Category: Misc. Debris
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New Podcast Series on BAM Radio’s Pulse Network
Having been a listener of BAM Radio for some time, I was happy to be invited to a conversation with Larry Ferlazzo and Alice Barr about effective implementation strategies for 1:1 programs. Also, I was honored to be asked to begin a new podcast series on BAM’s Pulse Network. Designed as a tool to help…
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Reflections on the State of Writing Instruction
Over at Writers Who Care, Kristen Turner and I have shared some thoughts from our recent experience at Writing Research Across Borders III: Arthur Applebee, a leading scholar in the field of writing instruction, shared some new research during his keynote at the Writing Research Across Borders III conference last week in Paris. Applebee and his colleagues…
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Literacy Research Association Webinar
This afternoon at 2:00 PM EST, I will be participating in the Literacy Research Association’s webinar series. Today’s topic is Writing and Multimodality and I am looking forward to the conversation. Here are the slides and handout that I will be sharing: Hicks LRA Webinar Slides (PDF) Hicks and Perrin – Writing Dimensions Chart (PDF) Please join in…
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DLDay 2014 NCTE Chat
In the next few weeks, I will be participating in a few events related for Digital Learning Day. Here’s one of them: January 19, 2014: Celebrate Digital Learning! As you prepare for Digital Learning Day (#DLDay) — February 5, 2014 — join two NCTE members and edubloggers for a conversation about classroom technology’s past, present,…
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Interview on iPad Educators
My thanks to Steve Bambury and Sabba Quidwai for featuring me in an interview on their site, iPad Educators. Their archive of 2013 interviews is impressive, and I hope that my comments help get many teachers inspired to integrate digital writing into their classes this year! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons…
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Updates from Recent Collegial Conversations
Over the past few months, I’ve continue to have wonderful opportunities to speak at conferences and workshops, publish my work, and then share in conversations with fellow teachers. Two conversations in particular stand out as we had for the end of the calendar year. First, Kristen Turner and I were contacted earlier this fall by…
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Create, Compose, Connect Blog
My friend and colleague, Jeremy Hyler, and I have created a new blog for our upcoming book. So, please take a minute to subscribe to Create, Compose, Connect! Reading, Writing, and Learning with Digital Tools and look for the book to come out in March 2014. We also plan to have a wiki associated with the book,…
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Reflections on “From Ranganathan to Read/Write”
Today was a blur of activity at the Harrington School’s “From Ranganathan to Read/Write: Managing Digital Disruption in Libraries, Schools and Workplaces.” I tweeted most of what I was thinking throughout the day, yet wanted to offer a few reflections based on those tweets before everything escapes me. First, the day was framed around the following…
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Two New Articles for Teacher Educators and Parents
In the past two weeks, I’ve had to wonderful opportunities for writing, one through my colleague Todd Finley via Edutopia, and the other from a group of English educators via their Writers Who Care blog. Here is a brief preview from each, as well as links to the originals. Engaging Pre-Service Teachers in Authentic Writing…
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Digital Reading (from LA)
Having spent a significant chunk of time during my trip to LA last week in classrooms (and another large chunk in traffic), was able to talk informally with many students about their experiences as readers and as digital readers. While I conducted no formal interviews with students, there were a number of themes that emerged…