Category: Books
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AI in Assignments, Assessments, and Authentic Student Engagement
Reflecting on a semester of teaching my own students, collaborating with PK-12 colleagues in a sustained series of PD experiences, and co-facilitating a higher education faculty learning group (FLC), I offer reflections on the intentional integration of AI in light of the WestEd Digital Fluency group’s “Friction by Design” framework for integrating AI in instruction.
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How are you teaching writing in the age of AI?
Though we are now many years into the “new normal,” with AI-infused tools and the ubiquitous chatbots still dominating conversations in education, it seems as though many resources are still focused on providing educators with tips and tricks for using AI in their own work or teaching students about AI, with only limited use of…
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Two Open Access Publications in 2024
2024 has nearly slipped by, yet it is worth noting two recent open access publications, one in which I served as a co-editor and co-author, and another in which I served as a co-author. Earlier this year, the WAC Clearinghouse released Better Practices: Exploring the Teaching of Writing in Online and Hybrid Spaces, co-edited with…
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Digital Diligence Webinar Recording
This past week, I was honored to present “Digital Diligence” as the third in a series of webinars in this year’s Medialogue on Propaganda Project. Learn about “digital diligence”—an alert, intentional stance that helps both teachers and students use technology productively, ethically, and responsibly.
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Using Digital Texts to Deepen Understanding
Join Brandon Abdon (@BrandonAbdon), Alice Wu, Andy Schoenborn (@aschoenborn), and Troy Hicks (@hickstro) as we explore ways to give students a choice in topic and approach, all as they develop their digital writing skill. Watch the Live Stream Here on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 from 7:30 to 9:00 PM Eastern
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Announcing Mindful Teaching with Technology: Digital Diligence
Set for release on October 29, 2021, my book Mindful Teaching with Technology: Digital Diligence in the English Language Arts, visitors to my website can receive a special offer of 25% off from Guilford Press. Learn more…
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CCIRA Podcast (July 22, 2021)
Troy Hicks, professor of English and Education at Central Michigan University, former middle school language arts teacher, and Director of the Chippewa River Writing Project shares about New Literacies in the classroom.
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CFP: Better Practices: Experts and Emerging Instructors Explore How to Better Teach Writing in Online and Hybrid Spaces
those that teach high school students preparing for college, as well as those at two- and four-year institutions — continue to extend and adapt their teaching practices in a post-pandemic world, we know that there are still no “best” practices, yet we continue to get better. We want to learn from you! http://bit.ly/better-practices
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Resources for ETA NSW
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in Academic Life, Argument in the Real World, Assessing Students’ Digital Writing, Assessment, Because Digital Writing Matters, Best Practice, Books, Collaboration, Composition, Connected Reading, Crafting Digital Writing, Create Compose Connect, Digital Writing Workshop, English Education, From Texting to Teaching, Hybrid Learning, Literacy, Mobile Learning, New Literacies, News and Notes, Online Learning, Open Content, Professional Development, Reflections, Research Writing Rewired, Teaching, Virtual Learning, WritingThis list of curated resources represents work that I have produced from March to May of 2020, all aimed at helping educators as they transitioned to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The full article. “Critical, creative, and compassionate: Resources for teaching English in an era of COVID-19” appears in Australia’s English Teachers Association NSW’s…
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Podcast with Ivy Ewell Eldridge on “Writing with Digital Tools”
While attending the California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) conference in February, I was invited to speak with CNUSDEdChat. My thanks to the entire CNUSDEdChat team — Ivy Ewell-Eldridge, Annemarie Cortez, Kim Kemmer, Jenny Cordura, and Kate Jackson — for welcoming me to this conversation. Follow more of their work via their homepage, Soundcloud…