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Anna Smith, educational researcher & teacher educator blogging about composition in the digital age, contexts for learning, theories of development, and global youth.
Monthly Archives: February, 2012
#ethnog12 Presentation Slide: Silent & Silenced Identity Work
I just presented at the University of Pennsylvania 33rd Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum with colleagues Tracie Wallace at UC Berkeley, and John Scott and Dee Anne Anderson at … Continue reading
February 24, 2012 · 3 Comments
A New Ethic for Digital Composition: Cosmopolitanism
Do youth need thoughtful, guided practice composing for potentially global audiences? Recently, a friend on Facebook posted a question asking what age it is appropriate for a child to have … Continue reading
February 21, 2012 · 10 Comments
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- That can be my next tweetGenerates your future tweets based on the DNA of your existing messages...See it on Scoop.it, via Developing Writers
- Twitter use | Pew Internet & American Life ProjectAfrican-Americans — Black internet users continue to use Twitter at high rates. More than one quarter of online African-Americans (28%) use Twitter, with 13% doing so on a typical day. Young adults — One quarter (26%) of internet users ages 18-29 use Twitter, nearly double the rate for those ages 30-49. Among the youngest internet users (those ag […]
- How Twitter & Texting Saved WritingThe end of literacy as we know it? Get over yourself. These popular tools force people to write more clearly and concisely.See it on Scoop.it, via Developing Writers
