I’ve been teaching for a decade now, was in college for 11 years writing research, and before that spent the required amount of time in high school. I’ve probably written 4-5 dozen researched papers and have probably taught the form to at least 25 different courses. Mr. Morgan in 11th grade English class back in [...]
Entries Categorized as 'presentations'
My White Whale: Writing Styles and the ocean of confusion
October 29, 2009
Me & Jon Krakauer
October 4, 2009
I’ve been teaching Into the Wild, the journey of Christopher McCandless, since early in 2005 so when Changing Hands Bookstore announced that they were bringing Jon Krakauer to town I was stoked. Into the Wild seems to touch more of my students than any other required novel. Last month Krakauer released his next nonfiction novel- [...]
Chris Crutcher, banned book author, kicks off banned book week at MCC.
September 29, 2009
(c)2009 Devon Christoper Adams
Tonight I was subbing at MCC for a colleague and conveniently immediately beforehand, Chris Crutcher, author of several young adult novels, was speaking here in the library to kick off banned book week.
He opened with a story about two penguins attempting to nurture a rock that was egg sized. The [...]
A Brave New World-Wide Web
June 8, 2009
Here at the ATLAST Project summer institute in Mesa, AZ. This is a project through the National Science Foundation and National Center for Teacher Education. Essentially this group is teaching teachers who teach future teachers how to teach with technology. (Did ya catch that?) Here’s the very cool introductory video they used today for making [...]
Can a wiki promote reading? Sci-fi author thinks so
May 29, 2009
Here’s a link to an article written about the Wikiwire presentation last night. A nice shot of my student and some information I presented on Social Media and collective intelligence.
Wikiwire: The Softwire’s official lexicon revealed
May 29, 2009
Last year my friend Kerri Mathew contacted me regarding finding a way to hook up a science fiction writer, PJ Haarsma, with students eager to read his book, play his online game, and connect in new ways with young adult sci-fi. Having just come off a year project with Kerri working with wikis and fanfiction, [...]
CCCC Presentation: Emerging Technologies, Cyborg Futures? Human Rights & Literacy.
March 13, 2009
Emerging Technologies, Cyborg Futures? Human Rights, and Literacy
Melissa Knous (Chair), Beatrice Quarshie Smith “Identities, Literacies, and Cyber Work”, Liz Canfield, “Cyborg Theories, Meatspace Realities: How Technology Can “Make Waves” in the First-year Writing Seminar”, Bonnie Orzolek
Smith (bbsmith@ilstu.edu) is working on identities and literacies and has been in Uganda for 5 years, and she’s looking for [...]
Maricopa Tech 2009
January 7, 2009
Last year was the first annual Maricopa Technology conference where both Alan Levine, president of New Media Consortium, and Michael Wesch, digital ethnographer, presented. They, and all of the other presenters, were wonderful. The full day event was held at Mesa Community College, and was an awesome event. This year the event’s at Glendale Community [...]
Science Fiction and Gaming in the High School Classroom
December 31, 2008
In Novemember at NCTE I headed into a session where PJ Haarsma, the author of The Softwire series, was presenting on Science Fiction and Gaming in the High School Classroom. I was hoping to have PJ sign his up and coming book The Softwire: Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3. When I walked in, Jim Blasingame, [...]
Facebook profiles as literary genre
November 22, 2008
In a session about the public profile as a literary genre. The presenter is talking about Facebook, and she mentioned it’s origins. I guess her son went to the Ivy league, so she truly knows where this all began. There are about 75-100 people in here, and I am concerned about the “random” public profiles [...]
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