Digital Writing, Digital Teaching

Category: Digital Writing Tools

Notes from “Using Social Media to Define the New Humanities”

Jan 24, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, EduCon, New Humanities, New Literacies, New Media, Notes from Other Presentations, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

Notes from “Using Social Media to Define the New Humanities” – Antonio Viva Thinking about new humanities Context, conversation, collaboration How do we educate our students for success in the web 2.0 world? Can we harness the power of social media to provide students with a vehicle for exploring and creating original content? Old School…
Personal Technology Learning and the Teaching of Writing

Jan 15, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Blogging, Collaboration, Copyright, ENG 315, English Education, Literacy, Methods, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Wiki, Writing

Today, I will be introducing my ENG 315 pre-service teachers to the idea of developing their “digital teaching persona” and thinking critically about why and how to use technology in their personal technology learning and to become better teachers of writing. Each semester, I face the act of balancing the introduction of a number of…
Reflections on the Semester and the Season

Dec 18, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in Blogging, CMU, ENG 315, ENG 460, English Education, Methods, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

Been trying to get focused on writing for the books again tonight, but catching up on RSS reading and some recent posts from Andrea, Aram, and Sara reminded me to take some time with family and catch up on some personal reading (besides RSS feeds). So, I figured I would reflect on a few things…
San Antonio, Tech To Go, and Back to the Snow

Nov 26, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, Composition, Digital Storytelling, English Education, Literacy, Multiliteracies, NCTE, NCTE 2008, New Literacies, News and Notes, Notes from Other Presentations, NWP, Professional Development, Project WRITE, RCWP, Social Networking, Teaching, Wiki, Writing

Apologies in advance for what will be a long post here, as my “reflection in action” during the conference consisted more of trying to find free wifi and navigating the Riverwalk than it did of actually having time to sit down and think. I tried to break my thinking up by day, for what that’s…
Visual Literacy Tool – PictLits

Oct 24, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in Digital Photography, Media and Pop Culture, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, New Media, News and Notes, Teaching

Recently, I was contacted by Carrie Lightner from PicLits.com. She said: I came across your blog and I thought you might be interested in our new web site, www.PicLits.com. It is a fun and new site that can be a great online teaching tool for educators. It helps get students interested in writing and serves…
Engaging in the Discussion

Oct 24, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in News and Notes, Social Networking

Well, it is a bit hypocritical of me to post these links right now, as I have not had a chance to even check email until today, let alone become a part of these conversations. But, there are a few things going on right now that are worth checking out.First, I got an email about…
Announcing TimeRime.com

Oct 8, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, ENG 460, New Media, News and Notes, Timelines

Announcing TimeRime.com A note from Jermaine Lievendag of TimeRime.com We have launched a website called www.timerime.com. TimeRime.com is a website that allows visitors to view, create and compare timelines. These timelines can be illustrated with pictures, text, YouTube movies and MP3. On our website, you will find timelines about music, movies, history, politics, art et…
Props for Wikispaces

Sep 23, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, News and Notes, Professional Development, Teaching, Wiki

Anyone who has ever been in one of my classes or workshops knows that I rely on Wikispaces for almost all of my teaching and professional development. Read more about their new K12 initiative in this article. A quarter million teachers to get free wikis | Gaming and Culture – CNET News A San Francisco…
Brief Review of Webb and Rozema’s “Literature and the Web”

Sep 3, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in Books, Copyright, Creative Commons, Digital Storytelling, English Education, Literacy, Methods, Multiliteracies, News and Notes, Professional Development

Earlier this summer, Allen Webb and Robert Rozema published their text through Heinemann, Literature and the Web: Reading and Responding with New Technologies. I received a copy as a gift, and just got a chance to read it over Labor Day. Besides thanking the two of them for mentioning my blog in the book, I…
Dr. Yong Zhao – Keynote Highlights

Aug 13, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in Cyber Infrastructure, Educational Research, Gaming, Media and Pop Culture, Notes from Other Presentations, Online Identity, Professional Development, Second Life, Social Networking, Teaching

Highlights from the keynote address at the St. Clair RESA Symposium on 21st Century Learning August 13, 2008 Port Huron High School Yong Zhao, MSU Mistakes with technology and schools Solution seeking problems — we put technology in school, but the problems were not there or evident Trusting the wrong agent — Whose machine is…