Category: Copyright

Reflecting on Digital English in Taiwan

Jun 12, 2015

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Troy Hicks

in Academic Life, Assessment, Copyright, English Education, Fair Use, Internet Research, Literacy, News and Notes, Reflections, Shih Chien, Teaching, Writing

With a little bit of time in Tokyo’s Narita Airport, I figured I should try to capture some of my thinking about teaching my Digital English Learning course at Shih Chien University (USC) in Taipei, Taiwan. As expected, the three weeks have disappeared already, and we focused conversations and class activities on issues such as online privacy, creating a professional…
Digital Mentor Text #6: Feminist Frequency

Jan 13, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in Copyright, Digital Mentor Texts, Digital Writing Workshop, Fair Use, Journalism, Media and Pop Culture

One last post here on digital mentor texts for the week, with some time to read and reflect planned for the weekend. I have to admit, my original plan to end the week was an “oldie, but goodie” (we can we consider 2007 “old,” at least in YouTube terms, right?): The Machine is Us/ing Us by Michael…
Digital Mentor Text #3: “The Power of Words”

Jan 10, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in Copyright, Creative Commons, Digital Mentor Texts, Digital Storytelling, Digital Writing Workshop, Genre Study, Imitation

My third contribution to the digital mentor text series centers on the idea of creating a short, live action film. As I mentioned in my post last week, and Franki reiterated, so many times in video production we give students the camera and simply hope that something good comes from it. As (digital) writers, we…
Digital Mentor Texts Preview

Jan 6, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in Copyright, Creative Commons, Digital Mentor Texts, Digital Writing Workshop, Fair Use, Media and Pop Culture, New Literacies, Teaching, Writing

This will be a busy weekend of writing as I prep for our series on mentor texts in the digital writing workshop. I would like to say that I can write most of these posts as the week progresses, but my past history as a blogger (being somewhat irregular in my posting patterns) as well…
Fox News HackJam

Oct 16, 2011

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Troy Hicks

in Composition, Copyright, Creative Commons, English Education, Fair Use, Internet Research, Media and Pop Culture, New Literacies, New Media, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

At the WIDE-EMU Un-Conference, Andrea Zellner introduced us to Hackasuarus and the idea that we can remix websites as a form of digital writing and expression. So, given the very limited time that we had, I wanted to try to make something that was a political commentary. This was an interesting digital writing process, as…
Quick Thoughts on the State of Tech Ed

Feb 15, 2011

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, Copyright, CRWP, Educational Research, English Education, News and Notes, NWP, Online Learning, Open Courses, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

Earlier today, I was sent a request for an email interview from a CMU undergraduate. I only had a quick turnaround time to reply (so she could get enough info to write her paper about technology in education), but her deadline encouraged me to be brief in my responses. With her permission, I share her…
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…
Report from RCWP’s WIDE PATHS 2010

Feb 27, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Choice and Inquiry, Collaboration, Composition, Copyright, Digital Storytelling, Digital Writing Workshop, English Education, Fair Use, Literacy, Media and Pop Culture, Multiliteracies, News and Notes, NWP, NWPM, Presentations, Professional Development, RCWP, Social Networking, Writing

This morning, I was fortunate enough to be invited “home” to present my session, “Creating Your Digital Writing Workshop” at Red Cedar Writing Project‘s WIDE PATHS II. Beyond the wonderful feeling of being “home” with about 30 colleagues from RCWP and sharing my book with them, I continue to be inspired by the amazing work…
Reflections on NWP and NCTE 2009

Nov 26, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in CCCC-IP, CEE, Copyright, Creative Commons, CRWP, Digital Is, Digital Writing Workshop, Media and Pop Culture, NCTE, NCTE 2009, News and Notes, Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, TM07, TPACK, Writing

As the holidays begin, another conference season comes to a close. For the past week, Sara and I have been in Philadelphia at the National Writing Project‘s “Digital Is…” pre-conference, the NWP Annual Meeting, and the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. As it is each year, we enjoy spending time with colleagues…
Notes from “Erasing Copyright Confusion” at NCTE 2009

Nov 22, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Copyright, Creative Commons, Internet Research, Literacy, Media and Pop Culture, Multiliteracies, NCTE, New Media, Notes from Other Presentations, Professional Development, Teaching, Writing

Notes from “Erasing Copyright Confusion” at NCTE 2009 Joyce Valenza, Renee Hobbs, Kristin Hokanson, and Michael RobbGrieco Center for Social Media Renee Hobbs, Temple — What is the purpose of copyright? Protect intellectual property Ownership, profit Authors’ right In fact, the purpose of copyright is to promote creativity, innovation, and the spread of knowledge Owners…