Category: TPACK

Marginal Syllabus Conversation – February 22, 2017 at 6:00 PM EST

Feb 21, 2017

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Troy Hicks

in Academic Life, Books, Collaboration, Connected Learning, Digital Reading, Educational Research, Hybrid Learning, Internet Research, Mobile Learning, New Literacies, News and Notes, NWP, Online Learning, Online Reading, Open Content, Professional Development, Reflections, Research Writing Rewired, Teaching, TPACK, Writing

Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 6:00 PM EST, join my colleague and co-author, Dawn Reed, and me as we participate in an “Annotation Flash Mob” on the preface for our book, Research Writing Rewired. We’ve been invited to participate in this opportunity through Dawn’s collaborations with the Marginal Syllabus Project. The Marginal Syllabus team is…
Changing the Field, One Teacher at a Time

Aug 7, 2015

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Troy Hicks

in Best Practice, Books, Collaboration, Connected Learning, Connected Reading, Digital Reading, Digital Writing Tools, Educational Research, English Education, Literacy, New Literacies, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reading in a Digital Age, Reflections, Teaching, TPACK, Writing

This past week, two thoughtful teachers shared their insight on some of the work I have done with my colleague Kristen Turner. Knowing that what we have written is making a difference in the lives of teachers is, quite simply, amazing. So, I offer my thanks to these two edubloggers here. First, thanks to Cris Turple who shared…
Updates from Recent Collegial Conversations

Dec 17, 2013

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Best Practice, Blogging, Collaboration, Conferring and Response, Digital Writing Workshop, Hybrid Learning, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Sabbatical, Teaching, TPACK, Writing

Over the past few months, I’ve continue to have wonderful opportunities to speak at conferences and workshops, publish my work, and then share in conversations with fellow teachers. Two conversations in particular stand out as we had for the end of the calendar year. First, Kristen Turner and I were contacted earlier this fall by…
Digital Mentor Text #4: “Size Matters Not”

Jan 11, 2012

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Troy Hicks

in Best Practice, Digital Mentor Texts, Digital Writing Workshop, Kinetic Type, Media and Pop Culture, MSU, NWP, TPACK, Writing

Here we are, midweek, in our series on mentor texts in the digital writing workshop, and I’m feeling just a bit left out in the sense that I’ve chosen to focus on professional mentor texts in that I am not commenting on student work like Bill, Katie, Kevin, Tony and Franki are. The thinking on these topics so far…
Designing PD Experiences: Can You RELATe?

Jul 13, 2011

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Troy Hicks

in Collaboration, MSU, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, TPACK, Virtual Learning

This afternoon, second year students in MSU’s Master of Arts in Educational Technology presented a conference – in person and virtually – for their teaching colleagues: RELATe (Rouen Educational Leadership and Technology Conference, #relate11). This conference comes in the middle of the 4 week summer program, and is one of the main projects for Year 2…
Notes from Two TPACK Sessions at SITE 2010

Mar 31, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Professional Development, SITE 2010, TPACK

Testing a TPACK-Based Technology Integration Assessment Rubric Judi Harris, Neal Grandgenett, and Mark Hofer Looking at the work of TPACK over the past five years Much exploration of the construct — what does it look like? About two years ago, more work about how to help teachers develop TPACK Now we are interested in finding…
Reflections on Transformative Technology Integration

Mar 6, 2010

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Troy Hicks

in Educational Research, News and Notes, NWP, Professional Development, RCWP, TPACK

An NWP colleague, Natalie Bernasconi from the Central California Writing Project, recently sent an email with some questions: I’m interested in how infusing technology into the classroom as exemplified by Youth Voices and other initiatives changes the way teachers see their own role and their own identity. I’m also interested in examining the relationship between…
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…
Reflections on NWP and NCTE 2009

Nov 26, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in CCCC-IP, CEE, Copyright, Creative Commons, CRWP, Digital Is, Digital Writing Workshop, Media and Pop Culture, NCTE, NCTE 2009, News and Notes, Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections, Social Networking, Teaching, TM07, TPACK, Writing

As the holidays begin, another conference season comes to a close. For the past week, Sara and I have been in Philadelphia at the National Writing Project‘s “Digital Is…” pre-conference, the NWP Annual Meeting, and the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. As it is each year, we enjoy spending time with colleagues…
Notes from Keynote on TPACK

Mar 6, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in Notes from Other Presentations, SITE 2008, TPACK

Thinking Creatively: Teachers as Designers of Technology, Pedagogy, and Content (TPACK) Punya Mishra and Matthew J. Koehler, Michigan State University Three points to the refrain Teaching with technology is a wicked problem Wicked problems need creative solutions Teachers want to create solutions Teaching It is messy: Teaching is always “about something” — the content Yet…