This morning, I am pleased to be a part of Littleton Public Schools’ Adolescent Literacy Institute, and I am able to participate in Harvey “Smokey” Daniels’ keynote, “Best Practice Across the Curriculum.” Here are some notes from his session: Goals for today Define “Best Practice” Consider the missing link: student collaboration Watch video of kids [...]

A smorgasbord of sessions from SITE 2010 with the notes I was able to catch from each (some more than others)… enjoy! Technology Enhanced Collaboration – Schools and Teachers Engaged in Professional Development Tim Frey, Kansas State University Context Two districts that are 65 miles apart and both rural 20 teachers, K-12 (web cam and stipend) Online [...]

The Evolution of Teacher Education in a Digital Learning Era: Transforming Knowledge in the Global Network Lisa Dawley, Boise State University The Unavoidable Evolution in Teacher Education Travels around the world, others saying that American students are creative; yet, still calls for reform, especially in teacher education, keep happening here in US New US EdTech [...]

The Gap Between Life and Art: Remix Culture for Learning Erin Reilly, University of Southern California Project New Media Literacies Context of remix culture One in four online teens remix content that they find online (like songs, text, and images) and remix them into their own artistic creations Remixing media is a part of participatory [...]

Notes from “Blending Online and On-Site Spaces and Communities: Developing Effective Practices” Niki Davis, Julie Mackey, Ann Mcgrath, Donna Morrow, Lawrence Walker, Nicki Dabner, University of Canterbury, New Zealand E-learning blends to discuss Blending physical and virtual spaces Blending teacher’s online learning communities and local communities of colleagues Blending teaching practice online with teachers redeveloping [...]

Notes from “Pre-Service English Teachers and Web 2.0: Teaching and Learning Literacy with Digital Applications” Luke Rodesiler and Lauren Tripp, University of Florida Helping pre-service teachers re-imagine what it means to be literate Tools including VoiceThread, PBWorks, and Xtranormal Theoretical framework including social constructionism, interactional elements of effective literacy instruction and how texts are constructed [...]

Doug Hartman, from MSU’s Literacy Achievement Resource Center, spoke at MRA 2010 on “The Future of Reading and Writing at the Present Time: Preparing Students and Teachers for the 21st Century.” Update – 3/30/10 – Embedded Slideshare Presentation MRA 2010 Conference Session View more presentations from Douglas K. Hartman. He outlined four shifts that are [...]

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 [...]

Earlier this month, I blogged about some sessions from the Wisconsin State Reading Association on the NWP Walkabout Posterous site and I am (finally) cross-posting them here with links to the original posts… sorry for the delay! 2/7/10 - Cinch from Coiro and Kajder I really enjoy it when new technologies challenge me. Honest… Figuring out [...]

Notes from “Erasing Copyright Confusion” at NCTE 2009 Joyce Valenza, Renee Hobbs, Kristin Hokanson, and Michael RobbGrieco Center for Social Media Renee Hobbs, Temple — What is the purpose of copyright? Protect intellectual property Ownership, profit Authors’ right In fact, the purpose of copyright is to promote creativity, innovation, and the spread of knowledge Owners [...]