Wakefulness and Digitally Engaged Publics
Academic Labor
Before his death in 2003, Edward Said [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Said] urged his colleagues to assume the role of public intellectuals in the service of democracy. Said, a professor of
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Access
Academic Labor
What does it take to access an education? I spoke with Robin DeRosa about this broad issue that affects the way we do things in our classrooms and schools.
Twessays and Composition in the Digital Age
Composition
While written assignments are typically growing in length in line with the ever-expanding volume of resources available to student writers, platforms like Twitter demand more succinct approaches to writing and offer a range
CFP: Politicizing Critical Digital Pedagogy
Calls for Papers
Libraries advertize their relationship [https://www.facebook.com/312574775774/photos/a.479234825774.263644.312574775774/10154870110680775/?type=3] with “alternative facts”. Religious schools voice strong opposition [http://www.accunet.org/files/Press_Media/2017-Executive-Order-Press-Release.
Are Apps Becoming the New Worksheet?
Digital Literacy
My daughter loves school. She used to line up her stuffed animals in rows and “teach” them for hours on end. When she got a special new doll for her 7th birthday named
Community-Focused Versus Market-Driven Education
Higher Ed
Public education is now transitioning from a system of educating citizens to a market for profit.  “Venture capitalists and for-profit firms are salivating over the exploding $788.7 billion market in K-12 education,
On Advocacy: Hybrid Pedagogy’s 2016 List of Lists
Digital Literacy
We won’t take this lying down. No, we will join together, combine our voices, and raise our own kind of hell. The 2016 U.S. presidential election is still a fresh wound
Truthy Lies and Surreal Truths: A Plea for Critical Digital Literacies
Digital Literacy
Misinformation abounds. This has always been the case, but the problem has become acute in the age of digital communication. As Mike [https://hapgood.us/2016/11/13/fake-news-does-better-on-facebook-than-real-news/] Caulfield [https://hapgood.us/
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When We are Writers
Digital Writing
There’s a thing I want to say. I heard it coming up when I was sitting in Starbucks yesterday. Watching the sun and the people in the sun and thinking this was
Essential Silence
Digital Writing
I attended a funeral last month. I wanted to speak, but I couldn’t — not for the lump in my throat or the tears in my eyes or any of the affective, funereal
Between Words and Pictures Emerges the Shape of Ideas
Digital Writing
I want to share a quick few reflections on the particular way in which I see comics as a powerful way to express and organize our thinking. Defining this collection of practices we
Traces
Digital Writing
The fact remains that to write is to trace, and to trace is within the reach of any hand — Fernand Deligny, The Arachnean and Other Texts [https://books.google.com/books/about/The_
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Dance : Work : Learn : Teach : Write
Digital Writing
Prelude In a former life I was a dancer. A former life, or a previous era: BGS (Before Grad School). This is how I used to think of the countless hours I spent
Author, Audience, and Parts of Speech
Digital Writing
For much of October I have been mentally wringing my hands over exactly how I want to contribute to Digital Writing Month, especially as a featured contributor. I gladly accepted the invitation to