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Teachers felt that the content was more understandable, were willing to create stories, agreed that it helped get across more content in a limited time, felt that they didn’t have time or technical knowledge This week, I am at SITE 2008 , preparing for a presentation on Project WRITE tomorrow. Today, I will try to blog from some of the sessions (as wifi will allow). Here are three sessions on digital storytelling that I attended this morning. (I will also cross-post on my Digital Writing, Digital Teaching Blog ): Is solidly grounded in curriculum and expresses relevant content knowledge (Question: what counts as curriculum?
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Teachers Teaching Teachers - 9/30/09 - Choice and Inquiry with Troy Hicks, Penny Kittle, Sara Beauchamp-Hicks, and Chris Sloan Hosted by Paul Allison and Susan Ettenheim. Teachers Teaching Teachers - 10/07/09 - Exploring Author's Craft in Digital Writing - Troy Hicks, Dawn Reed, Aram Kabodian, Sharon Murchie, and Shannon Powell. Hosted by Paul Allison and Susan Ettenheim.
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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 of English Language and Literature at Central Michigan University, where he instructs preservice teachers.
The Presentation This Prezi moves through a series of ideas from the book, beginning with the cover, and then through three sections that (roughly) cover the ideas of being digital, crafting digital writing, and teaching in a digital writing workshop, followed by a photo from the classroom of my friend and colleague, Aram Kabodian . Depending on how much time I have, how many questions I want to entertain while talking, and the overall goals I have for the audience I am presenting to, I flex my speed and delivery of the presentation.
Reflections on Creating "The Digital Writing Workshop" on Prezi | Digital Is ...
Digital Is...what exactly? | Digital Is ...
What is Digital Is? The Digital Is website hosts a growing collection of stories, reflections, and resources about teaching and learning writing in a digital age. As the collection grows, we hope to maintain a certain point of view about teaching and the practice of writing: heavy on reflection, open to inquiry, focused on authentic student accomplishment.
Scroll down towards the bottom to see the three attachments that may help you get started and become more comfortable with the online Because Digital Writing Matters book study. If you have never used blogger, Google docs, Google groups with the email you provided to this group, then you will need to create an account with Google. Please use the email you provided when you signed up for the book study. This is a one time event for this email account. If you want to setup your profile for the group use the document for Creating a profile. You may want to find a photo or icon on your computer that you wish to use as your profile icon.
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Book Study | Writing With Technology
PLWP is hosting a book study of Because Digital Writing Matters byDanielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl and Troy Hicks. This is part of the Missouri Writing Project Network statewide focus on this book. PLWP is using Google Groups, but I will be blogging here about my responses during the book study. I will be inviting others in the group to post comments here as well.
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