Category: Wiki

Rethinking a Wiki vs LMS for Course Design

Jan 3, 2017

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hickstro

in Academic Life, Assessment, Best Practice, CMU, Collaboration, Connected Learning, EDU 807, Educational Research, Hybrid Learning, Mobile Learning, News and Notes, Online Learning, Open Content, Open Courses, Reflections, Teaching, Wiki, Writing

Last year, when I first taught EDU 807, “Learning Tools in Education Technology,” one of my goals was to employ a wiki as a learning management system (LMS) so the doctoral students involved in the course could participate in a more open, collaborative form of social scholarship. I have long been an advocate of using…
Social Network “Fail” Leads to A Renewed Approach to ENG 315

Jan 12, 2013

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Troy Hicks

in CMU, ENG 315, English Education, Methods, News and Notes, Professional Development, Teaching, Wiki

Another semester began this week, and I have been updating my syllabus and wiki site for ENG 315. Last semester, I was quite surprised and delighted by the number of you who asked me about my Wikispaces to Edmodo shift. Well, we learn from our failures, right? This is one that taught me a great…
Making a Change: From Wikis to Social Networking in ENG 315

Sep 17, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in CMU, ENG 315, Professional Development, Social Networking, Teaching, Wiki

For the first time in five years, I am starting an ENG 315 course without using a wiki and, instead, will be relying on Edmodo as the primary space for communicating with my students. This is a big pedagogical shift for me, one that (to be honest) invoked a little bit of healthy anxiety when…
Wikispaces announces free wikis for higher ed

Feb 25, 2011

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Troy Hicks

in CRWP, Digital Writing Workshop, ENG 315, English Education, News and Notes, Professional Development, Wiki

For those of you who know my teaching and writing, you know that I am a fan of wikis, in particular of Wikispaces. From my ENG 315 course to the Chippewa River Writing Project, from my own wiki full of digital writing resources to the wiki for my book, I use their wikis all the…
Mid-Summer Thoughts: Technology Use in Class

Aug 2, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in CMU, CRWP, Hybrid Learning, Methods, Multiliteracies, New Humanities, New Literacies, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Wiki

Recently, a conversation on our department’s listserve sparked me to offer a rare response. Most of what you need to know about the conversation on the list is embedded in my comments below, and I would welcome ideas for how you help students use technology during class in productive, ethical, and responsible ways. — Colleagues,…
Sessions at Wisconsin State Reading Association Conference

Feb 4, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Composition, CRWP, Digial Writing Project, Digital Storytelling, Digital Writing Workshop, New Literacies, News and Notes, NWP, Presentations, Professional Development, Social Networking, TPACK, Wiki, Writing, WSRA 2010

Tomorrow, I will be presenting two sessions at the Sessions at Wisconsin State Reading Association Conference. Here are descriptions of the sessions and the related presentations: From School to Screen: Why Digital Writing Matters (9:30 – 10:45) Without question, writing continues to change in the twenty-first century. Teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders value the…
Looking for Feedback on the Idea of a Digital Writing Project

Nov 8, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in CMU, Collaboration, Composition, CRWP, Digial Writing Project, English Education, Literacy, Methods, NCTE, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, Teaching, Wiki, Writing

As we prepare to head to the NWP Annual Meeting and NCTE Convention in just about a week, I am also plugging away at our Chippewa River Writing Project Continued Funding Application. I have come to one of the most compelling parts of the report, at least for me… the point where we reflect on…
Story on CRWP from The News @ Central

May 19, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in CMU, Collaboration, CRWP, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, RCWP, Wiki, Writing

From our site visit earlier this winter, the media and public relations team at CMU has put together an article and podcast about the Chippewa River Writing Project. I find it fitting that as we pursue digital writing within the project that the way in which it was announced to the CMU community comes in…
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…
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…