Category: Crafting Digital Writing

Reflecting on the Purposes of Digital Writing and Professional Development

Sep 29, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, CRWP, Digital Writing Workshop, English Education, Methods, NCTE, New Literacies, New Media, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teachers Teaching Teachers, Writing

Over the past few weeks, I have had a few opportunities to reexamine my thinking about the purposes of digital writing and professional development. As Sara begins her doctoral program at MSU and has started to share her own thinking through her “Connecting, Collaborating, Continuing to Learn” blog, it has given me pause to think…
Back to School, Back to Digital Writing

Sep 7, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in NCTE, News and Notes, Professional Development, Social Networking

Well, the summer has certainly slipped by, as they all tend to do, and I am now getting back in the swing of things. To that end, I have exciting news to share — the publication of my new Heinemann title, The Digital Writing Workshop. Building on the writing workshop principles of choice and inquiry,…
Teaching Blogging with Kathi Yancey

Jul 2, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Blogging, Composition, English Education, New Literacies, Notes from Other Presentations, Writing

Today, I am at Fordham University, presenting at their summer literacy institute focusing on 21st Century Literacies. I am honored to have the opportunity to present with Kathi Yancey, and she is currently in the middle of her session about “Blogging Alive,” asking participants to think about the purposes and audiences for blogging. She began…
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…
Notes from “Digital Storytelling: Enhancing Language, Visual, and Media Literacies”

Mar 15, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, Digital Storytelling, Literacy, MRA 2009, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, New Media, Notes from Other Presentations

Digital Storytelling: Enhancing Language, Visual, and Media Literacies MRA 2009 Presentation Ledong Li, Tingfeng Luo, Wen Wu, Fan Zhang, Oakland University What’s Your Story? Stories Surround Us What is digital storytelling? Daniel Meadows: “short personal multimedia tales toldfrom the heart” Educational Use of Digital Storytelling Focus on specific topic and contain a particular point ofview…
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…