Category: Educational Research
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Now I See It – ISTE 2018
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTRjsOFB7_PMtjT2rm3xulhH34NzYI3IBP-VT9Q3H3RdEYU49L0qqhB_vj0p051osUqx9SA4Jk-gIGm/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000″ width=”480″ height=”299″ /] Participants will explore a variety of digital tools for video that can be used for instruction, remediation, and discussion, as well as student creation of video artifacts to demonstrate understanding. What kind of thinking do we want students to do? Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy – (CELT), Iowa State University Copyright Questions?…
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Ramping Up Revision – ISTE 2018
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSa7gSsWnE1ma98UxSqx-sFdXUwd0D2xdgRa22s6i3rk_WdQ4-D3009cFEBlQJ_QdRU7WXJQe5wG9Mw/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000″ width=”640″ height=”389″ /] Wray’s RISE model for offering meaningful feedback (Reflect, Inquire, Suggest, Elevate). Emily Wray’s “Five Minutes of Fame” Talk about the RISE Model What Research Says About Driving Growth for Writers With Practice, Feedback and Revision by Troy Hicks NCTE: “Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing” NCTE/NWP/CWPA: “Framework for Success in Postsecondary…
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2018 Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium
Digital Writing, Digital Teaching “Students have a greater role and responsibility in creating new knowledge, in understanding the contours and the changing dynamics of the world of information, and in using information, data, and scholarship ethically.” ~ ACRL [googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSNwW9DsXqfrFrkl7xLQEeTtwenD6ObOk6oXKGM8BwBDrpWGdM1K7X-EHNBK4A6SGrFR00D6cXgbtzK/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000″ width=”960″ height=”569″ /] Intro Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Epistemology 5 W’s of…
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The Next Decade of Digital Writing
With the support of Sara Kajder and Shelbie Witte, I am pleased to share that I recently published a “Leading the Call” article from Voices From the Middle, “The next decade of digital writing.” Through NCTE, they have made it available through open access, and here is the abstract: The author, a leader in bringing digital…
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ILA Literacy Leadership Brief: Democratizing Professional Growth With Teachers
As teachers and teacher educators prepare for a variety of workshops, conferences, webinars, institutes, and other events this summer, I am pleased to share a timely publication I’ve co-authored with Misty Sailors of the The University of Texas at San Antonio: “Democratizing Professional Growth With Teachers: From Development to Learning.” One in a series of Literacy…
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Creating MINDFUL Readers and Writers
Based on the book that I wrote with Kristen Hawley Turner, Argument in the Real World, one of the tools/strategies that I have been sharing in workshops this past year is the “MINDFUL” heuristic for readers and writers as they engage in academic arguments with, through, and about social media. When we were wrapping up…
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Sharing Our Insights on NWP’s College, Career, and Community Writers Program
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vToNugHICRw8lI1FepFl-98kugro-C_BYwplklFUUW1xn7Tle83XaLbVwAh69lGp3NVS3H0J9sdM5gy/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000″ width=”480″ height=”299″ /] Yesterday, at the annual MCTE fall conference, I was fortunate enough to share a presentation session with my CRWP colleague, Andy Schoenborn, and one of our CMU English Education students, Rachel Kish. Our focus was on the way that Andy has been implementing NWP’s College, Career, and Community Writers…
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The Future (Shock) is Now
Having been on my “to read” list for quite some time, I was finally able to dig into an oft-mentioned book: Alvin Tofler’s 1970 look at, well, today, Future Shock. I had not read it before, though I see one of his quotes mentioned quite often: “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be…
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Review of Stover and Yearta’s “From Pencils to Podcasts”
New books about ed tech hit the market everyday, and it is sometimes difficult to find ones that truly meet the needs of teachers while being approachable and accessible. So, a few weeks ago, when I was tagged in a Twitter post about a new book, it definitely caught my attention: What a great compliment from…