Call for Blog Carnival Contributions: Digital Writing in K-12 Communities
In an effort to continue building bridges and collaborating efforts between K-12 and higher education, this blog carnival seeks to open conversations about the ways digital writing is taught,...
View ArticleDigital Writing does not Begin with “the Digital”: Building Cultures of...
One of the biggest lessons we learned as a team of teacher-researchers in Michigan is that the scaffolding and teaching of “digital writing” begins before anyone gets on a computer. In this post, we’d...
View ArticleDigital Natives Are Human Too
In the fall of 2014, I joined a Michigan Teachers as Researchers Collaborative (MiTRC) project under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Grabill from Michigan State and Susan Golab from Oakland Intermediate...
View ArticleEnter the Blog
My students write and read all the time. I know they do. I see it. Sitting in my class, they tuck their chins in, look down at their phones, and then their thumbs fly as they scroll through blogs and...
View ArticleWhy Webcomics Matter (And How they Push Literacies)
A few years ago, I had one of those “aha” moments that forever changed my perception of young readers and writers. I had entered the local comic book store with my son, with the intention of joining...
View ArticleWriting as Process: Synchronous and Asynchronous Feedback in Remote Tutoring
I was in a composition pedagogy class recently when our professor asked whether the composition classroom could be conducted effectively in a virtual environment. My colleagues were all stating that...
View ArticleDRC Chat- Delia DeCourcy on the 4T Virtual Conference on Digital Writing
In conjunction with our Blog Carnival on digital literacy in K-12 classroom, I had the opportunity to chat with Delia DeCourcy, a Literacy Consultant with Oakland Schools and the Associate Director of...
View ArticlePadlet, Digital Writing, and Pedagogies of Fear
When I joined the English department at a small, private, Catholic high school, I was nervous. My previous experiences had been very different: I’d taught previously as a public school teacher, where I...
View Article#DRCchat on Twitter – Digital Writing in K-12 Communities
Two weeks ago, we hosted a Twitter Chat, in concert with our most recent blog carnival, on Digital Writing in K-12 Communities. We were joined by, among others, Literacy Coach Amber White from North...
View ArticleDigital Writing in K-12 Communities: A Blog Carnival Roundup
This fall, in collaboration with 4T Virtual Conference in Digital Writing and the Michigan Teachers as Researchers Collaborative, we hosted a blog carnival that worked toward building bridges between...
View ArticleCall for Blog Carnival Contributions: Digital Writing in K-12 Communities
In an effort to continue building bridges and collaborating efforts between K-12 and higher education, this blog carnival seeks to open conversations about the ways digital writing is taught,...
View ArticleDigital Writing does not Begin with “the Digital”: Building Cultures of...
One of the biggest lessons we learned as a team of teacher-researchers in Michigan is that the scaffolding and teaching of “digital writing” begins before anyone gets on a computer. In this post, we’d...
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