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(Advance) Response to Pre-Service Teachers’ Questions about Technology

Feb 21, 2015

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in Best Practice, Digital Writing Tools, English Education, Literacy, New Literacies, News and Notes, Professional Development, Teaching, Writing

This coming Monday night, I have been invited to join Sean Connors‘ preservice teachers at the University of Arkansas through a conversation on Google Hangouts. They created a very smart list of questions for me, and in order to maximize our time, I’ve written this brief response with lots of links, some of which we can explore together…

Hosting #engchat on 1/12/15

Jan 5, 2015

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Best Practice, Books, CCSS, Choice and Inquiry, Collaboration, Composition, Conferring and Response, Create Compose Connect, Digital Writing Tools, Mobile Learning, New Literacies, News and Notes, Professional Development, Teaching

As more and more students bring mobile devices to school, we have more opportunities (and challenges) to teach reading and writing, speaking and listening. For next week’s #engchat conversation (1/12/15 at 7:00 PM EST), join co-authors Jeremy Hyler (@Jeremybballer) and Troy Hicks (@hicsktro) as they share some strategies from their book, Create, Compose, Connect! Reading,…

Digital Media in Content Area Learning

Sep 26, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Connected Learning, Crafting Digital Writing, Digital Writing Tools, Gaming, New Media, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, Virtual Learning, Writing

Earlier this week, Liz Piazza asked: @hickstro Can various forms of new digital media (ie social networking, gaming) be effective in all content areas? — Liz Piazza (@mspizza5) September 22, 2014 At the time, I didn’t think I could answer in 140 characters, and I’m glad that I didn’t try. There are quite a few…

Networked Conversations and Transformational Technology

Sep 12, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in CMU, Connected Learning, Education Reform, ENG 315, Methods, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

This past week has been a busy one for me, with professional experiences ranging from face-to-face workshops and two webinars, to our first school-based field experiences with pre-service teachers; additionally I met with my writing project leadership team, facilitated two writing groups and ended last night by helping to moderate a panel discussion amongst principals…

Contributing to the Conversation: Pre-Service Teachers Get Started on Twitter

Sep 3, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Best Practice, CMU, Collaboration, Connected Learning, ENG 315, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

Over the past week, my ENG 315 students have been joining Twitter and using the #eng315cmu hashtag to start discussing ideas related to teaching writing and creating their own PLNs. I provided them with a few resources to get moving along. First, to create your own professional learning network and reading list, begin by reading How…

Inviting Pre-service Teachers into the Social Media Conversation

Aug 17, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Best Practice, CMU, Connected Learning, Crafting Digital Writing, ENG 315, English Education, Methods, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Professional Development, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

This fall — in fact, tomorrow — marks my return to the classroom after a year-long sabbatical filled with many research projects, lots of writing, and quite a bit of travel. Like most teachers, I both crave and fear the “regularity” of the school; the days become somewhat more regimented, but the overall craziness of…

Managing Learning and Assessment in a Connected Learning Environment

Aug 11, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Connected Learning, CRWP, Curation, Digital Reading, Digital Writing Workshop, Interviews, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, Reading in a Digital Age, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching

Earlier this evening, I participated in a wonderful closing discussion as part of the sixth and final webinar in KQED’s TeachDoNow series. The archived video as well as a summary of my tweets with links from the conversation are below. Broadly, our conversation centered on this big question: How do you manage learners, tasks, resources, and assessment…

Social Media, Educational Research, and “Keeping It Real”

Jul 13, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Academic Life, Collaboration, Crafting Digital Writing, Educational Research, MRA, News and Notes, Notes from Other Presentations, NWP, Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

This summer, I’m participating in KQED’s #TeachDoNow MOOC, though I am just a little bit behind the game. I finally caught up on the week one webcast, and I have been checking out the discussion board on Google+. Later this summer, the week of August 11, I will cohost a webcast on the idea of “How do…

Welcome IWP Colleauges

Jun 13, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Blogging, Digital Writing Tools, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, Social Networking, Writing

This morning, I am looking forward to a conversation with colleagues from the Indiana Writing Project about the ways that I use blogging and Twitter as a writer during their Advanced Institute: Get Your Write On! My colleague Susanna Benko will be getting the conversation started, and then I will be joining in to answer some…

Live, Learn, and Thrive

Apr 17, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Best Practice, Digital Is, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, Sabbatical, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

Though I first met Meenoo Rami before a National Writing Project retreat in January 2011, it was over that long weekend that my wife, Sara, and I were able to talk with her about a new venture she was beginning, #engchat. I was intrigued by her idea that a weekly chat could be something interesting…

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