Educational Research – Page 9 – Digital Writing, Digital Teaching

From Sentence Combining to “Revision Decisions”

Nov 13, 2014

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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…

Managing Learning and Assessment in a Connected Learning Environment

Aug 11, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Connected Learning, CRWP, Curation, Digital Reading, Digital Writing Workshop, Interviews, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, Reading in a Digital Age, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching

Earlier this evening, I participated in a wonderful closing discussion as part of the sixth and final webinar in KQED’s TeachDoNow series. The archived video as well as a summary of my tweets with links from the conversation are below. Broadly, our conversation centered on this big question: How do you manage learners, tasks, resources, and assessment…

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…

Response to 2016 MDE Assessment Survey

Jul 22, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Education Reform, News and Notes

The Michigan Department of Education has issued a “2016 Assessment Survey” that I encourage every teacher and parent in our state to reply to ASAP. There is a public hearing on the future of assessment in Michigan that will be held in Lansing on July 30th, but I can’t attend in person… so, I am…

Social Media, Educational Research, and “Keeping It Real”

Jul 13, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Academic Life, Collaboration, Crafting Digital Writing, Educational Research, MRA, News and Notes, Notes from Other Presentations, NWP, Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

This summer, I’m participating in KQED’s #TeachDoNow MOOC, though I am just a little bit behind the game. I finally caught up on the week one webcast, and I have been checking out the discussion board on Google+. Later this summer, the week of August 11, I will cohost a webcast on the idea of “How do…

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…

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