Podcasts
This semester, my students made podcasts responding to the California Writing Project’s invitation to write about the idea of “Upstanders, Not Bystanders.” Most of the students used a combination of...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Digital Humanities
This is the first in a series of three posts written by students in my ENGL 175T: Writing in a Digital Age class. by Nathan, Estevan, Jessica B. & Jessica T When referring to humanities, a sort of...
View ArticleWriting in Today’s Online World
This is the second post in a series of three written by students in my ENGL 175T: Writing in a Digital Age class. by Lisette Sandoval The way that society reads and interprets things has changed...
View ArticleLearning in the Digital Age
This is the third post in a series of three written by students in my ENGL 175T: Writing in a Digital Age course. by Brandon Gunderson With the advent of new technologies, online culture has become...
View ArticlePublic Forums for Writing
For my students’ last major project in my Writing in a Digital Age class, they could choose to create a This I Believe podcast or Voicethread–or to contribute to Wikipedia. Again, I felt the students...
View ArticleInformation Literacy
Last spring, I took part in a faculty collaborative group devoted to information literacy. With the support of two intelligent librarians, Vang Vang and Monica Fusich, I adapted an assignment developed...
View ArticleDigital Literacy Autobiographies
I am so proud of my students. Today, they finalized their digital literacy autobiographies, and they were so proud of what they produced they asked if they could share them with the rest of the class....
View ArticleTeachnology
Frequently, when I type the word “technology,” I accidentally type “teachnology.” It seems appropriate to me since I believe that technology is an effective way to teach students. I like that...
View ArticleTeacher Leader
I’ve decided to diverge from the suggested prompt today. What I’d like to talk about instead is my commitment to being a teacher leader. To me, that means that I advocate for good practices with my...
View ArticleNarrative Brainstorming
Last semester in my literacy studies class, I asked my students to create literacy autobiographies using Glogster. This semester I’m having students in my writing from children’s literature class write...
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