Category: NWP
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Podcast Episode: Conceptually Speaking
With thanks to Trevor Aleo for the opportunity to think through some new ideas related to new literacies and teaching digital literacies, please enjoy this recent episode of “Conceptually Speaking.”
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Pivoting the Conversation on AI in Writing
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in Academic Life, Ahead of the Code, Assessment, Best Practice, Collaboration, Composition, Critical Perspectives, English Education, Literacy, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, News and Notes, NWP, Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Writing, Writing Assistance TechnologiesAs ChatGPT has heralded the “death of the college essay” and “the end of high school English, we could be well served to lean into the idea that we need to both rethink our writing assignments and to invite our students to “cheat” on them.
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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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The “Roumy Cheese Analogy” for Teaching Writing
As part of her keynote, Dr. Maha Bali invited us to build on Ian M. MacKay’s “Swiss cheese model applied to COVID19 prevention” to think about application to writing pedagogy and the use of these tools, as well as systematic and individual challenges that might inhibit our work.
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Appreciating Writing Assistance Technologies… Finally?
This post originally appeared on the National Writing Project’s “Ahead of the Code” blog on Medium on August 22, 2020. Appreciating Writing Assistance Technologies… Finally? You would think that, as English teachers, we would have been more appreciative. Even from the founding of our major professional organization, the National Council of Teachers of English, we…
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Pledge to Support #EducatorEquity
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So much has been said in the past few weeks since the death of George Floyd that any additional words would be wasted. So, let me get to the point. As we see protests in America and around the world, I feel the need to act. To that end, I am personally committing to three…
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TCW Symposium Keynote
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NWP Midwest Keynote
Can I Cite That? Examining What Counts as Evidence in a Digital World “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-1vT5vcTs8dzJKPj5AMBjKqhzXPPLtdqoRlzkvWlA5uDuDjQg3hLoarAZfNDL-Ltf69i9kCCz9lBwJcsA/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000″ width=”480″ height=”299″ /] Intro…
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With Literacy and Learning for All (NWP Midwest)
With Literacy and Learning for All As students move from novice to expert in various fields of study, they must become familiar with specialized vocabulary, patterns of thinking, and specific uses of language. More than just integrating reading and writing strategies across the curriculum, as effective teachers we must invite students from diverse backgrounds to…
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Free Webinar on 1/23/18: Exploring the Craft of Digital Writing, Grades 2–8
Exploring the Craft of Digital Writing, Grades 2–8 A Complimentary Webinar with Dr. Troy Hicks and the Center for the Collaborative Classroom. Join us for an hour of inspiration and learning with Dr. Troy Hicks as he leads us in an exploration of the craft of digital writing. More and more, our students encounter a…