Category: English Education

Discussing “Connected Reading” on Education Talk Radio

May 10, 2015

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Best Practice, Books, Connected Reading, Educational Research, English Education, Hybrid Learning, Interviews, Literacy, Mobile Learning, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, News and Notes, Online Learning, Online Reading, Podcast, Professional Development, Teaching

In case you missed it… Last Thursday, Kristen Turner and I were able to chat with host Larry Jacobs on Education Talk Radio about our new book, Connected Reading. For more information on the book, visit our wiki page. Enjoy! Check Out Education Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with EDUCATION TALK RADIO PRE K -20…
Introducing Connected Reading

Apr 9, 2015

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Best Practice, Connected Learning, Connected Reading, Digital Reading, Educational Research, English Education, Hybrid Learning, Mobile Learning, New Literacies, New Media, News and Notes, Online Learning, Online Reading, Professional Development, Reading in a Digital Age, Social Networking, Teaching

This month marks the publication of my fifth book, a co-authored work with Kristen Hawley Turner entitled Connected Reading: Teaching Adolescent Readers in a Digital World. The research and writing process for this book took over two years, though it was well worth the effort. Combined, Kristen and I visited a dozen classrooms, interviewed nearly two…
(Advance) Response to Pre-Service Teachers’ Questions about Technology

Feb 21, 2015

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Troy Hicks

in Best Practice, Digital Writing Tools, English Education, Literacy, New Literacies, News and Notes, Professional Development, Teaching, Writing

This coming Monday night, I have been invited to join Sean Connors‘ preservice teachers at the University of Arkansas through a conversation on Google Hangouts. They created a very smart list of questions for me, and in order to maximize our time, I’ve written this brief response with lots of links, some of which we can explore together…
From Sentence Combining to “Revision Decisions”

Nov 13, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Best Practice, English Education, Interviews, Methods, News and Notes, Professional Development, Teaching, Writing

This week, I am happy to be one stop on the blog tour for Jeff Anderson and Deborah Dean’s new book, Revision Decisions: Talking Through Sentences and Beyond (Be sure to visit stops one, two, and three for some great insights from Stacey, Sarah, and Donalyn, too). In interest of full disclosure, I was provided an advanced copy…
Creating and Composing in a Digital Writing Workshop

Nov 5, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Choice and Inquiry, Composition, Crafting Digital Writing, Digital Writing Workshop, Educational Research, English Education, Hybrid Learning, News and Notes, Professional Development, Teaching, Writing

Note: This post, co-authored by Troy Hicks and Kristin Ziemke, has been prepared in response to Nancie Atwell’s blog post about the role of technology in her classroom. In her recent blog post Nancie Atwell opens up about the role of technology in her classroom. As a leader in our field of teaching writing, Nancie,…
Networked Conversations and Transformational Technology

Sep 12, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in CMU, Connected Learning, Education Reform, ENG 315, Methods, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

This past week has been a busy one for me, with professional experiences ranging from face-to-face workshops and two webinars, to our first school-based field experiences with pre-service teachers; additionally I met with my writing project leadership team, facilitated two writing groups and ended last night by helping to moderate a panel discussion amongst principals…
Inviting Pre-service Teachers into the Social Media Conversation

Aug 17, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Best Practice, CMU, Connected Learning, Crafting Digital Writing, ENG 315, English Education, Methods, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Professional Development, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

This fall — in fact, tomorrow — marks my return to the classroom after a year-long sabbatical filled with many research projects, lots of writing, and quite a bit of travel. Like most teachers, I both crave and fear the “regularity” of the school; the days become somewhat more regimented, but the overall craziness of…
Digital Literacy Leadership Dare

Jul 25, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Academic Life, Best Practice, CMU, Education Reform, English Education, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

This morning, on the final day of our digital literacy leadership workshop, we watched Chris Lehmann’s Ignite talk about “School 2.0,” and I borrowed some of his ideas to create our writing prompt: What do you dare to do as a digital literacy leader? One of the themes that has emerged for me over the…
Many Thanks to Many Colleagues

Jul 10, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Academic Life, Books, Crafting Digital Writing, Educational Research, English Education, NCTE, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, Teaching, Writing

There are a few moments in one’s career where you pause long enough to say “thank you” to all your colleagues for all the opportunities that they have provided you. So, I am taking one of those moments this morning to say thanks to the many teachers, students, fellow English educators, and friends that I…
Conversation with Carl Young’s Class

Apr 16, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Best Practice, Choice and Inquiry, Collaboration, Composition, Conferring and Response, Digital Writing Workshop, Interviews, Methods, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Sabbatical, Teaching, Writing

Last night, I had a Skype conversation with students of my friend and colleague, Carl Young, who are taking a course on teaching composition and reading The Digital Writing Workshop. It was a robust conversation, and they had really smart questions. I have, with permission, simply copied and pasted the text from their original wiki…