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Reading and Writing in Kentuckiana: Paul Hankins and student talk about their Ning - TTT 189 - 02.24.10

Posted by Paul Allison on March 7th, 2010

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On this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers, you will learn more about RAW INcK: Reading and Writing in Kentuckiana. Our guests were one site’s student managers, Tyler, along with their teacher, Paul W. Hankins, an English Teacher and Creator of RAW INcK. (Another student-manager of the Ning, Jin joined us in the chat room.) Paul is also a teacher-consultant with the Indiana University Southeast Writing Project and a State Representative to ALAN from Indiana. Listen to find out why we are excited to connect up with RAW INcK, “A Reading and Writing Community Hosted by the Juniors of Silver Creek High School [Indiana]. Now hosting members from all across America! Go INcK!”

Learn about how they set up chat sessions with authors like these:

  • Ellen Hopkins, author of Crank, Burned, Impulse, Glass, and Identical.
  • Chris Crutcher. Crutcher’s works include Athletic Shorts, Chinese Handcuffs, Deadline, The Sledding Hill, and King of the Mild Frontier.
  • Kimberly Willis Holt, author of When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, My Louisiana Sky, and a host of other YA titles.

Go to EdTechTalk to see a copy of the chat that was happening during the webcast.

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Texas in the house with Liz Stephens and Kerry Ballast on doing digital make-overs - TTT186 -02.10.10

Posted by Paul Allison on February 28th, 2010

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Troy Hicks, digital writing, Joel Malley, Liz Stephens, digital make-overs, adolescent writing | No Comments »

A snow day in NYC gives us a chance to do some collaborative planning - TTT188 - 02.26.10

Posted by Paul Allison on February 26th, 2010

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, New York City Writing Project, Madeline Brownstone, Shantanu Saha, curriculum, Global Kids, gaming, collaborative planning | 1 Comment »

Did Educon 2.2 Make Us Smarter? - TTT 185 - 02.03.10

Posted by Paul Allison on February 20th, 2010

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, National Writing Project, Hannah, Joe Conroy, Educon 2.2, NWP, Diana Laufenberg, Dolores Gende, Chris Lehmann | No Comments »

Renee Hobbs and Troy Hicks Discuss Fair Use - TTT 184 - 01.27.10

Posted by Paul Allison on February 8th, 2010

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Chris Sloan, Troy Hicks, Fair Use, Renee Hobb, Creative Commons, Digital Learning, copyright | No Comments »

A student-centered follow up: More on games, YouTube, Twitter, and Research - TTT 182 - 01.13.10

Posted by Paul Allison on February 6th, 2010

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, students, twitter, YouTube, East-West School of International Studies, George Haines, gaming | No Comments »

Getting Schooled on Gaming: A conversation with Global Kids and Quest to Learn - TTT #181- 01.06.10

Posted by Paul Allison on January 24th, 2010

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Shantanu Saha, Barry Joseph, Rafi Santo, Global Kids, Jonathan Richter, Peggy Marconi, Al Doyle, David Marini, gaming | No Comments »

What was new for you in 2009 that you’re bringing into 2010 - 12.23.09

Posted by Paul Allison on January 16th, 2010

Posted in Susan Ettenheim, Chris Sloan, Youth Voices, planning, curriculum, Peggy George, Robert Squires, End-of-Year | No Comments »

Radio Rookies Finding Where Their Passions Make Good Stories - TTT 179 - 12.16.09

Posted by Paul Allison on January 10th, 2010

Posted in Paul Allison, Podcasting, Webcast, students, East-West School of International Studies, Radio Rookies, WNYC, Sanda Htyte, Mapping Main Street, audio documentaries, radio, Ann Happermann | No Comments »

MemCatch and Zotero: Tools to Cure Our Cartesian Hangover - TTT #178 -12.09.09

Posted by Paul Allison on January 1st, 2010

Posted in Research, Wendy Drexler, Fred Haas, diigo, social bookmarking, Terry Elliot, Keith borne, Peter Sabbagh, Zotero, MemCatch, Social Knowledge Tools, Delicious | No Comments »

Reflections on the National Writing Project’s 2009 Annual Meeting at a Seminal Moment - TTT177 - 12.02.09

Posted by Paul Allison on December 13th, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, National Writing Project, Paul Oh, Seth Mitchell, technology, nwpam09, Robert Rivera-Amezola, Joe Conroy, Chuck Jurich, Billy Collins, Tech Liaisons Network | 1 Comment »

Deep-Sea Diving Into Diigo 4.0 with Maggie Tsai - TTT 176 - 11.11.09

Posted by Paul Allison on November 29th, 2009

Posted in Research, Alice Barr, diigo, social bookmarking, Maggie Tsai, H. Songhai, Russ Goerend, Peggy George, Karl Fisch, digital bookbags | 1 Comment »

Looking Forward to the National Writing Project’s Annual Meeting with 3 Presenters - TTT#175 - 11.04.09

Posted by Paul Allison on November 15th, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Podcasting, Video, National Writing Project, Paul Oh, Annual Meeting, nwpam09, elementary, Robert Rivera-Amezola, Joe Conroy, Chuck Jurich, after-school programs | No Comments »

EBSCO, BrainyFlix, Online Research, and More! - TTT173 - 10.21.09

Posted by Paul Allison on November 11th, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Research, Joyce Valenza, EBSCO, Jack Yu, Brainyflix, photography, Ron Burns | No Comments »

More about diigo, annotations and on-line, ongoing research - TTT169 - 9.23.09

Posted by Paul Allison on November 1st, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Research, social bookmarking, Maggie Tsai, I-Search, ongoing research, online research | No Comments »

Troy Hicks and The Digital Writing Workshop, Part 3 of 3 - Helping Students Craft Writing - TTT172 - 10.14.09

Posted by Paul Allison on October 18th, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Troy Hicks, Google docs, The Digital Writing Workshop, Melissa Pomerantz, Heather Lewis, Joe Belino, Conferring, Responding, Micosoft Word | No Comments »

Mapping Main Street in Flushing, Salt Lake City, and Brevig Mission - TTT168 - 9.16.09

Posted by Paul Allison on October 17th, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, place-based education, Diane (Ginger) Crockett, Radio Rookies, WNYC, Sanda Htyte, radio production, Mapping Main Street | No Comments »

Troy Hicks and The Digital Writing Workshop, Part 2 of 3 - Exploring Author’s Craft - TTT171- 10.07.09

Posted by Paul Allison on October 9th, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Troy Hicks, Dawn Reed, The Digital Writing Workshop, Aram Kabodian, Sharon Murchie, Shannon Powell, Author's Craft | No Comments »

Lennie Levin on Crossing to College - TTT 167 - 09.09.09

Posted by Paul Allison on October 8th, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Webcast, Youth Voices, Lennie Levin, Crossing to College, Preparing for College | No Comments »

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

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Chris Sloan, Writing, Troy Hicks, digital writing, Penny Kittle, Sara Beauchamp-Hicks, The Digital Writing Workshop | No Comments »

Minding the gap between library databases and social bookmarking - EBSCO and diigo - TTT166 - 09.02.09

Posted by Paul Allison on September 28th, 2009

Posted in Susan Ettenheim, Research, Madeline Brownstone, Joyce Valenza, Vicki Davis, EBSCO, Alice Barr, library databases, Suzanne Hamilton, Carolyn Stanley, Ron Burns, EBSCOHost, librarians, media specialists, social bookmarking | No Comments »

Meet Lisa Dick and George Haines: Talking about research and diigo - TTT165 - 08.26.09

Posted by Paul Allison on September 22nd, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Research, Joyce Valenza, Lisa Dick, George Haines, diigo, bookmarking | No Comments »

Connect, Comment and Create at Youth Voices - An Update on Our Drupal Site - TTT164 - 08.19.09

Posted by Paul Allison on September 13th, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Chris Sloan, Youth Voices | No Comments »

Brian Hughes: The Art of Archiving and Video Production at Teachers College - TTT163 - 08.12.09

Posted by Paul Allison on September 8th, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Ron Link, Brian Hughes, Teachers College, After Ed, Pocket Knowledge, archiving, video production | 2 Comments »

Making New Connections with VoiceThread - TTT162 - 08.05.09

Posted by Paul Allison on August 31st, 2009

Posted in Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Gail Desler, Ben Papell, Steve Muth, VoiceThread, Lee Kolbert, Digital Library, New York Public Library, Internment Camps, multimedia projects | No Comments »