Crafting Digital Writing – Page 8 – Digital Writing, Digital Teaching

Designing PD Experiences: Can You RELATe?

Jul 13, 2011

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in Collaboration, MSU, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, TPACK, Virtual Learning

This afternoon, second year students in MSU’s Master of Arts in Educational Technology presented a conference – in person and virtually – for their teaching colleagues: RELATe (Rouen Educational Leadership and Technology Conference, #relate11). This conference comes in the middle of the 4 week summer program, and is one of the main projects for Year 2…

Computers and Writing 2011 – Day 1

May 21, 2011

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Computers and Writing, Notes from Other Presentations, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

Random notes and ideas from day one at Computers and Writing 2011: Opening Town Hall Susan Antlitz — how and why do we want interactive spaces for teaching? Sharon Cogdill — how do technologies control us? Bradley Dilger — reading and writing code, using small amounts of code to attain big results Patricia Freitag Ericsson…

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…

Catching My Breath After #engchat

Jan 3, 2011

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Cyber Infrastructure, Digital Writing Workshop, English Education, Gaming, News and Notes, Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching

So, I just finished hosting the lightening round of Tweeting that is know as #engchat (wiki link). I sat down sat down at Panera with my bread bowl at about 6:45, thinking that I would have time to eat and follow a casual conversation. An hour later, there were so many great ideas that emerged…

Trial Run on Voice Dictation Software

Nov 9, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Blogging, Misc. Debris, New Literacies, News and Notes, Writing

This is the first blog post but I am composing not through the tips of my fingers (mostly), but through my own voice. I’ve long been interested in dictation software, and I have had some experience using Dragon NaturallySpeaking in the past, I was never really a fan. By the time it would take to…

(Still) Learning How to Be a Digital Writer, Digital Teacher

Oct 8, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, Digital Writing Workshop, ECNing, News and Notes, Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

As I whittle away some time between flights on my way to visit colleagues at the Boise State Writing Project this weekend, I finally have a few moments to capture some thoughts about my experience leading the book club conversation on the English Companion Ning during the month of September. Overall, I want to start…

Writing Beyond Expectations

Sep 24, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, Composition, Conferring and Response, Digital Writing Workshop, News and Notes, Presentations, Professional Development, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

Tomorrow, I have the privilege of keynoting the Eastern Michigan Writing Project’s fall conference, “Writing Beyond Expectations.” I have been giving a great deal of thought to the event, and as both a teacher educator and writing project director, have been trying to figure out how to frame my talk in light of the conference…

Please Join in the Conversation on the ECNing

Sep 4, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Digital Writing Workshop, ECNing, News and Notes, Professional Development

Over the next few weeks, I will be hosting a book club discussion on my book, The Digital Writing Workshop, on the English Companion Ning. As the discussion moves forward, I am imagining the ways in which we can employ other spaces and tools for discussion, as outlined in this post that I made to…

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,…

End of Semester Thoughts: Digital Storytelling, Wikis, and the Changing Conversation

May 26, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, Composition, CRWP, Digital Storytelling, ENG 315, English Education, Methods, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

Another semester has zoomed past and, before these thoughts escape me, and I begin a series of summer workshops and our CRWP summer institute, I am going to try to capture a few of the lessons learned in relation to digital writing and digital teaching. Good lessons seem to come in threes, so here goes:…

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