A 21st century educational system must educate all students in the effective and authentic use of the technologies that permeate society to prepare them for the future. As part of this future, learners need opportunities to not only read, but also write the web. Despite the transformative possibilities associated with the inclusion of the Internet…
Over the past year I’ve spent time working with Dr. Martha Castaneda from Miami University of Ohio editing a special themed issue of the Tapestry Journal. The journal is released openly online, and provides guidance for literacy and language educators. The articles in this special issue of Tapestry provide scholars and practitioners with a set of…
With my colleague Shane Smith, we recently conducted some research investigating opportunities for instruction in a hybrid learning environment. We used a Google+ Community to allow our students to read, respond, and react to readings and peers to extend discussion from the face-to-face classroom. The research identifies opportunities for multicultural education, culturally responsive teaching, multiliteracies,…
Our column on teaching, learning, and sharing openly online was just published in JAAL. I co-wrote the column with Verena Roberts, Randy LaBonte, and Lee Graham. In this case we share the challenges and opportunities associated with open, open educational resources, and open learning. As a supplement to the column, we invited in a series…
Our column on teaching, learning, and sharing openly online was just published in JAAL. I co-wrote the column with Verena Roberts, Randy LaBonte, and Lee Graham. In this case we share the challenges and opportunities associated with open, open educational resources, and open learning. As a supplement to the column, we invited in a series…
My column on Empowering Learners in the Reader/Writer Nature of the Digital Informational Space was just published in Volume 58, Issue 2 of JAAL. In this column I make the case that educators have the opportunity to empower learners as not only readers, but writers of online information. To do this we need to move…