"We believe new technologies can advance both the teaching and learning of writing." -The National Commission on Writing in American Schools and Colleges, The Neglected 'R': The Need for a Writing Revolution, 2003. Years later and we're still waiting to see how it can really be done. The wait is over. "In clean, clear prose that unravels the labyrinth of new terms and applications, Troy guides us towards a writing workshop for this age. His steady, smart advice eases the transition between the elements of writing workshop we know matter to the tools that can take each to a new place, one comfortably familiar, but with a decidedly updated feel. And this man has his priorities straight. He focuses first on the writer, then on the writing, and lastly on the technology." -Penny Kittle Author of Write Beside Them Troy Hicks holds sight on good writing workshop instruction. Where others have talked about new technologies and how they change writing, Hicks shows you how to use new technologies to enhance the teaching of writing you already do. Chapters are organized around the familiar principles of the writing workshop: student choice, active revision, studying author's craft, publication beyond the classroom, and assessment of both product and process. In each chapter you'll learn how to expand and improve your teaching by smartly incorporating new technologies like wikis, blogs, and other forms of multimedia. Throughout, you'll find reference to resources readily available to you and your class online. He also includes a practical set of lessons for how to use wikis to explore a key concept in digital writing: copyright. New literacies are developing around us at what sometimes seems like the speed of light. It's hard to keep it all in focus. Let Troy Hicks guide you through the complexities of what it all means for your classroom so your students' writing can grow right in step with our changing times and technologies. Troy Hicks hosts a companion website where teachers are connecting, sharing ideas, and learning more about teaching digital writing in K-12 classrooms. Join the discussion at http://digitalwritingworkshop.wikispaces.com/

The Digital Writing Workshop

Reference

Hicks, Troy

Kittle, Penny

Words, Language & Grammar

Heinemann

Written for teachers of writing by a teacher of writing, Crafting Digital Writing is both an introduction for teachers new to digital writing and a menu of ideas for those who are tech-savvy. Troy Hicks explores the questions of how to teach digital writing by examining author's craft, demonstrating how intentional thinking about author's craft in digital texts engages students in writing that is grounded in their digital lives. Troydraws on his experience as a teacher, professor, and National Writing Project site director to show how the heart of digital composition is strong writing, whether it results in a presentation, a paper, or a video. Throughout the book, Troy offers: <ul>
<li>in-depth guidance for helping students to compose web texts (such as blogs and wikis), presentations, audio, video, and social media</li> <li>mentor texts that give you a snapshot into what professionals and students are doing right now to craft digital writing</li> <li>suggestions for using each type of digital text to address the narrative, informational, and argument text types identified in the Common Core State Standards</li> <li>a wealth of student-composed web texts for each digital media covered, along with links to them on the web</li> <li>technology tips and connections, as well as numerous tools for creating a digital writing assignment.</li> </ul>
To preview a sample of Crafting Digital Writing click here.

Crafting Digital Writing: Composing Texts Across Media and Genres

Digital Writing Workshop (Print eBook Bundle)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Crafting Digital Writing (Print eBook Bundle): Composing Texts Across Media and Genres

Every day, our students are inundated by information-as well as opinions and misinformation-on their devices. These digital texts influence what they buy, who they vote for, and what they believe about themselves and their world. Crafting and analyzing arguments in a digital world could be our greatest possibility to improve dialogue across cultures and continents... or it could contribute to bitter divides. In this book, Kristen Hawley Turner and Troy Hicks draw from real world texts and samples of student work to share a wealth of insights and practical strategies in teaching students the logic of argument. Whether arguments are streaming in through a Twitter feed, a Facebook wall, viral videos, internet memes, or links to other blogs or websites, Turner and Hicks will guide you-and your students- in how to engage with and create digital arguments. The authors' companion wiki provides all of the links to the web-based examples referenced in the book, as well as additional resources to support you as you implement instruction in digital arguments.

Argument in the Real World: Teaching Adolescents to Read and Write Digital Texts

Hawley Turner, Kristen

Ask, Explore, Write!: An Inquiry-Driven Approach to Science and Literacy Learning

Discover how to effectively incorporate literacy instruction into your middle or high school science classroom with this practical book. You'll find creative, inquiry-based tools to show you what it means to teach science with and through writing, and strategies to help your students become young scientists who can use reading and writing to better understand their world. Troy Hicks, Jeremy Hyler, and Wiline Pangle share helpful examples of lessons and samples of students' work, as well as innovative strategies you can use to improve students' abilities to read and write various types of scientific nonfiction, including argument essays, informational pieces, infographics, and more. As all three authors come to the work of science and literacy from different perspectives and backgrounds, the book offers unique and wide-ranging experiences that will inspire you and offer you insights into many aspects of the classroom, including when, why, and how reading and writing can work in the science lesson. Featured topics include: <ul> <li>Debates and the current conversation around science writing in the classroom and society.</li> <li>How to integrate science notebooks into teaching.</li> <li>Improving nonfiction writing by expanding disciplinary vocabulary and crafting scientific arguments.</li> <li>Incorporating visual explanations and infographics.</li> <li>Encouraging collaboration through whiteboard modeling.</li> <li>Professional development in science and writing.</li> </ul> The strategies are all aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards for ease of implementation. From science teachers to curriculum directors and instructional supervisors, this book is essential for anyone wanting to improve interdisciplinary literacy in their school.

Business & Money

Hyler, Jeremy

Pangle, Wiline

Economics

Routledge

Writing should be for an audience other than a teacher, and for a purpose beyond getting a grade.
Connecting their classroom experience to research about writing, as well as to framing documents in the field, two seasoned writing teachers distill the lessons they’ve learned about creating confident adolescent and young adult writers. Troy Hicks and Andy Schoenborn outline a fundamental stance to their approach―to invite, encourage, and celebrate students’ writing―that is then echoed in the book’s three-part structure. There are numerous classroom activities and assignments on topics from creating writing goals to supporting revision, examples of student work, and questions to guide teachers’ reflections.
In this book for any teacher of writing, from middle school through college, readers are invited to try strategies and allow students’ voices to emerge, while discussing with colleagues how these approaches might work for them, too. 10 black-and-white images

Creating Confident Writers: For High School, College, and Life

Schoenborn, Andy

W.W.Norton&Company

Find out how to incorporate digital tools into your English language arts class to improve students’ reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Authors Jeremy Hyler and Troy Hicks show you that technology is not just about making a lesson engaging; it’s about helping students become effective creators and consumers of information in today’s fast-paced world. You’ll learn how to use mobile technologies to teach narrative, informational, and argument writing as well as visual literacy and multimodal research. Each chapter is filled with exciting lesson plans and tech tool suggestions that you can take back to your own classroom immediately. See Jeremy Hyler’s TEDx! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHtXIJvSSAA

Create, Compose, Connect!: Reading, Writing, and Learning with Digital Tools (Eye on Education Books)

How to apply digital writing skills effectively in the classroom, from the prestigious National Writing Project As many teachers know, students may be adept at text messaging and communicating online but do not know how to craft a basic essay. In the classroom, students are increasingly required to create web-based or multi-media productions that also include writing. Since writing in and for the online realm often defies standard writing conventions, this book defines digital writing and examines how best to integrate new technologies into writing instruction. <ul>
<li>Shows how to integrate new technologies into classroom lessons</li> <li>Addresses the proliferation of writing in the digital age</li> <li>Offers a guide for improving students' online writing skills</li> </ul>
The book is an important manual for understanding this new frontier of writing for teachers, school leaders, university faculty, and teacher educators.

Because Digital Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Online and Multimedia Environments

National Writing Project

DeVoss, Danielle Nicole

Eidman-Aadahl, Elyse

Jossey-Bass

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