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LRA Show

November 17, 2014by Ryan Rish Leave a comment

I had the pleasure of participating in the LRA Show affiliated with the Literacy Research Association. Both episodes were bookended with #literacies chats on Twitter. Below, I have archived the […]

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Dear New Teacher

September 12, 2014by Ryan Rish 2 Comments

For a while now, I have been meaning to write a “Dear New Teacher” open letter that acknowledges the challenges that teachers face but reminds all of us what an […]

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Ferguson Now

September 4, 2014by Ryan Rish Leave a comment

During the first class of a graduate English education course designed to develop critical approaches to teaching literature, I asked: How would you teach about Ferguson, right now? We had […]

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Transmedia Storytelling

July 29, 2014by Ryan Rish Leave a comment

If we accept Henry Jenkins’ argument that transmedia navigation is an important literacy practice since the advent of new media, then it’s not much of a leap to wonder about […]

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Puzzle Solving & Modding

July 27, 2014by Ryan Rish Leave a comment

Sean Connors asked me to join him in writing a piece on close reading and New Criticism related to the Common Core Standards for the journal Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented Theory, […]

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Affinity Spaces

July 25, 2014by Ryan Rish 1 Comment

In a technology and digital media course I teach for pre-service and practicing teachers, I ask the students to consider how people learn and make meaning together outside of school […]

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Figured Worlds

February 18, 2014by Ryan Rish 3 Comments

Updated: September 15, 2014 We’re slowly getting back in the groove in the Atlanta area. A pair of winter storms shut down our university, so we’re a bit behind on […]

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#hamletselfie

February 5, 2014by Ryan Rish Leave a comment

The selfie. Immediate groans from my veteran teachers…nervous excitement from my young, pre-service teachers. We started off the class talking about the social practices of taking a selfie. Who takes […]

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#walkmyworld

January 10, 2014by Ryan Rish 4 Comments

I’ve asked some of my students and colleagues to join me in a collaborative project called #walkmyworld. The Project Ian O’Byrne (@wiobyrne) invited educators to join him and a group […]

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Double Exposure

October 30, 2012by Ryan Rish 10 Comments

On Monday, the following photo went viral on social media. The photo of the Old Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier taken in September by Karin Markert was […]

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