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Using Social Media for Patient Advocacy and Learning: A conversation with Rebecca Hogue
I spent some time speaking with Rebecca Hogue @rjhogue this morning about the e-patient advocacy work she does on her blog http://bcbecky.com Rebecca is a Doctoral Student at the University of Ottawa and her dissertation will document and analyze the impact of her blog on readers. It’s important, inspiring work that sits at the intersections…
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Curating a collection of professional conversations for Pre-service Teachers
I am privileged to teach pre-service teachers in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. This semester, I’ve been teaching a course focused on fundamental concepts, frameworks and practices for unit and lesson design. It’s called PED 3141 (we use #PED3141 to share resources on Twitter). Because I am new to UOttawa and…
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4T Virtual Conference on Digital Writing Presentation: October 13, 2015
The 4T Virtual Conference on Digital Writing took place from October 11-14, 2015. I was invited to contribute to the conversation with a presentation on the “The Promise and Pitfalls of Strategies Instruction for Students Engaged in Complex, Inquiry-Based Activities Online“. Slides can be viewed here. References to support the development of these thoughts can…
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A Letter to My Daughter’s Teacher
In my new role as a teacher educator, I’ve decided to use this blog space to share ideas that, among other things, might help to scaffold new teachers’ development as professionals. This particular insight comes from the intersections of my life as a mother and teacher. Yesterday, I sent my daughters off to school in this…
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From My Garden: A Systems Thinking Approach to Online Reading Instruction
I’ve been an appreciative contributor to the Technology in Literacies Education Special Interest Group at the International Literacy Association for a couple of years now. Here’s a link to my latest post — a reflection on how we might approach online literacies instruction in ways that are inspired by systems thinking. I’ve included a few…
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Reading Instruction in a Time of Accountability: Multimodality and Physical Exercise Matter
Over the last few months, we’ve come to establish something of a round robin routine at dinner. I ask, “What were the highlights and lowlights from your day?” and then we go around the table, everyone sharing their ups and downs. Last week, our older daughter reported a lowlight that got me thinking, again, about…
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Question: Advantages of reading/writing online vs. reading print and writing by hand?
Lately, I’ve been asked by several teacher colleagues for information that could help them understand the complexities of digital literacies, and by extension, digital literacies instruction. I’ve decided to begin posting my responses to my colleagues on my blog, in case there are others who could benefit from these thoughts. I also welcome input from…
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On How the Sharing of Incomplete Work Makes Learners Powerful
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the ways that revision, and particularly collaborative, public revision, makes me feel more capable and powerful as a thinker, writer, researcher and teacher. A decade ago, I would have seen revision as part of my own writing and teaching processes. I would not, however, have embraced collaborative, public revision in…
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Top 10 List for Writers
My social media news feeds are abuzz with thoughts of back-to-school today. For many teachers around the US, students have already returned. Here in Michigan and at points north in my home and native land, K-12 students will return on September 2. At Michigan State University, our fall semester officially kicks off on August 27th.…
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International Reading Association Pre-Conference Institute #IRA14
On Friday, May 9th, I’ll be presenting a round-table session as part of the Pre-Conference Institute entitled, Intentional Teaching with Technology to Increase Understanding, Empathy and Engagement. I’ll have thoughts to share about what I learn at the institute myself, but for now, I’m posting the resources that I have prepared for attendees at my…