Category: Composition

Writing Beyond Expectations

Sep 24, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, Composition, Conferring and Response, Digital Writing Workshop, News and Notes, Presentations, Professional Development, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

Tomorrow, I have the privilege of keynoting the Eastern Michigan Writing Project’s fall conference, “Writing Beyond Expectations.” I have been giving a great deal of thought to the event, and as both a teacher educator and writing project director, have been trying to figure out how to frame my talk in light of the conference…
End of Semester Thoughts: Digital Storytelling, Wikis, and the Changing Conversation

May 26, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, Composition, CRWP, Digital Storytelling, ENG 315, English Education, Methods, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

Another semester has zoomed past and, before these thoughts escape me, and I begin a series of summer workshops and our CRWP summer institute, I am going to try to capture a few of the lessons learned in relation to digital writing and digital teaching. Good lessons seem to come in threes, so here goes:…
Report from RCWP’s WIDE PATHS 2010

Feb 27, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Choice and Inquiry, Collaboration, Composition, Copyright, Digital Storytelling, Digital Writing Workshop, English Education, Fair Use, Literacy, Media and Pop Culture, Multiliteracies, News and Notes, NWP, NWPM, Presentations, Professional Development, RCWP, Social Networking, Writing

This morning, I was fortunate enough to be invited “home” to present my session, “Creating Your Digital Writing Workshop” at Red Cedar Writing Project‘s WIDE PATHS II. Beyond the wonderful feeling of being “home” with about 30 colleagues from RCWP and sharing my book with them, I continue to be inspired by the amazing work…
Sessions at Wisconsin State Reading Association Conference

Feb 4, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Composition, CRWP, Digial Writing Project, Digital Storytelling, Digital Writing Workshop, New Literacies, News and Notes, NWP, Presentations, Professional Development, Social Networking, TPACK, Wiki, Writing, WSRA 2010

Tomorrow, I will be presenting two sessions at the Sessions at Wisconsin State Reading Association Conference. Here are descriptions of the sessions and the related presentations: From School to Screen: Why Digital Writing Matters (9:30 – 10:45) Without question, writing continues to change in the twenty-first century. Teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders value the…
Composing Community

Jan 17, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Composition, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, New Media, News and Notes, RCWP

My friend and RCWP colleague, Marcus Brown, has been working for about a year to open the Village Summit in the house next door to his Lansing home. You can read about many of the trials and tribulations that Marcus, his wife, and everyone involved in creating the Village Summit have had to endure in…
Notes from “The Social Media Portfolio: Using Technology to Promote Meta-cognitive Skill Development” at NWP’s Digital Is

Nov 18, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Choice and Inquiry, Collaboration, Composition, Copyright, Digital Is, Fair Use, Literacy, New Literacies, New Media, Notes from Other Presentations, NWP, Social Networking, Teaching, Writing

The Social Media Portfolio: Using Technology to Promote Meta-cognitive Skill Development At NWP’s Digital Is Rafi Santo, Amana Kaskazi, and Shonell Richmond Global Kids 20 Years in existence and focusing on significant global issues Issues: Local to global and global to local understanding Leadership: Skills necessary to affect change Technology: How does new media contribute…
Notes from Danielle Nicole DeVoss’s Opening Keynote at NWP’s “Digital Is…”

Nov 18, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Composition, Copyright, Creative Commons, Cyber Infrastructure, Digital Is, Digital Storytelling, Fair Use, Internet Research, Literacy, Media and Pop Culture, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, New Media, Notes from Other Presentations, NWP, Professional Development, Teaching, Writing

Danielle Nicole DeVoss asks us to think about what digital was then and is now… Digital is… Networked — we compose in networked spaces Collaborative — people are able to connect and create through these networks (LolCats) Multimodal — typography, kinetic type, digital stories Re-Mediated — taking a media object and recreating it so it…
Looking for Feedback on the Idea of a Digital Writing Project

Nov 8, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in CMU, Collaboration, Composition, CRWP, Digial Writing Project, English Education, Literacy, Methods, NCTE, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, Teaching, Wiki, Writing

As we prepare to head to the NWP Annual Meeting and NCTE Convention in just about a week, I am also plugging away at our Chippewa River Writing Project Continued Funding Application. I have come to one of the most compelling parts of the report, at least for me… the point where we reflect on…
Notes from Dan Priest’s “Rethinking Technology in the Multimodal Classroom”

Oct 30, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Composition, English Education, MCTE, Media and Pop Culture, Notes from Other Presentations, Professional Development, Teaching, Writing

Dan Priest is a pre-service teacher from Western Michigan University and presented “Rethinking Technology in the Multimodal Classroom” at MCTE‘s fall conference. He suggested that his explorations of the internet and some of the tools available continue to inspire the ways in which he teaches with technology. Using his Wii remote/homemade Smartboard, he argues that…
Do You Use 3×5 Cards? Rethinking the Research Process

Oct 7, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Choice and Inquiry, CMU, Collaboration, Composition, CRWP, Digital Writing Workshop, English Education, Internet Research, New Humanities, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, Teaching, Writing

This past weekend, our department chair received an email from a local high school English teacher who asked, in short, should they be teaching students how to do a “traditional” research paper — including the use of 3×5 note cards — because some of his colleagues are strong supporters of it and others consider it…