Category: New Media
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Invitation to an Inquiry: Intentional Integration of Digital Literacies into an ELA Lesson
My colleague Kristen Hawley Turner and I have been thinking about the integration of technologies into instruction, specifically toward the development of digital literacies, for a long time, and we are looking for collaborators for our next project.
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Using Digital Texts to Deepen Understanding
Join Brandon Abdon (@BrandonAbdon), Alice Wu, Andy Schoenborn (@aschoenborn), and Troy Hicks (@hickstro) as we explore ways to give students a choice in topic and approach, all as they develop their digital writing skill. Watch the Live Stream Here on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 from 7:30 to 9:00 PM Eastern
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Peer Review in Public
This afternoon, partially as a way to procrastinate from my own writing and partially because I was genuinely interested in the invitation, I participated in an “open review” of Remi Kalir and Antero Garcia‘s forthcoming manuscript, Annotation. Their open review process will continue through August 23, 2019, so jump in! They request that commentary adhere…
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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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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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Preparing to “Turn the Corner” at DMAC18
The days do go fast at DMAC. As a participant, I am reminded of the many, many moving parts that the facilitators for such an institute need to plan, and I have been fully engaged in the workshop for the past few days. Couple that with needing to continue working on all my regular tasks…
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Prepping for DMAC 2018
Today, I made my way to Columbus in preparation for the Digital Media and Composition Institute, also known as DMAC. In more than one way, this has been a career aspiration of mine for well over a decade, and I’m very much looking forward to the immersive, sustained experience of working with colleagues over the…
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Reflections on Participating in KQED’s “Finding and Evaluating Information”
Over the holiday break, I’ve participated in an open course for educators, “Finding & Evaluating Information,” sponsored by KQED. Though the course ended last week, many of the materials are still available online, including this GDoc that contains a list “greatest hits” (and resources) from all the participants. Among the many lessons posted by other…
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Updates from Our Book: Argument in the Real World
As a writer — both in the sense that I am a blogger and the author of texts for teachers — I am well aware of the fact that writing is never really “done,” it is just “due.” I am thankful that I have the opportunity to keep writing, keep sharing, keep updating. It is…