Digital Writing, Digital Teaching

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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 [...]

NOTE: This was written yesterday in the post-conference, pre-flight moments that I had on the train from downtown to the airport. Since my flight didn’t arrive in Lansing until about 1:30 AM last night, I was just now able to put the finishing touches on it. Hope it makes some sense… Sunday, January 25, 2009 [...]

Copyright Confusion Session Kristin Hokanson with Renee Hobbs Exercising fair use demands an expanded conception of literacy that includes mass media, popular culture, and communication skills Copyright confusion — the end has arrived with the  Code of Best Practices for Fair Use Overview video on fair use Purpose of copyright: to promote creativity, innovation, and [...]

Today, I will be introducing my ENG 315 pre-service teachers to the idea of developing their “digital teaching persona” and thinking critically about why and how to use technology in their personal technology learning and to become better teachers of writing. Each semester, I face the act of balancing the introduction of a number of [...]

Earlier this summer, Allen Webb and Robert Rozema published their text through Heinemann, Literature and the Web: Reading and Responding with New Technologies. I received a copy as a gift, and just got a chance to read it over Labor Day. Besides thanking the two of them for mentioning my blog in the book, I [...]

Today marked the end of our Project WRITE summer institute, and there were both smiles and tears to be found amongst the many of us who shared our writing this morning and our professional learning this afternoon. My partner, project leader Liz Webb, structured an amazing week, given all that we had to do from [...]

This recent article from eSchool News caught my attention and gave me pause to think about the course I am designing for the fall, ENG 460. Top News – Google unveils online reference tool For better or worse, Wikipedia–the online reference site that lets anyone add to its ever-growing body of knowledge–has changed the nature [...]

Tom Hanson from Open Education recently emailed me and alerted me to a post about technology infrastructure and professional development in schools. How Do We Ensure Our Schools Are Staffed with Technologically Savvy Teachers — Open Education Unfortunately, in many schools and for many teachers, the above five suggestions simply are not happening on a [...]

This week, I am at SITE 2008, preparing for a presentation on Project WRITE tomorrow. Today, I will try to blog from some of the sessions (as wifi will allow). Here are three sessions on digital storytelling that I attended this morning. (I will also cross-post on the Using Technology to Tell Stories Blog): An [...]

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