Archive for the ‘Composition’ Category

Report from RCWP’s WIDE PATHS 2010

February 27, 2010Troy Hicks 1 Comment »

This morning, I was fortunate enough to be invited “home” to present my session, “Creating Your Digital Writing Workshop” at Red Cedar Writing Project’s WIDE PATHS II. Beyond the wonderful feeling of being “home” with about 30 colleagues from RCWP and sharing my book with them, I continue to be inspired by the amazing work [...]

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Sessions at Wisconsin State Reading Association Conference

February 4, 2010Troy Hicks 1 Comment »

Tomorrow, I will be presenting two sessions at the Sessions at Wisconsin State Reading Association Conference. Here are descriptions of the sessions and the related presentations:
From School to Screen: Why Digital Writing Matters (9:30 – 10:45)
Without question, writing continues to change in the twenty-first century. Teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders value the teaching of [...]

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Composing Community

January 17, 2010Troy Hicks 1 Comment »

My friend and RCWP colleague, Marcus Brown, has been working for about a year to open the Village Summit in the house next door to his Lansing home. You can read about many of the trials and tribulations that Marcus, his wife, and everyone involved in creating the Village Summit have had to endure in [...]

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Notes from “The Social Media Portfolio: Using Technology to Promote Meta-cognitive Skill Development” at NWP’s Digital Is

November 18, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

The Social Media Portfolio: Using Technology to Promote Meta-cognitive Skill Development
At NWP’s Digital Is
Rafi Santo, Amana Kaskazi, and Shonell Richmond

Global Kids

20 Years in existence and focusing on significant global issues
Issues: Local to global and global to local understanding
Leadership: Skills necessary to affect change
Technology: How does new media contribute to our mission of global citizenship; our [...]

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Notes from Danielle Nicole DeVoss’s Opening Keynote at NWP’s “Digital Is…”

November 18, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

Danielle Nicole DeVoss asks us to think about what digital was then and is now…
Digital is…

Networked — we compose in networked spaces
Collaborative — people are able to connect and create through these networks (LolCats)
Multimodal — typography, kinetic type, digital stories
Re-Mediated — taking a media object and recreating it so it moves across media; moving across [...]

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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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Notes from Dan Priest’s “Rethinking Technology in the Multimodal Classroom”

October 30, 2009Troy Hicks 1 Comment »

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 [...]

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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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Teaching Blogging with Kathi Yancey

July 2, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

Today, I am at Fordham University, presenting at their summer literacy institute focusing on 21st Century Literacies. I am honored to have the opportunity to present with Kathi Yancey, and she is currently in the middle of her session about “Blogging Alive,” asking participants to think about the purposes and audiences for blogging.
She began by [...]

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San Antonio, Tech To Go, and Back to the Snow

November 26, 2008Troy Hicks 2 Comments »

Apologies in advance for what will be a long post here, as my “reflection in action” during the conference consisted more of trying to find free wifi and navigating the Riverwalk than it did of actually having time to sit down and think. I tried to break my thinking up by day, for what that’s [...]

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