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Opening the Conversation on Digital Mentor Texts
Just about a week from now, a number of us will be blogging about mentor texts in the digital writing workshop. Inspired by this announcement and reflecting on her own experience with integrating...
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Digital Mentor Texts Preview
This will be a busy weekend of writing as I prep for our series on mentor texts in the digital writing workshop. I would like to say that I can write most of these posts as the week progresses, but my...
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Digital Mentor Text #1: “The Majestic Plastic Bag”
There are already some great conversations getting started about mentor texts in the digital writing workshop, and I have lots of reading to catch up on! Before I share my thoughts on the first video,...
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Digital Mentor Text #2: Dove’s “Evolution”
For the second professionally created digital mentor text, I will focus on Dove’s Evolution Video, part of their Campaign for Real Beauty. (This version posted is from the director, which doesn’t allow...
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Digital Mentor Text #3: “The Power of Words”
My third contribution to the digital mentor text series centers on the idea of creating a short, live action film. As I mentioned in my post last week, and Franki reiterated, so many times in video...
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Digital Mentor Text #4: “Size Matters Not”
Here we are, midweek, in our series on mentor texts in the digital writing workshop, and I’m feeling just a bit left out in the sense that I’ve chosen to focus on professional mentor texts in that I...
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Digital Mentor Text #5: “Changing Education Paradigms”
As we continue to look at professionally produced videos as digital mentor texts, the fifth video genre that I want to explore is what I would, for lack of better term, call “infotainment with a...
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Digital Mentor Text #6: Feminist Frequency
One last post here on digital mentor texts for the week, with some time to read and reflect planned for the weekend. I have to admit, my original plan to end the week was an “oldie, but goodie” (we can...
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Crafting Digital Writing
Crafting Digital Writing So pleased to announce that Crafting Digital Writing: Composing Texts Across Media and Genres was officially released today by Heinemann. Here is the text from the back cover:...
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Keynote from Reinventing the Classroom 2014 Virtual Conference
My thanks to Steve Hargadon for an invitation to speak during the Reinventing the Classroom virtual conference last week. The archive of my webinar is available on YouTube. This work is licensed under...
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Fandom Mashup with Mozilla’s Popcorn
Mozilla’s Popcorn, part of the Webmaker suite of tools For anyone that has read this blog, seen my guest post on the Heinemann website, or heard me speak in the past few months, you know that I am...
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Exploring the Design of a Digital Writing Assignment
Digital Writing Assignment Created by Elizabeth Gates (Front Page) During the month of May, my friend and Chippewa River Writing Project colleague Beth Gates has been working with her 11th grade...
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Free Webinar on 1/23/18: Exploring the Craft of Digital Writing, Grades 2–8
Exploring the Craft of Digital Writing, Grades 2–8 A Complimentary Webinar with Dr. Troy Hicks and the Center for the Collaborative Classroom. Join us for an hour of inspiration and learning with Dr....
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With Literacy and Learning for All (NWP Midwest)
With Literacy and Learning for All As students move from novice to expert in various fields of study, they must become familiar with specialized vocabulary, patterns of thinking, and specific uses of...
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Digital Mentor Text #3: “The Power of Words”
My third contribution to the digital mentor text series centers on the idea of creating a short, live action film. As I mentioned in my post last week, and Franki reiterated, so many times in video...
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Digital Mentor Text #4: “Size Matters Not”
Here we are, midweek, in our series on mentor texts in the digital writing workshop, and I’m feeling just a bit left out in the sense that I’ve chosen to focus on professional mentor texts in that I...
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Digital Mentor Text #5: “Changing Education Paradigms”
As we continue to look at professionally produced videos as digital mentor texts, the fifth video genre that I want to explore is what I would, for lack of better term, call “infotainment with a...
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Digital Mentor Text #6: Feminist Frequency
One last post here on digital mentor texts for the week, with some time to read and reflect planned for the weekend. I have to admit, my original plan to end the week was an “oldie, but goodie” (we can...
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Crafting Digital Writing
Crafting Digital Writing So pleased to announce that Crafting Digital Writing: Composing Texts Across Media and Genres was officially released today by Heinemann. Here is the text from the back cover:...
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Keynote from Reinventing the Classroom 2014 Virtual Conference
My thanks to Steve Hargadon for an invitation to speak during the Reinventing the Classroom virtual conference last week. The archive of my webinar is available on YouTube. This work is licensed under...
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