Category: Conferences
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Notes from Three Digital Storytelling Sessions
This week, I am at SITE 2008, preparing for a presentation on Project WRITE tomorrow. Today, I will try to blog from some of the sessions (as wifi will allow). Here are three sessions on digital storytelling that I attended this morning. (I will also cross-post on the Using Technology to Tell Stories Blog): An…
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Notes from “Educational Blogging: What, Where, Why and How”
Today, I had the chance to attend an educational technology session at MSU featuring Nicole Ellison, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media, MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and Leigh Graves Wolf, Learning Technology and Culture Programs, MSU College of Education. Their topic is “Educational Blogging: What, Where, Why and How.” Here are…
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Notes from Kathy Yancey’s Keynote: 21st Century Literacies
Today, Kathy Yancey gave the keynote and the MCTE 2007 Fall Conference in Lansing, MI. Here are notes from the session. Yancey began by asking us to think about what literacy is and a five minute discussion among the audience began the session. An image of tectonic plates from the public domain with the idea…
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Opening Thoughts, Day 2
Opening Thoughts – Day 2 Dixie Goswami – Bread Loaf Think about a follow up conference in 2009 that would invite the young people with whom we are working to attend as well. The literacy that our young people are learning is collaborative; every talk that I have heard shows that the students are the…
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“Language Learning and Peer Response Online in a High School ELL Classroom†by Joe Bellino and Ailish Zompa
Here are notes from Joe and Ailish’s presentation on “Language Learning and Peer Response Online in a High School ELL Classroom.” They both teach at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. “Language Learning and Peer Response Online in a High School ELL Classroom†by Joe Bellino and Ailish Zompa Overview of Project What…
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Notes from Opening Session of “Teaching Writing in the 21st Century”
Teaching Writing in the 21st Century – Opening Session Notes History of the Organizations’ Work Bread Loaf Teachers Network – Dixie Goswami Founded in 1984 with the belief that working class children’s rich literacies were not part of their learning in schools. The vignettes that will be shared tomorrow are about connections and advocacy in…
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Questions on 21st Century Writing
We’ve just been asked to reflect on a presentation about the history of the Bread Loaf Teachers Network, the NWP, and the Technology Initiative Work. It has been useful to be reminded of this history, and think about where we are at in this unique moment. In particular, there are three questions that they want…
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CEE Summit, Day 2 Panel: Vision for CEE in….5 Years?
Panel: Vision for CEE in….5 Years? This panel is a prelude to a brainstorming/visioning activity that we are going to be involved in next. Don Zancanella, University of New Mexico In five years, CEE should and will be further along in the process of using technology to support English Educators; right now our work is…
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Notes from CEE Summit: “Reflections on the Future of English Education”
The morning session began with some intros and overview stuff, then we got into a more formal presentation called “Reflections on the Future of English Education.” Here are some notes from those presenters and there will likely be more at the CEE blog: The Role of CEE within NCTE – Kent Williamson, Executive Director of NCTE…
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Notes on “Identity Interface: Rhetorical Analysis, Graphic Design, and Comics”
Notes from another CCCC session that I found engaging. In this session, the presenter spent a good deal of time thinking about design from the standpoint of a writing teacher, and I found her angle on it informative. In particular, I found her categories of balance, unity, gestalt, and hierarchy a more nuanced way of…