in way of having [...]

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Story on CRWP from The News @ Central

May 19, 2009Troy Hicks 2 Comments »

From our site visit earlier this winter, the media and public relations team at CMU has put together an article and podcast about the Chippewa River Writing Project. I find it fitting that as we pursue digital writing within the project that the way in which it was announced to the CMU community comes in [...]

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Creating a Digital Writing Project

April 15, 2009Troy Hicks 3 Comments »

As the end of the semester approaches, the pace quickens for us as we plan for our inaugural summer institute at the Chippewa River Writing Project. In conversations that began many months ago and have stretched across talks with NWP folks like Will, Bud, Paul, Peter, and Sara, my thinking on what I want for [...]

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Reflections on the Semester and the Season

December 18, 2008Troy Hicks 2 Comments »

Been trying to get focused on writing for the books again tonight, but catching up on RSS reading and some recent posts from Andrea, Aram, and Sara reminded me to take some time with family and catch up on some personal reading (besides RSS feeds).
So, I figured I would reflect on a few things from [...]

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Notes from 7 Revolutions Webcast

October 2, 2008Troy Hicks 1 Comment »

Notes from Seven Revolutions Webcast
by Erik Peterson, Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic and International Studies

See also: Global Strategy Institute and GSI Blog

Intro

Saint Exupery – “… your task is not to foresee the
future, but rather to enable it.”
Inverse correlation between leadership responsibilities
and the capacity to plan and lead strategically
William Gibson – “The future [...]

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CMU Podcast Interview on Technology Literacy

April 24, 2008Troy Hicks No Comments »

Earlier this month, one of my students, Lynette Seitz, and I were interviewed by Heather Smith, CMU’s Assistant Director of Media Relations about technology literacy and our work in ENG 315 this semester.
I appreciate her invitation to record this podcast and it was wonderful to have Lynette’s voice in there, too, as a pre-service teacher [...]

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Beginning to Think About Fall 2008 Courses

February 29, 2008Troy Hicks 3 Comments »

It is just barely spring break here (well, break at least, if not spring) and I am already turning my attention somewhat to the fall. I have been asked to adapt two existing CMU courses into ones focusing on digital writing. Here is what I have come up with so far:
ENG 460 – Current Issues [...]

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