News and Notes – Page 11 – Digital Writing, Digital Teaching

Hosting #engchat on 1/12/15

Jan 5, 2015

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As more and more students bring mobile devices to school, we have more opportunities (and challenges) to teach reading and writing, speaking and listening. For next week’s #engchat conversation (1/12/15 at 7:00 PM EST), join co-authors Jeremy Hyler (@Jeremybballer) and Troy Hicks (@hicsktro) as they share some strategies from their book, Create, Compose, Connect! Reading,…

Podcast for NCTE’s Language Arts

Dec 29, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Best Practice, Digital Writing Workshop, Interviews, Literacy, NCTE, New Literacies, News and Notes, Podcast, Professional Development, Reading in a Digital Age, Teaching, Writing

Many thanks to Teri Holbrook for the invitation to talk with her and Franki Sibberson about teaching digital reading and writing in this podcast from NCTE’s Language Arts “Conversation Currents.” The transcript of the interview will appear in the January 2015 issue.

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,…

Digital Media in Content Area Learning

Sep 26, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Connected Learning, Crafting Digital Writing, Digital Writing Tools, Gaming, New Media, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, Virtual Learning, Writing

Earlier this week, Liz Piazza asked: @hickstro Can various forms of new digital media (ie social networking, gaming) be effective in all content areas? — Liz Piazza (@mspizza5) September 22, 2014 At the time, I didn’t think I could answer in 140 characters, and I’m glad that I didn’t try. There are quite a few…

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…

Contributing to the Conversation: Pre-Service Teachers Get Started on Twitter

Sep 3, 2014

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Troy Hicks

in Best Practice, CMU, Collaboration, Connected Learning, ENG 315, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

Over the past week, my ENG 315 students have been joining Twitter and using the #eng315cmu hashtag to start discussing ideas related to teaching writing and creating their own PLNs. I provided them with a few resources to get moving along. First, to create your own professional learning network and reading list, begin by reading How…

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…

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…

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