Author: hickstro
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Saturday Morning Sessions for NYSRA 2019
This morning, I am honored to facilitate a two-hour workshop at the New York State Reading Association’s annual conference, “Creating Your Digital Writing Workshop,” as well as a one-hour session, “Research Writing Rewired: Examining Multimedia Non-Fiction as a Mentor Text.” Creating Your Digital Writing Workshop “Guiding Student Writers as They Work with Digital Tools” post…
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Teaching and Learning (Digital) Literacy in Higher Education
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTWpK0-lUuMENwoVep64p3jVPQHq4dSR6R9XyBbz5uA1VwDaEc5yrIbDdw_ASdrosbhW-mqYXExYscU/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=5000″ width=”480″ height=”299″ /] This morning, I am honored to present for the College Reading Educators during one of their session at the New York State Reading Association’s annual conference. My talk will focus on the idea that, without question, learning continues to change in the twenty-first century. Higher education faculty have…
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Summer 2019 Publications: RRQ and English Journal
While they both require individual or institutional subscriptions to read, I am pleased to share my two most recent co-authored publications: Turner, K. H., Hicks, T., & Zucker, L. (Advance online publication). Connected Reading: A Framework for Understanding How Adolescents Encounter, Evaluate, and Engage With Texts in the Digital Age. Reading Research Quarterly, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.271…
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Recap of #ILAChat from August 8, 2019
Earlier this month, I was invited to be a co-host of ILA’s chat, focused this month on the “dos and don’ts” in writing instruction. As a prelude to a Research Address at this fall’s annual ILA convention, the entire conversation was robust, and I am particularly appreciative of Dr. David Kirkland‘s erudite responses and questions.…
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Archived Webinar: “Multimodal Composition: Beyond Boring Nonfiction”
Earlier this summer, I was invited to collaborate with colleagues from the organization who runs Wonderopolis, the National Center for Families Learning, to co-lead a webinar with their Developmental Editor, Wendee Mullikin. We discuss ways in which teachers can use Wonderopolis as engaging texts for their readers, pivoting into ways that these “wonders” can then…
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Peer Review in Public
This afternoon, partially as a way to procrastinate from my own writing and partially because I was genuinely interested in the invitation, I participated in an “open review” of Remi Kalir and Antero Garcia‘s forthcoming manuscript, Annotation. Their open review process will continue through August 23, 2019, so jump in! They request that commentary adhere…
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Digital Diligence (SIDL 2019 Keynote)
For the fourth consecutive summer, I am honored to present the Thursday morning keynote at the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy. Over the past year, I have become increasingly concerned about dire headlines that move beyond the “kids these days” kinds of arguments we have heard in the past to a deeper, more disconcerting tone…
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Teaching, Learning, Living: Using Writing to Nurture Personal and Professional Growth
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vR4SWBR92Vj0Svh0-XOdTjBtkmvk-9uwjgHuSpxvNqCxQmVOBN9JI-j963tjmga17nMP5Tge-zns9sx/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000″ width=”480″ height=”299″ /] Links from Presentation “Why Writing Better Will Make You a Better Person” from the Chronicle of Higher Education Coaching Teacher Writers Peer Conversation Stems from the Core Collaborative Publication outlets to consider Edutopia Teach Thought Educational Leadership They Say/I Say Templates This work is licensed under a Creative…
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Digital Literacy Resource from USC Rossier School of Education
Earlier this spring, I was contacted by Brian Poles from 2U on behalf of USC’s Rossier School of Education, and he shared their new digital literacy resource, their “Toolkit for Digitally Literate Teachers.” They make the case that “Digital literacy skills have become essential to academic, career and interpersonal success,” and the resources provided delve…
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Recent Post on The EdCollab: From Wonder to Writing
Please enjoy my most recent post, “From Wonder to Writing: Invite Students Into Inquiry Through Online Articles” on the EdCollab blog. Our best literacy teachers, especially those of you engaging with the TheEdCollab, have known for a long time that we must provide students with mentor texts in order to help them better understand the…