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Examining Digital Learning Day

Feb 3, 2013

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in CCSS, Education Reform, Hybrid Learning, NCTE, New Literacies, New Media, News and Notes, NWP, Online Learning, Social Networking

As with all educational initiatives and fads, I strongly encourage everyone participating in the Digital Learning Day celebrations this week to do some homework about the history of the day itself, as well as some of its corporate, foundation, and “core” partners (which, for the record, include the two professional organizations I call home: NWP…

Teacher Leadership and Digital Writing

Jan 20, 2013

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Troy Hicks

in Choice and Inquiry, Collaboration, CRWP, Digial Writing Project, Hybrid Learning, New Literacies, News and Notes, NWP, Online Learning, Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

This weekend, I began working with teacher leaders from the Columbus Area Writing Project on the hybrid course we are calling “Teacher Leadership in Teaching Digital Writing.” I’ve been fortunate enough to make many trips to Columbus in the last few years, and look forward to having this opportunity to work with these NWP colleagues…

Citelighter Releases New Features

Jan 17, 2013

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Troy Hicks

in Citation and Plagiarism, Curation, Internet Research, News and Notes

As I have stated before, I generally don’t do product endorsements, but once in a great while there is something that comes along that I think has great value for teachers and students as digital writers. Citelighter is one of those tools. I found out about Citelighter last summer, and used it as a tool…

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…

A (Parent’s) Rant on Rubrics

Dec 10, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, CMU, Conferring and Response, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

This school year, I’m involved with our faculty development center’s “High Impact Teaching Academy.” Tomorrow, we focus our conversation on assessment, specifically on rubrics. After I replied to the questions for our discussion forum posting this week, I had to go on and write another one. Selections are below: First, I think I’ve mentioned before…

Reflection on #literacies Chat: 12/6/12

Dec 9, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in Digital Writing Workshop, Educational Research, English Education, Methods, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

My thanks again to Anna Smith for inviting me to host the last #literacies chat of 2012 focused on digital writing and the common core standards: “Broadening the Scope: Teaching Multiple Literacies in an Era of Common Core Standards.” Before reading much further in my reflections, you might be interested in catching up on the…

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…

Initial Impressions of sCoolWork

Aug 4, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in Composition, Digital Writing Workshop, News and Notes, Online Learning, Teaching, Writing

Earlier today, I had the opportunity to talk with the co-founders of sCoolWork, Alex Dayan and Shachar Tal, about their service and how it might help students come better writers. Normally, I do not specifically write about websites or services because that type of situation has caused trouble for in the past. But, I must…

Teaching Participatory Media and Democracy (AERA, Part 4)

May 6, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in AERA, Educational Research, Media and Pop Culture, Notes from Other Presentations, Online Identity, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking

Let’s begin with the critique of this panel’s main premise, that social media is transforming civic education and participatory democracy. That critique was the what discussant Joel Westheimer (University of Ottawa) offered. From his perspective, the technologies that allow us to use social media — the mobile web with apps, the ability to find, share, and…

The “Tweet Aloud” as a Tool for Comprehending Digital Texts

Apr 25, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in Documentary, Genre Study, Hybrid Learning, New Literacies, Online Learning, Online Reading, Parody, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching

Thanks to Tracy Mercier (@vr2ltch) for capturing my unfolding thought process as I responded to The Majestic Plastic Bag — and invited others to do the same — during an #engchat conversation about digital mentor texts on April 23rd. I think I may have coined a new phrase, at least in the pedagogical sense, mashing…

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