Category: Conferences
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Notes on “Public and Portable Pedagogy: iTunes University and Networked Pedagogies”
Here are some notes from another session at CCCC that focused on the affordances and constraints of using iTunes U to distribute course content. Given the project that I am working on with Dawn right now and her students’ blogging and podcasting, this was a timely session. In particular, I appreciated Reid’s focus on issues…
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Notes from “Negotiating Digital and traditional Literacies in Methods Classes: Preparing Future English Teachers for Teaching Writing”
Wow, March has been like a lion for me all the time. Sorry for the lack of posts. At any rate, along with seeing New York City, I also saw some interesting sessions at CCCC 2007 last week. I will begin posting my notes and responses here with this session on methods courses. I thought…
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Notes from Ellin Keene’s “The Intricacies of the Mind”
Notes from Ellin Keene’s “The Intricacies of the Mind” NOTE: Email her for PPT. Keene, one of the authors of Mosaic of Thought, began by promoting the new edition of the book that will be coming out in May. She has been the director of the Cornerstone Project for the past few years, focusing on…
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Nobis and Cook: Connecting Comics and Essays
Nobis Nobis and Cook: Connecting Comics and Essays Mitch Nobis and Rick Cook are teacher consultants from Red Cedar Writing Project, and presented a number of ways that they connect graphic novels and expository writing in their writing classes. They will also be presenting a similar session at Bright Ideas. Thinking about what comics are…
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Notes from Christopher Paul Curtis’ Keynote
Curtis Notes from Christopher Paul Curtis‘ Keynote These are partial notes, as I was taking lots of pictures at the beginning of the session. Curtis shared some stories about his youth and talked about how some younsters get the “Scarlett B” on their forehead and how he didn’t have one. One story that he shared…
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Doug Fisher’s “Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work”
Doug Fisher’s “Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work” Fisher outlined a program that he and teachers at their high school (he has been on loan from SDSU) use for literacy achievement. Some Foundations Reading time every day — practice makes permanent as it relates to SSR Rationale for choosing strategies: Is it research based? Is…
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Jim Burke’s “Teaching: The First Ten Minutes”
Jim Burke’s “Teaching: The First Ten Minutes” Presentation at MRA 2007 Jim Burke began by inviting participants to think about the actions that students must engage in to be successful in their core academic work. He then talked about how students need to continue a number of academic skills in classes that have traditionally not…
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Notes from Brian Winn’s “Serious Games” Talk
Brian Winn, an Assistant Professor from Comm Arts and one of the directors of the Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) Lab, gave a talk on “Serious Games.” Here is part of his bio: I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, Co-Director of the Games for Entertainment and…
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Notes on Timothy Shanahan’s “The Role of Research in US Reading Policyâ€
Here are notes from a talk today: Timothy Shanahan, Current President of the International Reading Association Tim Shanahan is a professor of urban education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the director of the UIC Center for Literacy. He has played a leadership role at the federal level in making connections between literacy…
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Thoughts on "All Things Google: Thinking Across Software Modules”
Today, Andrea and I are presenting at the annual MSU Tech Conference, and we are both sitting here in the kiva, Macs at the ready, to listen to the following panel discussion: All Things Google: Thinking Across Software Modules Google recently released a number of powerful, free tools that are very useful for classroom teachers.…