Digital Writing, Digital Teaching

Category: Reflections

Notes from Alfie Kohn’s Talk at CMU

Mar 17, 2010

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Troy Hicks

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Alfie Kohn, an outspoken critic of traditional schooling and standardized testing, spoke at CMU on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Here are some notes I captured from his talk, “Overhauling the Transmission Model: An overview of traditional versus progressive teaching” You may know if you have been a student or teacher that learning is not simply…
Reflections on NWP and NCTE 2009

Nov 26, 2009

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Troy Hicks

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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…
Reflecting on the Purposes of Digital Writing and Professional Development

Sep 29, 2009

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Troy Hicks

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Over the past few weeks, I have had a few opportunities to reexamine my thinking about the purposes of digital writing and professional development. As Sara begins her doctoral program at MSU and has started to share her own thinking through her “Connecting, Collaborating, Continuing to Learn” blog, it has given me pause to think…
Reflections on Day One of a Digital Writing Project

Jun 23, 2009

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Troy Hicks

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In the few moments that I have before beginning the second day of the Chippewa River Writing Project summer institute, I wanted to pause to reflect on what happened in day one as it relates to digital writing. We were able to get up and running with very little trouble in way of having people…
Creating a Digital Writing Project

Apr 15, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in CMU, CRWP, Digial Writing Project, NWP, Professional Development, Reflections

As the end of the semester approaches, the pace quickens for us as we plan for our inaugural summer institute at the Chippewa River Writing Project. In conversations that began many months ago and have stretched across talks with NWP folks like Will, Bud, Paul, Peter, and Sara, my thinking on what I want for…
Quick Quote in MEA Voice

Mar 24, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in ENG 315, MRA, News and Notes, Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections

Just today, a colleague of mine was telling me that I need to be better at self-promotion. So, here goes… Future teachers (college students now) use blogs and wikis to share their own writing—so they can someday help their own students do the same. “Teachers are teaching the digital generation,” explained Troy Hicks, assistant professor…
Reflections on EduCon 2.1

Jan 26, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Assessment, Collaboration, Copyright, EduCon, Fair Use, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching

NOTE: This was written yesterday in the post-conference, pre-flight moments that I had on the train from downtown to the airport. Since my flight didn’t arrive in Lansing until about 1:30 AM last night, I was just now able to put the finishing touches on it. Hope it makes some sense… Sunday, January 25, 2009…
Notes from Opening Panel Discussion of EduCon 2.1

Jan 23, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Notes from Other Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections

Notes from opening panel discussion at EduCon 2.1 Panel Discussion @ The Franklin Institute — “What is the Purpose of School?” Come to the Franklin Institute to see a group of societal visionaries speak about their vision of the purpose of school in a panel discussion. Joel Arquillos — Executive Director, 826LA 8 years in…
Personal Technology Learning and the Teaching of Writing

Jan 15, 2009

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Troy Hicks

in Blogging, Collaboration, Copyright, ENG 315, English Education, Literacy, Methods, News and Notes, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Wiki, Writing

Today, I will be introducing my ENG 315 pre-service teachers to the idea of developing their “digital teaching persona” and thinking critically about why and how to use technology in their personal technology learning and to become better teachers of writing. Each semester, I face the act of balancing the introduction of a number of…
Reflections on the Semester and the Season

Dec 18, 2008

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Troy Hicks

in Blogging, CMU, ENG 315, ENG 460, English Education, Methods, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, Reflections, Teaching, Writing

Been trying to get focused on writing for the books again tonight, but catching up on RSS reading and some recent posts from Andrea, Aram, and Sara reminded me to take some time with family and catch up on some personal reading (besides RSS feeds). So, I figured I would reflect on a few things…