Category: Assessment
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Review of Stover and Yearta’s “From Pencils to Podcasts”
New books about ed tech hit the market everyday, and it is sometimes difficult to find ones that truly meet the needs of teachers while being approachable and accessible. So, a few weeks ago, when I was tagged in a Twitter post about a new book, it definitely caught my attention: What a great compliment from…
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Announcing “From Texting to Teaching: Grammar Instruction in a Digital Age”
Today marks the release of my second book with my colleague and friend, Jeremy Hyler: From Texting to Teaching: Grammar Instruction in a Digital Age. Also, we are extremely grateful to Liz Kolb, who offered her endorsement of the book by writing the foreword. From the book’s description on the Routledge page: Don’t blame technology for…
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4C’s Collaborative Comprehension Activity
The past week has found me presenting to both pre-service teachers (three times!) and to fellow faculty (just once), and with each audience I shared the same activity: the 4Cs for Collaborative Comprehension. Adapted from Ritchhart, Church,, and Morrison’s Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners, my spin on this particular…
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Can We Make Online (Graduate School) Discussions Suck Less?
As many of you know, and have probably experienced, discussions in online classes can be notoriously bad. At best, many online courses feign discussion as a pseudo-cooperative (and not a collaborative, generative) task, and students engage because they are required to connect with the content and with one another. At worst, the tasks are perfunctory and just…
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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…
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Rethinking a Wiki vs LMS for Course Design
Last year, when I first taught EDU 807, “Learning Tools in Education Technology,” one of my goals was to employ a wiki as a learning management system (LMS) so the doctoral students involved in the course could participate in a more open, collaborative form of social scholarship. I have long been an advocate of using…
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Conversation about Connected Reading on LitBit Podcast
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in Annotation, Assessment, Best Practice, Books, Collaboration, Connected Learning, Connected Reading, Curation, Digital Reading, English Education, Hybrid Learning, Interviews, Mobile Learning, NCTE, New Literacies, News and Notes, Online Learning, Online Reading, Podcast, Professional Development, Research Writing Rewired, TeachingMany thanks to Brooke Cunningham, creator of the LitBit podcast and a doctoral student in the University of Tennessee PhD in young adult literature program, for inviting Kristen Turner and me to share our thoughts on Connected Reading with her listeners. Please listen to and share the episode!
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Conversation about Research Writing Rewired on NWP Radio
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in Argument, Assessment, Best Practice, Books, CCSS, Collaboration, Connected Learning, CRWP, English Education, Hybrid Learning, Interviews, Literacy, Mobile Learning, New Literacies, News and Notes, NWP, Online Learning, Podcast, Professional Development, RCWP, Reflections, Research Writing Rewired, Sabbatical, Teaching, WritingLast night, my friend, colleague, and co-author — Dawn Reed — and I were featured on the National Writing Project’s weekly podcast, NWP Radio. Enjoy this episode in which we discuss the interwoven themes of reading, writing, and technology through a conversation about our book, Research Writing Rewired. This work is licensed under a Creative…
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Exploring the Design of a Digital Writing Assignment
During the month of May, my friend and Chippewa River Writing Project colleague Beth Gates has been working with her 11th grade students on a digital writing assignment. Many years ago, she began teaching a digital essay based on an idea from Jim Burke and shared on the English Companion Ning. I featured Beth’s work…
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Tech Risks and Rewards During a Closing Keynote
Yesterday, I was invited to deliver the closing keynote for CMU’s Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning. It was the 9th annual event and, oddly enough, also the end of my ninth academic year here at CMU… and I had never attended before. So, it was a great combination of a familiar audience filled…