LRA Show
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]