Troy Hicks and The Digital Writing Workshop - Part 1 of 3 - Choice and Inquiry - TTT170 - 09.30.09
Posted by Paul Allison on October 3rd, 2009
Troy Hicks and The Digital Writing Workshop - Part 1 of 3 - Choice and Inquiry - TTT170 - 09.30.09 [66:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis is the first of a three-part series, guest-hosted by Troy Hick, author of the new Heinemann title, The Digital Writing Workshop, 
and Director of the Chippewa River Writing Project at Central Michigan University. In this series, we will be exploring the principles and practices described in Troy’s book. For this first episode, Troy welcomed three teachers (along with Paul Allison and Susan Ettenheim) to the conversation, and they discuss how they foster student choice and inquiry in their writing classrooms:
Penny Kittle, Kennett High School in New Hampshire will offer perspectives on writing workshop principles and why we need to begin to focus on digital writing
Sara Beauchamp-Hicks, formerly of Negaunee High School in Michigan will discuss her use of wikis and Google Docs to spur student inquiry
Chris Sloan of Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City will share insights on how students can make choices with RSS readers and blogging
Next week, on October 7th, Troy and his guests will explore the idea of “author’s craft†as it relates to creating digital texts. On October 14th, Troy will lead a discussion on the process of conferring and response to student writers as they create digital texts. We would invite you to join us on Wednesday at http://EdTechTalk.com/live at 9:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Pacific USA Wednesdays / 01:00 UTC Thursdays World Times.
Join The Digital Writing Workshop Ning.
Go to EdTechTalk to see a transcript of a chat that was happening during the webcast.