Category: Collaboration
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Story on CRWP from The News @ Central
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From our site visit earlier this winter, the media and public relations team at CMU has put together an article and podcast about the Chippewa River Writing Project. I find it fitting that as we pursue digital writing within the project that the way in which it was announced to the CMU community comes in…
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Notes from “Digital Storytelling: Enhancing Language, Visual, and Media Literacies”
Digital Storytelling: Enhancing Language, Visual, and Media Literacies MRA 2009 Presentation Ledong Li, Tingfeng Luo, Wen Wu, Fan Zhang, Oakland University What’s Your Story? Stories Surround Us What is digital storytelling? Daniel Meadows: “short personal multimedia tales toldfrom the heart” Educational Use of Digital Storytelling Focus on specific topic and contain a particular point ofview…
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Reflections on EduCon 2.1
NOTE: This was written yesterday in the post-conference, pre-flight moments that I had on the train from downtown to the airport. Since my flight didn’t arrive in Lansing until about 1:30 AM last night, I was just now able to put the finishing touches on it. Hope it makes some sense… Sunday, January 25, 2009…
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Personal Technology Learning and the Teaching of Writing
Today, I will be introducing my ENG 315 pre-service teachers to the idea of developing their “digital teaching persona” and thinking critically about why and how to use technology in their personal technology learning and to become better teachers of writing. Each semester, I face the act of balancing the introduction of a number of…
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NCTE Webinar on Tuesday (12-2-08)
Shameless self-promotion alert: My friend and RCWP colleague, Dawn Reed and I are facilitating an NCTE Webinar, Re-Seeing the Writing Process with Blogging and Podcasting, on Tuesday, December 2nd at 5:00 PM EST. Thanks to all who have sent kind words my way about the webinar. It promises to be a learning experience for Dawn…
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Announcing TimeRime.com
Announcing TimeRime.com A note from Jermaine Lievendag of TimeRime.com We have launched a website called www.timerime.com. TimeRime.com is a website that allows visitors to view, create and compare timelines. These timelines can be illustrated with pictures, text, YouTube movies and MP3. On our website, you will find timelines about music, movies, history, politics, art et…
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Props for Wikispaces
Anyone who has ever been in one of my classes or workshops knows that I rely on Wikispaces for almost all of my teaching and professional development. Read more about their new K12 initiative in this article. A quarter million teachers to get free wikis | Gaming and Culture – CNET News A San Francisco…
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Alan November’s Keynote: Putting Responsibility Back in Children’s Hands
Alan November, November Learning Notes taken from November’s talk at the St. Clair RESA Symposium on 21st Century Learning August 13, 2008 Port Huron High School Marco Torres and his students’ video Invite students to step up and be teachers themselves My talk is not about technology — it is about new roles for the…
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Preparing for Tech-Focused Professional Development
For the first time in four years, I will not be going to an NWP tech/writing style workshop, and I have to admit that I am a little bit bummed. Both Tech Matters and the Technology and Writing retreat have been good sources of inspiration and collegiality over the past few summers, and I hope…