The following materials have been developed for my keynote at the 2015 New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute at The Friday Institute at NCSU. My keynote for the session will focus on moving students (and educators) from consumers…to curators…to creators of online content. The presentation materials can be accessed (and commented on) by clicking here, or…
On the final day at the MA New Literacies Institute we’re usually in full spin as participants feverishly work on the final elements of their work product. The sessions end with an incredible showcase of all of the different units and projects people developed over the week. As is the usual, I was once again…
On day four at the MA New Literacies Institute we primarily had a series of Digital Texts and Tools sessions, and time for participants to work collaboratively on their units. My sessions included a focus on screencasting, audio podcasting, and Google Presenter. In working with participants to help them plan out and develop their work…
On day three at the MA New Literacies we started off the day with a bang as Karen Brennan joined us for the keynote. Karen’s talk focused on Creative Computing and Computational Culture. The talk focused on the need to empower students in the reader/writer nature of online information. This is a common thread that…
Day two at the MA New Lit Institute wrapped up well. We continued our series of Digging Deeper sessions. I think my session on Online Content Construction went well. In this session we focused on framing of OCC, and spent a lot of time with participants figuring out Mozilla Popcorn. I’ll put together a post…
We just wrapped up our first day at the MA New Literacies Institute. Today was a whirlwind as presenters and participants gradually started unpacking the “nuts and bolts” of the curriculum that we present here during the week. For more info about the schedule and materials, please visit our site here. We did have a…