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307 Week by Week

Date

Reading Due

Technology Due

Lesson Plan Due

McClure, Randall & James

Purdy (2014). The next
digital scholar. Chapter 1:
Ever Mindful of the
Changes: What More We
know about student use
of emerging technologies
as they move closer to
college and career, pp.
21-34.
Cloonan, A. (2011).
Creating Multimodal
Metalanguage with
Teachers. English
Teaching: Practice and
Critique, 10(4), 23-40.

Watch and study each of

the videos on Flipped
Classroom Demos on
Google Drive.

Week 2:
Lesson Planning
with Digital
Literacies

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015

1. Homan, Elizabeth and

Dawn Reed (2014). In
The next digital scholar,
Chapter 2: Learning from
Digital Students and
Teachers: Reimagining
Writing Instruction and
Assessment for the 21st
Century, pp. 35-64.

2. Doering, A., Beach,
Richard, O'Brien, David.
(2007). Infusing Tools
and Digital
Literacies into an English
Education Program-
English Education.
English Education, 41-60.

3. Venters, M. (2014).
Day of tears: Day of
desperation: Using
blogging to make social
studies content engaging
and comprehensible. (pp.
77-90). In Hagood, M.
(Ed.). New Literacies
Practices: Designing
Literacy Learning. New
York: Peter Lang.

Watch, study, and

practice power point
demos on design
principles and layering
under Presentation Sites
and Demos on Google
Drive.

Week 1:
Introduction to
Teaching with
Digital Literacies
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015

Thursday, Jan. 29,

2015

Week 2:
Media and Design
Based Literacies

4. Bailey, N. M., & Carroll,

K. M. (2010). Motivating
Students' Research Skills
and Interests through a
Multimodal, Multigenre
Research Project. English
Journal, 99(6), 78-85.

Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015

1. Kimball, Miles & Ann

Hawkins (2008).
Document Design: A
guide for technical
communications, chapter
2: Principles of Design,
pp. 20-37.

2. Markel, Mike (2013).
practical strategies for
technical communication,
Chapter 7: Designing
Documents and Web
Sites, pp. 142-176.

Week 3:
Media and Design
Based Literacies

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015

1. Cercone, James &

David Bruce (2014). The
next digital scholar,
chapter 7: Media Literacy
Principles and the
Common Core State
Standards in English
Language Arts Teacher
Education, pp. 197-226.

2. Serafini, F. (2011).
Expanding Perspectives
for Comprehending
Visual Images in
Multimodal Texts. Journal
of Adolescent & Adult
Literacy, 54(5), 342-350.

3. Chung, S. K. (2005).
Media/Visual Literacy Art
Education: Cigarette Ad
Deconstruction. Art
Education, 58(3), 19-24.
Markel, Mike (2013).
practical strategies for
technical communication,
Chapter 8: Creating
Graphics, pp. 177-215.

Watch, study, and

practice power point
demos on layering texts
under Presentation Sites
and Demos on Google
Drive.

In class: work on lesson

plan that shows how you
would engage students in
learning and applying
principles of design and
critical media awareness
to interrogate texts.
Come up with text set and
design questions and

Thursday, Feb. 12,

2015

interactive spaces for

students to develop their
awareness of design-
based principles and of
critical media literacies.

Week 4:
Informational
Literacies

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015

1. Hess, Amanda Nichols

& Greer, Katie (2014).
The next digital scholar,
chapter 3: Using library
standards assessment to
inform Common Core
State Standards
Instruction, pp. 71-105.

2. Markel, Mike (2013).
practical strategies for
technical communication,
Chapter 5: Researching
Your Subject, pp. 79-104

3. Davies, Laura (2014).
In The next digital scholar,
chapter 8: Browsing with
Intent: Digital
Information Literacy and
Distant Reading
Practices, pp. 229-258

Watch, study, and

practice demos on
Informational Literacy
Resources on Google
Drive.

In class: work on a
flipped classroom
demonstration of how
you would teach students
informational literacies.
Connect this instruction
to a lesson plan that
shows how you will be
using the technology in
an actual literary
research project.

Hunter, J. C., H. J. (2014).

Urban Youth Use Twitter
to Transform Learning
and Engagement. English
Journal, 103(4), 76-82.

Flipped classroom
demonstration due on
how you would teach
informational literacies.

Watch, study, and
practice Hootsuite, RSS
Feed, Feebly, and Storify
under Research Data
Bases on Google Drive.

Lesson Plan due on how

you use informational
literacies in the context of
an actual lesson plan and
research project.

Thursday, Feb. 19,

2015

Week 5:
Informational
Literacies: Data
Base Tools and
Annotation
Tuesday, Feb. 24,
2015

Thursday, Feb. 26,

2015

1. Porter-O'Donnell, C.
(2004). Beyond the
Yellow Highlighter-
Teaching Annotation
Skills to Improve Reading
Comprehension. English
Journal, 93(5), 82-89.

2. Gable, R. (2010).
Reading with Your Pen-
Helping Students Interact
with Text. Classroom
Notes Plus, 6-11.

3. Collier, L. (2013).
Collier, Teaching Complex
Texts- A Guide. The
Council Chronicle, 6-9.

4. Abrams, S. S., & Gerber,
H. Abrams, Gerber-Cross-
Literate Digital
Connections-
Contemporary Frames for
Meaning Making. English
Journal, 103(4), 18-24.

5. Lattimer, H. (2010).
Developing Academic
Vocab Using Discipline-
Based Texts. NCTE, 78-
109.

Watch, study, and

practice A.nnotate, Diigo,
Twitter, and Easy Bib
under Research Data
Bases on Google Drive.

Week 6:
Informational
Literacies: Data
Base Tools and
Annotation

Tuesday, March 3,
2015

1. Hunter, J. C., H. J.
(2014). Urban Youth Use
Twitter to Transform
Learning and
Engagement. English
Journal, 103(4), 76-82.

2. English, C. (2007).
Finding a Voice in a
Threaded Discussion
Group: Talking about
Literature Online. The
English Journal, 97(1), 56-
61.

Lesson Plan due

integrating your teaching
of a social data base as a
part of a research project.

Thursday, March 5,
2015

Flipped classroom demo

due on how you would
teach one of the research
data bases to your
students and for which
specific research
purposes. Upload to class
website and be ready to
present to class.

Watch, study, and
practice evernote and
zotero demos under
Research Data Bases on
Google Drive.
Watch, study, and
practice evernote and
zotero demos under
Research Data Bases on
Google Drive. Begin
compiling texts for a unit
you would design for
students into zotero.

Week 7:
Informational
Literacies: Data
Base Tools and
Annotation

Tuesday, March 10,

2015

Thursday, March 12,

2015

Week 8:
Concept Mapping

Watch, study, and

practice evernote and
zotero demos under
Research Data Bases on
Google Drive. Keep
compiling a range of
texts.
Watch, study, and
practice evernote and
zotero demos under
Research Data Bases on
Google Drive. Keep
compiling a range of
texts.

Flipped classroom demo
due on teaching zotero,
evernote, and a.nnotate
for specific instructional
purposes.

Come to class ready to
show me your zotero,
EasyBib, Diigo, A.nnotate
and evernote libraries.

Tuesday, March 24,

2015

Hicks, T. (2013). Crafting

digital writing:
Composing texts across
media and genres.
Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Chapter 2: Authors Craft,
Genre Study, and Digital
Writing, pp. 11-23.
Hicks, T. (2013). Crafting
digital writing:
Composing texts across
media and genres.
Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann. Chapter 4:
Crafting Presentations,
pp. 61-86.

Work on lesson plan

showing how you would
integrate concept
mapping into your
teaching of literature and
for what research
purposes.

Lesson Plan due showing

how you would teach
concept mapping and for
what specific research
purposes.

Watch, study, practice

demos under Concept
Mapping on Google Drive
(mindmeister, gliffy,
mindomo, mindmapping,
Prezi, Power Point Poster,

Thursday, March 26,

2015

Week 9:
Concept Mapping
Tuesday, March 31,
2015

Lesson plan due on how

you would integrate
zotero, evernote and
a.nnotate into a research
project.

Thursday, April 2,
2015

Week 10:
Classroom Website
Design

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Thursday, April 9,
2015

1. Markel, Mike (2013).

practical strategies for
technical communication,
Chapter 15: Making Oral
Presentations, pp. 391-
413.

3. Erben, T., Ban, R. &
Castaeda, M. (2009).
Teaching English
Language Learners
through Technology.
New York: Routledge.
Ch. 3.4, pp. 131-140.

Museum, Empressr,
Glogster, Formatpixel)
Watch, study, practice
demos under Concept
Mapping on Google Drive
(mindmeister, gliffy,
mindomo, mindmapping,
Prezi, Power Point Poster,
Museum, Empressr,
Glogster, Formatpixel).

Flipped Classroom demo
due on how you will
teach/demonstrate
search strategies,
organizing digital
databases, and
annotation processes en
route to concept mapping
in your teaching.

Lesson Plan Due on how

you would teach power
point posters as a
culmination of concept
mapping and annotation.

Create a power point

demonstration or poster
that demonstrates how
your students would use
annotation and concept
mapping to take up
research questions and
interpret texts.
Present power point
poster to class. Upload to
class website before class.

Week 11:
Personal Website
Design-ePortfolio

Tuesday, April 14,

2015

Hicks, T. (2013). Crafting

digital writing:
Composing texts across
media and genres.
Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Chapter 3: Crafting Web
Texts, pp. 28-60.

2. Erben, T., Ban, R. &
Castaeda, M. (2009).

Watch, study, practice

demo on wikispaces
under Building Websites
on Google Drive.

Design flipped classroom
and present one or more
aspects of wikispaces to
peers.

Thursday, April 16,

2015

Teaching English
Language Learners
through Technology. New
York: Routledge.
Ch. 3.2, pp. 97-118.
Erben, T., Ban, R. &
Castaeda, M. (2009).
Teaching English
Language Learners
through Technology. New
York: Routledge.
Chapter 3.6: E-
assessments: Portfolios,
Quizzes, and Rubrics (pp.
150-165).

Watch, study, practice

demos on personal
eportfolio website design.

Study examples of other
personal websites.

Work on personal
ePortfolio website in
class and on flipped
classroom description of
technology.

Week 12:
Writing
Assignments
(Blogs-Wordpress)

Tuesday, April 21,

2015

Hicks, T. (2013). Crafting

digital writing:
Composing texts across
media and genres.
Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann. Chapter 7:
Crafting Social Media, pp.
137-153.

Post flipped classroom

demo of your website
design process.

Watch, study, practice
blog design (wordpress)
demos on Google Drive.

Design smaller and larger

writing assignments
students will compose
with the help of digital
resources.

Thursday, April 23,

2015

Come to class with blog

drafted.

Week 13:
Writing
Assignments
(Blogs-Blogger)

Design smaller and larger

writing assignments
students will compose
with the help of digital
resources.

Tuesday, April 28,

2015

Hicks, T. (2013). Crafting

digital writing:
Composing texts across
media and genres.
Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann. Chapter 8:
Modeling and mentoring
the digital writing
process, pp. 154-180.

Watch, study, practice

features of blogger on
Google Drive.

Week 13:
Writing
Assignments
(podcasting)

Thursday, April 30,

2015

1. Hicks, T. (2013).
Crafting digital writing:
Composing texts across
media and genres.
Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Chapter 5: Crafting Audio

Watch, study, practice

features of podcasting on
Google Drive.

Create a writing
assignment and
assessment for actual
students that helps them
understand how to
complete ithow you
will integrate podcasting

Texts, pp. 87-103.

2. Goodson, L. A. S., Matt.
(2010). Skillen-Small
Town Perspectives, Big-
Time Motivation-
Composing and
Producing Place-Based
Podcasts. English Journal,
100(1), 53-57.

3. Rozema, R. (2007).
The Book Report, Version
2.0-Podcasting on Young
Adult Novels, English
Journal, 97(1), 31-36.

4. Erben, T., Ban, R. &
Castaeda, M. (2009).
Teaching English
Language Learners
through Technology. New
York: Routledge. Ch. 3.5,
pp. 141-149.

into your writing

instruction and
description of how
students will arrive at
their podcast.

Week 14:
Writing
Assignments
(iMovie)

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

1. Hicks, T. (2013).
Crafting digital writing:
Composing texts across
media and genres.
Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Chapter 6: Crafting Video
Texts, pp. 104-136.

2. Skinner, E. &
Lichtenstein, M. (2009).
Digital storytelling is not
the new power point:
Adolescents critical
constructions of
presidential election
issues (pp. 91-112). In
Hagood, M. (Ed.). New
Literacies Practices:
Designing Literacy
Learning. New York:
Peter Lang.

3. Jason, R. (2007). A
New Perspective on
Inquiry: A Case Study of
Digital Video Production.
The English Journal,
97(1), 77-82.

4. Love, B. (2014). How
storyboarding,

Watch, study, practice

features of iMovie on
Google Drive.

Create a writing
assignment and
assessment on how you
will integrate iMovie into
your writing instruction
and how you will help
students use iMovie to
scaffold their digital and
print based writing.

moviemaking, and hip-

hop-based education can
promote students' critical
voice. English Journal,
103(5), 53-58.

Week 14:
Professional
Networking

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Rodesiler, L., Rami, M.,

Anderson, G., Minnich, C.,
Kelley, B., & Anderson, S.
(2014). Transforming
professional lives
through on-line
participation. English
Journal, 103(6), 52-58.

Sign up for and fill out

features of Linked In.
Work on ePortfolios in
class.

Final

Share ePortfolios and

Present demos on how
you will teach podcasting
and iMovie, including
how you will help
students use iMovie to
scaffold their digital and
print based writing.