Category: English Education
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Conversation about Connected Reading on LitBit Podcast
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in Annotation, Assessment, Best Practice, Books, Collaboration, Connected Learning, Connected Reading, Curation, Digital Reading, English Education, Hybrid Learning, Interviews, Mobile Learning, NCTE, New Literacies, News and Notes, Online Learning, Online Reading, Podcast, Professional Development, Research Writing Rewired, TeachingMany thanks to Brooke Cunningham, creator of the LitBit podcast and a doctoral student in the University of Tennessee PhD in young adult literature program, for inviting Kristen Turner and me to share our thoughts on Connected Reading with her listeners. Please listen to and share the episode!
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Conversation about Research Writing Rewired on NWP Radio
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in Argument, Assessment, Best Practice, Books, CCSS, Collaboration, Connected Learning, CRWP, English Education, Hybrid Learning, Interviews, Literacy, Mobile Learning, New Literacies, News and Notes, NWP, Online Learning, Podcast, Professional Development, RCWP, Reflections, Research Writing Rewired, Sabbatical, Teaching, WritingLast night, my friend, colleague, and co-author — Dawn Reed — and I were featured on the National Writing Project’s weekly podcast, NWP Radio. Enjoy this episode in which we discuss the interwoven themes of reading, writing, and technology through a conversation about our book, Research Writing Rewired. This work is licensed under a Creative…
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Exploring the Design of a Digital Writing Assignment
During the month of May, my friend and Chippewa River Writing Project colleague Beth Gates has been working with her 11th grade students on a digital writing assignment. Many years ago, she began teaching a digital essay based on an idea from Jim Burke and shared on the English Companion Ning. I featured Beth’s work…
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Conversation with NCTE Colleagues for Digital Learning Day
As we near Digital Learning Day 2016, coming up this Wednesday, I was fortunate enough to be invited by NCTE to speak with Executive Director Emily Kirkpatrick and my colleagues Bill Bass, Franki Sibberson, and Kristen Turner. Though I am grateful that we are turning our national attention to digital learning on this day, I…
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Review of Amplify by Katie Muhtaris and Kristin Ziemke
For a number of years now, I have been wanting to provide elementary colleagues with a book that offers a glimpse inside a classroom that runs as a digital writing workshop, one that truly embraces the principles of writing workshop pedagogy while integrating digital writing tools into day-to-day literacy practices. I have been fortunate to…
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Hosting #engchat Next Week
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in Assessment, Best Practice, Books, Connected Learning, Connected Reading, Digital Reading, Educational Research, English Education, Hybrid Learning, Internet Research, Literacy, Mobile Learning, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, New Media, News and Notes, Online Learning, Online Reading, Professional Development, Reading in a Digital Age, Reflections, Teaching, WritingThis next Monday, Kristen Turner and I host #engchat for a conversation on Connected Reading. Here’s the announcement: Recently, a friend of Kristen’s on Facebook posted a GIF that showed the evolution of a desk. In 1980 the desk was covered with items: books, newspapers, magazines; a fax, phone, stapler and tape dispenser; a rolodex,…
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Rewiring Research on Teachers Teaching Teachers
This past week, I was able to join in a conversation with my good friend and colleague, Dawn Reed, on an episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers so we could talk about our forthcoming book, Research Writing Rewired: Lessons That Ground Students’ Digital Learning. Enjoy! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Changing the Field, One Teacher at a Time
This past week, two thoughtful teachers shared their insight on some of the work I have done with my colleague Kristen Turner. Knowing that what we have written is making a difference in the lives of teachers is, quite simply, amazing. So, I offer my thanks to these two edubloggers here. First, thanks to Cris Turple who shared…
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Introducing Assessing Students’ Digital Writing
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in Assessing Students’ Digital Writing, Assessment, Books, Collaboration, Connected Learning, Digital Is, Educational Research, English Education, Gaming, Literacy, Media and Pop Culture, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, New Media, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, WritingBy all measures, I am fortunate to work with so many incredible colleagues from the world of education, both K-12 and higher ed. Many times those collaborations happen in just a few hours, or a few says, and they then disappear. However, sometimes they last for months or even years, and they transform into something…
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Reflecting on Digital English in Taiwan
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…