Category: Literacy
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Resources for ETA NSW
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in Academic Life, Argument in the Real World, Assessing Students’ Digital Writing, Assessment, Because Digital Writing Matters, Best Practice, Books, Collaboration, Composition, Connected Reading, Crafting Digital Writing, Create Compose Connect, Digital Writing Workshop, English Education, From Texting to Teaching, Hybrid Learning, Literacy, Mobile Learning, New Literacies, News and Notes, Online Learning, Open Content, Professional Development, Reflections, Research Writing Rewired, Teaching, Virtual Learning, WritingThis list of curated resources represents work that I have produced from March to May of 2020, all aimed at helping educators as they transitioned to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The full article. “Critical, creative, and compassionate: Resources for teaching English in an era of COVID-19” appears in Australia’s English Teachers Association NSW’s…
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Slides from Keep Michigan Learning Session: Supporting Literacy Learning for Secondary Students
On Tuesday, May 12, I was able to present some ideas on “Supporting Literacy Learning for Secondary Students” with my friend, colleague, and co-author, Jeremy Hyler, as part of Michigan Virtual’s “Keep Michigan Learning” webinar series. Here are the slides (with links) that we shared during the session. [googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRkpX6w-UzkZjx6DSJ9v2dxuUABP7ks-RkFqP3WmC023EwB08v56P3zK0PYwnGikdP2lg2ScEdNFWx8/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000″ width=”480″ height=”299″ /]…
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Webinar Archive: Literacy in a Time of Rapid Change – Strategies & Resources for Virtual Learning
Here is an archived recording of our Wednesday, March 25, 2020 webinar on EdWeb, “Literacy in a Time of Rapid Change: Strategies and Resources for Virtual Learning,” as well as the GDoc handout from the session. We are now in the midst of a “new normal,” and questions about what virtual instruction will look like…
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Teaching and Learning (Digital) Literacy in Higher Education
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTWpK0-lUuMENwoVep64p3jVPQHq4dSR6R9XyBbz5uA1VwDaEc5yrIbDdw_ASdrosbhW-mqYXExYscU/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=5000″ width=”480″ height=”299″ /] This morning, I am honored to present for the College Reading Educators during one of their session at the New York State Reading Association’s annual conference. My talk will focus on the idea that, without question, learning continues to change in the twenty-first century. Higher education faculty have…
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Summer 2019 Publications: RRQ and English Journal
While they both require individual or institutional subscriptions to read, I am pleased to share my two most recent co-authored publications: Turner, K. H., Hicks, T., & Zucker, L. (Advance online publication). Connected Reading: A Framework for Understanding How Adolescents Encounter, Evaluate, and Engage With Texts in the Digital Age. Reading Research Quarterly, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.271…
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Recap of #ILAChat from August 8, 2019
Earlier this month, I was invited to be a co-host of ILA’s chat, focused this month on the “dos and don’ts” in writing instruction. As a prelude to a Research Address at this fall’s annual ILA convention, the entire conversation was robust, and I am particularly appreciative of Dr. David Kirkland‘s erudite responses and questions.…
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Recent Post on The EdCollab: From Wonder to Writing
Please enjoy my most recent post, “From Wonder to Writing: Invite Students Into Inquiry Through Online Articles” on the EdCollab blog. Our best literacy teachers, especially those of you engaging with the TheEdCollab, have known for a long time that we must provide students with mentor texts in order to help them better understand the…
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A Snapshot of My Daily Digital Reading Habits
In order to rethink my relationship with ed tech, I need to start by thinking about what my current relationship entails. My goal is to blog for about 30 minutes a day, so this creative constraint/daily deadline will keep me focused. For this week, I want to focus on how I read about educational technology…
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Preparing to “Build a Better Book”
As often happens in my professional life, earlier this year, I was invited to lead a session broadly related to teaching writing and digital literacy, specifically for middle school students. Unlike my previous experiences, however, this particular opportunity came from CMU’s Center for Excellence in STEM Education‘s partnership with the Build a Better Book Project.…
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With Literacy and Learning for All (NWP Midwest)
With Literacy and Learning for All As students move from novice to expert in various fields of study, they must become familiar with specialized vocabulary, patterns of thinking, and specific uses of language. More than just integrating reading and writing strategies across the curriculum, as effective teachers we must invite students from diverse backgrounds to…