Category: News and Notes
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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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Prepping for KQED Summer Bootcamp on “Developing and Assessing Digital Writers”
This week, KQED’s Bootcamp on “Developing & Assessing Digital Writers” kicks off, with the overarching idea that [b]logging can help develop your students’ digital writing by combining traditional writing (text) with a digital platform (sharing online), along with the opportunity to incorporate other forms of media-making. My role for the bootcamp will be to provide…
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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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Recording of “Exploring the Craft of Digital Writing, Grades 2–8”
Enjoy this archived recording of “Exploring the Craft of Digital Writing, Grades 2–8” with Dr. Troy Hicks and the Center for the Collaborative Classroom. More and more, our students encounter a daily dose of digital texts, ranging from websites to social-media messages, from class assignments to YouTube videos. As they encounter these texts, what are…
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Wisconsin Education Chat – 1-23-18
Tomorrow night — Tuesday, January 23rd from 8:00 to 9:00 CST — I will be facilitating the #WisEduChat with a focus on “Teaching Digital Writing.” Here are the questions we will explore over the hour: Q1: Thinking about writing instruction in your classroom, what’s going well? What’s puzzling you? What do you want to try?…