How to Join #literacies

You can find the #literacies chat on Twitter the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month from 8-9 PM EST. Search for the hashtag #literacies in Twitter. We’ve learned from our friends and colleagues who participate in #engchat that another tool like TweetChat can help you follow the discussion. Chat Topics and archives of chats are all

Art, Activism & #Literacies w/ @linlouj and @diglitalvermann

Find the Chat Archive here…and continue the conversation below! From Lindy Johnson and Donna Alvermann: For our May 2nd #literacies chat, we’d like to talk about “Art, Activism & Literacy.”  After planning and attending the JoLLE Conference on “Activist Literacies,” (Simon, Campano, Yee, Ghiso, Sánchez, & Low, 2012), we were intrigued by the fact that

4/18 #Literacies in the Lives of Young Black Men w/ David Kirkland

Join us on 4/18 at 8PM EST on Twitter with the hashtag #literacies to talk with David Kirkland (@davidekirkland) about literacies in the lives of young black men. We will be discussing the topic of David Kirkland‘s recently published book A Search Past Silence: The Literacy of Young Black Men. Below are a few excerpts from

Twitteracy: A New #Literacies Practice

Find the Chat Archive here…and continue the conversation below! Guest host this week is Benjamin Gleason (@BWGleason). The title of this #literacies chat comes from the article “Twitteracy: A New Literacy Practice” which Christine Greenhow (@chrisgreenhow) and I wrote in October, 2012 in a special issue on New Litearcies in the Educational Forum. We aimed to

3/21 #literacies chat with William Kist @williamkist

Many teachers and scholars are advocating for a broadened conception of literacy in this global new media age.  During the past year, I’ve studied some interesting projects that seek to take advantage of the ease of classroom collaborations on an international level.  These collaborations have taken the form of creating a textbook together  or working on teams

Changing Social Spaces of #literacies and Learning

Guest hosts this week are Nate Phillips (@nathancphillips) and Ty Hollett (@tyhollett). Meet them here: Nate and Ty Find the Chat Archive here…and continue the conversation below! The title for our chat, “Changing Social Spaces of #literacies and Learning,” comes from a review article Nate wrote with Kevin Leander (@kevtweet) and Katie Headrick Taylor (@KayteeTaylor)a couple years ago (Review

On 2/21 Conferring with Writers Across #Literacies

We are excited to announce that Chris Lehman (@iChrisLehman) will be hosting the February 21st #literacies chat. It is always a pleasure when Chris can join in on #literacies chat. As a community we can count on him for ideas that are equal parts thoughtful and practical. Chris invites us to chat with him on 2/21 about conferring

Threads to pick back up at #literacies Chat on 2/7

Find the Chat Archive here…and continue the conversation below! Here’s where the chat started on 2/7: View as slideshow Questions: anna smith@writerswriting @erinmarieclancy Perhaps next time we can discuss the #connectedlearning recommendations that we didn’t get to tonight. #literacies Thu, Jan 17 2013 17:59:36 · Original link ReplyRetweetFavorite Emily Pendergrass@Dr_Pendergrass @writerswriting How can #connectedlearning and