Category: Online Identity

Teaching Participatory Media and Democracy (AERA, Part 4)

May 6, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in AERA, Educational Research, Media and Pop Culture, Notes from Other Presentations, Online Identity, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking

Let’s begin with the critique of this panel’s main premise, that social media is transforming civic education and participatory democracy. That critique was the what discussant Joel Westheimer (University of Ottawa) offered. From his perspective, the technologies that allow us to use social media — the mobile web with apps, the ability to find, share, and…
School Reform, Digital Learning, Online Privacy, and Food Waste

Feb 26, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in Curation, Fair Use, Media and Pop Culture, NWP, Online Identity, P2PU, Presentations, Professional Development, Social Networking, Teachers Teaching Teachers

Here we are with another month having passed us by and it seems like I’m struggling with a number of issues related to digital learning, in some senses, but more broadly on issues of school reform and how we will ever be able to set the ship of education sailing in the right direction again.…
Notes from Lisa Dawley’s “The Evolution of Teacher Education in a Digital Learning Era” at SITe 2010″

Mar 31, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, Cyber Infrastructure, Educational Research, Gaming, Hybrid Learning, Methods, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, New Media, Notes from Other Presentations, Online Identity, Open Courses, Professional Development, Second Life, SITE 2010, Social Networking

The Evolution of Teacher Education in a Digital Learning Era: Transforming Knowledge in the Global Network Lisa Dawley, Boise State University The Unavoidable Evolution in Teacher Education Travels around the world, others saying that American students are creative; yet, still calls for reform, especially in teacher education, keep happening here in US New US EdTech…
Notes from Erin Reilly’s “Remix Culture for Learning” at SITE 2010

Mar 31, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Collaboration, Copyright, Creative Commons, English Education, Fair Use, Gaming, Graphic Novels, Internet Research, Media and Pop Culture, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, New Media, Notes from Other Presentations, Online Identity, Online Reading, Professional Development, SITE 2010, Social Networking

The Gap Between Life and Art: Remix Culture for Learning Erin Reilly, University of Southern California Project New Media Literacies Context of remix culture One in four online teens remix content that they find online (like songs, text, and images) and remix them into their own artistic creations Remixing media is a part of participatory…
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…
Notes and Reaction from “Growing Up Online”

Jan 23, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in IM, Media and Pop Culture, News and Notes, Online Identity, Social Networking

Here are some notes and reactions to the “Growing Up Online” special as it goes… Some initial introductions, showing students as deceptive about online activity and generally showing parents as luddites Scenes from schools, teachers claiming that they need to be “entertainers” and that it is difficult for students to focus and can not be…
Frontline’s “Growing Up Online” – Tuesday, January 22 @ 9:00

Jan 20, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in News and Notes, Online Identity, Social Networking

My friend Jim sent this along to me and I thought that it might be of interest to many of you, especially those of you who are parents. I am going to try to watch it and would be interested in hearing your thoughts and reactions to it. FRONTLINE: coming soon: growing up online |…
Open Access to MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning

Dec 13, 2007

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Troy Hicks

in Books, Collaboration, Gaming, Literacy, Media and Pop Culture, Multiliteracies, New Media, News and Notes, Online Identity, Open Content

An email from Leigh alerted me to this great set of resources. Check them out: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning – Series – The MIT Press The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning examines the effect of digital media tools…
Musings on Multiliteracies

Jul 11, 2007

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Troy Hicks

in Multiliteracies, Online Identity, Professional Development, RCWP, Reflections, Social Networking, TM07

Since it has been a few weeks since my last blog post, I have been engaged in the first and second week of RCWP’s summer institute, the online discussion for Tech Matters 2007, and a few days offline when we took a long holiday weekend up north. So, there are many, many ideas floating in…
Teachers’ Online Personas (Discussion from My Dissertation Defense)

May 22, 2007

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Troy Hicks

in English Education, Multiliteracies, Online Identity, Presentations

Today was my dissertation defense, and I am happy to say that I passed with no major revisions. Hooray! There are still some minor things that I need to touch up, but that is to be expected. So, my hope is that I will have this all wrapped up and turned in to the grad…