March 6, 2010Troy Hicks
An NWP colleague, Natalie Bernasconi from the Central California Writing Project, recently sent an email with some questions:
I’m interested in how infusing technology into the classroom as exemplified by Youth Voices and other initiatives changes the way teachers see their own role and their own identity.
I’m also interested in examining the relationship between teachers’ sense [...]
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February 4, 2010Troy Hicks
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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November 26, 2009Troy Hicks
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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March 6, 2008Troy Hicks
Thinking Creatively: Teachers as Designers of Technology, Pedagogy, and Content (TPACK)
Punya Mishra and Matthew J. Koehler, Michigan State University
Three points to the refrain
Teaching with technology is a wicked problem
Wicked problems need creative solutions
Teachers want to create solutions
Teaching
It is messy: Teaching is always “about something” — the content
Yet every discipline is messy, too — the canon, [...]
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