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Using Speech Recognition Add On to Save on Transcription Time
I will be starting data collection for a new research study this week, and as I try to work out the nuts and bolts of my data management workflows, I discovered that I might save time on transcription by using the Speech Recognition Add On in Google Docs. The big upside here is that Speech Recognition is…
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Literacy Research Association Conference 2015
This morning, I will be sharing part of my dissertation research at the Literacy Research Association conference in Carlsbad, California. The symposium is entitled: Students Constructing Meaning from Multiple Internet Texts: Processes, Pedagogies and Potential. I’m really happy to be presenting work alongside two other scholars whose work I admire, Michael Manderino and Michael DeSchryver.…
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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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Combattre les trolls et la bête aux mille têtes: Words that shape thinking about digital literacies and learning
I see the world around me with different eyes, and hear it with different ears. I’ve been away from home for a while. Now, I am back. And I notice things. About a month ago over coffee, I visited HabiloMédias.ca. I hadn’t ever read the French version of the site prior to that day and it…
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SAMR for Ontario Teachers: Should it be the Preferred Model for Tech Integration?
Lately, my colleague Leigh Graves Wolf and I have been thinking about the ways that the SAMR model, developed by Rueben Puentedura, has been used to frame technology integration practices for teachers in K-12 schools. As I prepared a lesson for my teacher education students on technology integration, I started reading more into the foundations…
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La Chaire de Recherches WIGUP: Canada
Le lancement officiel de la Chaire de recherches WIGUP: Canada aura lieu demain matin au pavillon des diplômés Alex Trebek à l’Université d’Ottawa. Je suis la titulaire de la chaire, qui veut dire que j’aurai l’honneur de gérer 5 ans de recherches avec nos partenaires, le Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario et…
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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…