Category: Virtual Learning
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Designing Breakout Rooms for Maximum Engagement
Despite (or perhaps because of) the pandemic summer, I was provided with numerous opportunities to facilitate online courses and professional development, as well as one chance to work with a digital writing summer camp for middle school students. There were many models for these sessions, from a one-day event where we hosted about 60 participants…
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Pandemic Pedagogy: Some Questions About Being “Successful” and Getting it “Right”
Introduction With the midpoint of the summer and the July 4th Holiday weekend in the rear view, and states (like our own home of Michigan) now releasing plans for a “safe return to school” in August, we feel it is worth taking time to pause. As parents and teacher educators, as well as long-time colleagues…
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Resources for ETA NSW
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in Academic Life, Argument in the Real World, Assessing Students’ Digital Writing, Assessment, Because Digital Writing Matters, Best Practice, Books, Collaboration, Composition, Connected Reading, Crafting Digital Writing, Create Compose Connect, Digital Writing Workshop, English Education, From Texting to Teaching, Hybrid Learning, Literacy, Mobile Learning, New Literacies, News and Notes, Online Learning, Open Content, Professional Development, Reflections, Research Writing Rewired, Teaching, Virtual Learning, WritingThis list of curated resources represents work that I have produced from March to May of 2020, all aimed at helping educators as they transitioned to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The full article. “Critical, creative, and compassionate: Resources for teaching English in an era of COVID-19” appears in Australia’s English Teachers Association NSW’s…
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Podcast with Ivy Ewell Eldridge on “Writing with Digital Tools”
While attending the California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) conference in February, I was invited to speak with CNUSDEdChat. My thanks to the entire CNUSDEdChat team — Ivy Ewell-Eldridge, Annemarie Cortez, Kim Kemmer, Jenny Cordura, and Kate Jackson — for welcoming me to this conversation. Follow more of their work via their homepage, Soundcloud…
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Webinar Archive: Literacy in a Time of Rapid Change – Strategies & Resources for Virtual Learning
Here is an archived recording of our Wednesday, March 25, 2020 webinar on EdWeb, “Literacy in a Time of Rapid Change: Strategies and Resources for Virtual Learning,” as well as the GDoc handout from the session. We are now in the midst of a “new normal,” and questions about what virtual instruction will look like…
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Ideas from Instagram Live Conversation: “Online Teaching and Learning English”
Edited Post: Video added on May 30, 2020. Earlier today, I was honored to be invited by Alireza Qadiri Hedeshi, Dean of Foreign Languages Department at Mehryar Institution of Higher Education, for an Instagram Live conversation. Here are some of the questions that he and his colleagues shared, as well as some brief responses that…
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Resources and Reflections from “Online Environments and Your Students: Strategies to Inform Writing Instruction Webinar”
Earlier this afternoon, I was pleased to be on a webinar, “Online Environments and Your Students: Strategies to Inform Writing Instruction” (Archived Video) with Jessie Borgman (Arizona State University), and Casey McArdle (Michigan State University). Hosted by Brett Griffiths, Director of Reading and Writing Studios at Macomb Community College, we covered a good deal of…
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More than “Moving Online”: Critical and Creative Teaching in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
More than “Moving Online” Critical and Creative Teaching in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis A Series of Online Workshops for Educators sponsored by Ed Tech Faculty, Students, and Alumni from Central Michigan University Sunday, March 15, 2020 | 4:00 to 9:00 PM EST Update: Monday, March 16, at 11:45 AM EST Thanks to all who…
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Badging and Blending, Writing and Learning
Badges. Writing-intensive. Active learning. Blended learning. Oh, my. These have been the buzzwords that have permeated professional conversations over the past few years, and have guided my path in developing the seminar course for Honors students that I am currently teaching, “Our Digital Selves.” Offered as a course for a group of 22 freshmen while…
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Reflections on Participating in KQED’s “Finding and Evaluating Information”
Over the holiday break, I’ve participated in an open course for educators, “Finding & Evaluating Information,” sponsored by KQED. Though the course ended last week, many of the materials are still available online, including this GDoc that contains a list “greatest hits” (and resources) from all the participants. Among the many lessons posted by other…