Tag: futures

Vibe Shift Coming

Welcome back all. Here is Digitally Literate, issue #322. I posted the following this week: Why Can’t We Agree on What’s True? – Blaming social media or the Internet for what people choose to say is like blaming soapboxes for the people standing on them.The Beginning Will Suck – Starting a new project? Get out…

Becoming Indistractable

Welcome back all. Here is Digitally Literate, issue #321. I posted the following this week: Developing a Culture of Inquiry – This week I presented a workshop focused on reading and supporting students as they interact in classes. This post includes my slide deck and a recording of the session.Sharing What You Love – What…

Technology Weirds The World

Welcome back all. Here is Digitally Literate, issue #319. I posted the following this week: Digital Wildfires: Tending to social media in the ELA classroom – Wrote up and just submitted this piece with a great group of colleagues about the challenges of dealing with misinformation and disinformation in/out of the classroom…and what educators can…

Lies don’t end relationships…the truth does

Welcome to the new year. Let’s hope that it’s a new year. Here is Digitally Literate, issue #316. I posted the following this week: Becoming a Student Privacy Expert – I completed the Student Privacy Train-the-Trainer Program for K12 from the Future Privacy Forum. I’ve shared content from the FPF and their Student Privacy Compass…

Weaving The Memory Puzzle Into a Tapestry

Hello there. Here is Digitally Literate, issue #315. This will be my last post for 2021. I’ll take the remainder of the month off and spend time tinkering with my website, this newsletter, and my social media feeds. Some interesting things coming soon. 🙂 If you haven’t already, please subscribe if you would like this…

A Concentrated Set of Users

Hello friends! Welcome to Digitally Literate, issue #310. This week I helped post the following: Infusing Computational Thinking into STEM Teaching: From Professional Development to Classroom Practice – We published a piece in a themed issue of Educational Technology & Society looking at how middle grades and high school teachers drew on existing knowledge and…

Fully Immersed In An Activity

Welcome back all! This is Digitally Literate, issue #309. This week I post the following: Ungrading: Towards a Culture of Vibrant & Equitable Intellectual Discovery – I had the privilege of presenting a virtual keynote about my work and thinking about ungrading and alternative grading strategies to the good folks at ECU. Last week I…

For The Public Good

Welcome back all! This is Digitally Literate, issue #308. This week I post the following: From Crackpipes to Criteria to Critical Pedagogy – As I continue to unpack my experiences with ungrading, I’m sharing many of the comments, questions, and feedback I’ve recieved from the field.The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin – Some great sci-fi…

No Easy Silver Bullets

Welcome back to Digitally Literate. This is issue #305. I hope you’re all hydrating and taking time to make yourself smile. I worked on a bunch of things in the back room. One of which is a revamp for one of the larger literacy research organizations that I serve. We’re busy revamping the website, and…

A Better Way To Count

Hi all! Welcome back to Digitally Literate. This is issue #304. I worked on a couple of things in the background. One of which was an application for funding to open a STEAM Education and Research Center. We’ll learn more this week and I need to attend a Technical Assistance Workshop where the Commission on…