Category: Creative Commons

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…
A Creative Summer

Jul 21, 2011

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, Creative Commons, Digital Photography, Digital Storytelling, MSU, Multiliteracies, Presentations, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

Over the past few weeks, I have been fortunate enough to teach in MSU’s MA in Ed Tech program here in Rouen, France. With the inspiration of Leigh Graves Wolf and Punya Mishra, one of the major foci of the program is on creativity. As I think about how to be more creative in teaching my own…
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…
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…
Notes from Danielle Nicole DeVoss’s Opening Keynote at NWP’s “Digital Is…”

Nov 18, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Composition, Copyright, Creative Commons, Cyber Infrastructure, Digital Is, Digital Storytelling, Fair Use, Internet Research, Literacy, Media and Pop Culture, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, New Media, Notes from Other Presentations, NWP, Professional Development, Teaching, Writing

Danielle Nicole DeVoss asks us to think about what digital was then and is now… Digital is… Networked — we compose in networked spaces Collaborative — people are able to connect and create through these networks (LolCats) Multimodal — typography, kinetic type, digital stories Re-Mediated — taking a media object and recreating it so it…
Announcing MIT’s International Journal of Learning and Media

Mar 10, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Creative Commons, Multiliteracies, New Humanities, New Literacies, New Media, News and Notes, Open Content

Today, I received an exciting announcement from Kellie Bramlet with MIT Press Journals. In addition to the series of books that they released last year with a Creative Commons license, they are now offering the following new journal: The International Journal of Learning and Media MIT Press, in cooperation with The Monterey Institute for Technology…
Clearing Up Copyright Confusion Session

Jan 24, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Copyright, Creative Commons, EduCon, Fair Use, Media and Pop Culture, New Media, Notes from Other Presentations

Copyright Confusion Session Kristin Hokanson with Renee Hobbs Exercising fair use demands an expanded conception of literacy that includes mass media, popular culture, and communication skills Copyright confusion — the end has arrived with the Code of Best Practices for Fair Use Overview video on fair use Purpose of copyright: to promote creativity, innovation, and…