Archive for the ‘CRWP’ Category

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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Reflections on NWP and NCTE 2009

November 26, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

As the holidays begin, another conference season comes to a close.
For the past week, Sara and I have been in Philadelphia at the National Writing Project’s “Digital Is…” pre-conference, the NWP Annual Meeting, and the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. As it is each year, we enjoy spending time with colleagues and [...]

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Notes from “Integrating New Literacies into Classroom Practice and the Resulting Impact on Site Leadership”

November 20, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

Notes from “Integrating New Literacies into Classroom Practice and the Resulting Impact on Site Leadership”
NWP 2009 Annual Meeting
This session invited four teacher consultants/tech liaisons to discuss their personal experiences with technology and the ways in which these
experiences led to changes in their site’s work. Knowing two of these teachers through my work with NWP’s 2007 [...]

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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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Teachers Teaching Teachers — Episode 2: Exploring Author’s Craft

October 5, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

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 the book.
For [...]

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Reflecting on the Purposes of Digital Writing and Professional Development

September 29, 2009Troy Hicks 1 Comment »

Over the past few weeks, I have had a few opportunities to reexamine my thinking about the purposes of digital writing and professional development. As Sara begins her doctoral program at MSU and has started to share her own thinking through her “Connecting, Collaborating, Continuing to Learn” blog, it has given me pause to think [...]

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Upcoming Series on Teachers Teaching Teachers

September 27, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

Each Wednesday for the next three weeks, I will be hosting a series of episodes that invite teachers highlighted in the book on for conversations about teaching in the digital writing workshop. Here is the announcement for this week’s webcast:
Teachers Teaching Teachers: Choice and Inquiry in the Digital Writing Workshop September 30, 2009 [...]

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Teaching teachers about connected learning

July 1, 2009Troy Hicks No Comments »

This morning, we are in the middle of week two of our Chippewa River Writing Project summer institute, and the timing for writing this post couldn’t be better.
Yesterday, we went to the CMU library and our English reference librarian, Aparna Zambare, gave us an introduction to the library databases and Zotero. Minus a few technical [...]

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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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