Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Thomas DeVere Wolsey: Thomas DeVere Wolsey, EdD, teaches graduate courses in research, assessment, and literacy at The American University in Cairo (Egypt). He leads professional development for teachers in Guatemala, Mexico, Egypt, China, and throughout the United States. He worked in public schools for twenty years teaching English and social studies. Dr. Wolsey has developed training materials for the California Department of Education, TextProject, and San Diego State University, and many others. Dr. Wolsey is the founder of an international literacy consulting firm. His research explores how language informs thinking about content and how the interactions of students in digital and face-to-face environments change their learning. He is also interested in the intersections of traditional literacies with digital literacies, focusing specifically on how those literacies affect teacher preparation and professional development. For more information on Thomas DeVere Wolsey: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TDWolsey Website: https://literacybeat.com/ Books: https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-DeVere-Wolsey/e/B001H6SWX8?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1599425161&sr=8-1 **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writable ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Marcelle Haddix: Dr. Marcelle Haddix is a Dean’s Professor and chair of the Reading and Language Arts department in the Syracuse University School of Education, where she is an inaugural co-Director of the Lender Center for Social Justice. She is the President of the Literacy Research Association. She facilitates literacy programs for adolescent and adult communities in Syracuse, including the Writing Our Lives project for urban youth writers and a Black women’s literary club and free library project. Dr. Haddix’s scholarly work is published in Research in the Teaching of English, English Education, Linguistics and Education, and Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy and in her book, Cultivating Racial and Linguistic Diversity in Literacy Teacher Education: Teachers Like Me, which received the 2018 Outstanding Book Award from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Also known as The ZenG, Dr. Haddix is also a 200-hour certified registered yoga instructor who specializes in yoga and mindfulness for underrepresented groups and for community-based organizations with strong commitments to maternal health and food justice. Her community engaged approach to yoga, wellness, and healthy living culminates in yoga and writing retreats for women and couples of color, yoga and mindfulness workshops in urban school contexts, and regular yoga classes and sistercircles in her community. For more information on Marcelle Haddix: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcelleHaddix Teaching: https://soe.syr.edu/about/directory/marcelle-haddix/ Books: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AMarcelle+M.+Haddix&s=relevancerank&text=Marcelle+M.+Haddix&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 About Shawna Coppola: An educator for two decades, Shawna has worked both as a middle school language arts teacher (6-8) as well as a literacy specialist/coach (K-6). In addition to working with children, Shawna has offered both courses and workshops for educators through her work with The Educator Collaborative as well as a variety of programs through the University of New Hampshire. She is the author of two books on teaching writing and is a regular contributor to a variety of educational blogs. For more information on Shawna Coppola: Twitter: https://twitter.com/shawnacoppola Website: https://shawnacoppola.com/ Blog: https://medium.com/@ShawnaCoppola Books: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AShawna+Coppola&s=relevancerank&text=Shawna+Coppola&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writable ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Michele Haiken: Michele Haiken, Ed.D. is an educator and ISTE author. She has taught middle school English for the past 20 years and also adjuncts at Manhattanville College in the literacy department. She is the author of New Realms for Writing (ISTE, 2019) Personalized Learning (ISTE, 2018) and editor of Gamify Literacy (ISTE, 2017). For more information on Michele Haiken: Twitter: https://twitter.com/teachingfactor Website: http://theteachingfactor.com Books: https://www.amazon.com/Michele-Haiken/e/B07DN3TP5L/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writable ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Rachelle Dene Poth: Rachelle is a Spanish and STEAM: What’s nExT in Emerging Technology Teacher at Riverview High School in Oakmont, PA. She is also an attorney and has a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology. She has presented at conferences such as ISTE, FETC, ASCD, iNACOL, PETE&C, TCEA and Rewire on technology and more ways to benefit student learning. She is the President of the ISTE Teacher Education Network and the Communications Chair for the ISTE Mobile Learning Network. During the ISTE 2019 Conference, she received the Making IT Happen Award. She also received a Presidential Gold Award forher volunteer service to education in 2018 and 2019. She was selected as the 2017 Outstanding Teacher of the Year by PAECT (the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications in Technology, the PA affiliate of ISTE) and by the NSBA as one of the "20 to watch" educators. She is proud to be a Buncee Ambassador, Edmodo Certified Trainer, Nearpod Certified Educator and PioNear, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, and Google Certified Levels I and II. She is the author of 'In Other Words: Quotes that push our thinking," from EduMatch, "The Future is Now: Looking Back to Move Ahead," published by Edugladiators, and "Unconventional." She has three additional books that will be available in 2020, one from ISTE and two others in progress. She has contributed to several books including Education Write Now Volume 3, “Snapshot in Education", “Gamify Literacy” from ISTE and "Stories in EDU." I blog for Getting Smart, DefinedSTEM and NEO LMS. For more information on Rachelle Dene Poth: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rdene915 Blog: https://rdene915.com/ Website: https://sites.google.com/view/rachelledenepoth/about-me Books: https://www.amazon.com/Rachelle-Dene-Poth/e/B01N1WWDQA?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1599424918&sr=8-1 **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writable ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Rayna Feedman: Rayna Freedman is a 5th grade teacher at the Jordan/Jackson Elementary School in Mansfield, MA. She has taught grades 3-5 and is an ITS. Rayna has a B.S. in Education from the University of Vermont and a M.Ed in Educational Technology from Lesley University. She is working on her doctorate through Northeastern as she hopes to change the field of education some day. Rayna is President of MassCUE and has been presenting at the annual conference since 2010. She is a Google Level 2 certified educator, a BrainPOP certified educator, Flipgrid Ambassador, Fablevision Ambassador and Wakelet Ambassador. Rayna has presented for ISTE, Ed Tech Teacher, Tech and Learning, Medfield Digital Learning Day, FETC, BPLC, and BLC. For more information on Rayna Freedman: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rlfreedm Website: http://msfreedmanagent24.blogspot.com/ **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writable ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Teach Better: The Teach Better Team has been built on the foundation of two key pillars; The Grid Method and The Teach Further Model.  But the Teach Better mission has grown into so much more.  After years of partnering with districts to support implementations in Mastery and Personalized Learning, the network continued their reach to find new ways to support educators.  Blogs, Podcasts, Twitter Chats, Free Downloads, Board Meetings, Parent Training, and more, the Team moved from an exclusive Live PD Provider to supporting the entire ecosystem which exists inside a school building.  For more information on Teach Better: Website: https://www.teachbetter.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/teachbetterteam Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC596v7NjFm1Y91zzowENGrg Teach Better Book: https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Better-Chad-Ostrowski/dp/1949595668/ About Jeff Gargas: eff Gargas is the COO and co-founder of the Teach Better Team (Creators of www.teachbetter.com, The Grid Method, and Teach Further). He works with educators to increase student engagement and improve student success. He also offers 1-on-1 coaching for teachers who have a product or idea they want to share with others to better education. Prior to co-founding Teach Better, Jeff was the owner of ENI Multimedia, an online marketing firm, where he worked with entrepreneurs and small businesses, assisting them with web design, social media, content marketing, and brand awareness. Prior to all of this, Jeff was an adjunctive professor at Kent State University and spent 10+ years in the music industry. He has spoken at conferences around the country, and has successfully promoted more than 500 events and launched 7 businesses in a variety of industries. https://www.twitter.com/jeffgargas About Chad Ostrowski: Chad works co-founded the Teach Better Team and has worked with schools, districts, and teachers across he country to help them “Teach Better” with best practices. Chad Created The Grid Method and helps share mastery learning as well as other innovative practices to helps educators reach ALL students in their classroom. Chad is also an Author and recently released “Teach Better” nationally with the Teach Better Team. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChadOstrowski About Rae Hughart: Rae Hughart is a Middle Level Math Educator in Illinois, creator of the Teach Further Model, and the Director of Training & Development for the Teach Better Team. Rae continues to facilitate rich discussions with educators around mastering personalized learning, providing targeted student-focused feedback, and the impact of incorporating purpose into daily learning. After being inducted into The Illinois State University Hall of Fame in 2017, Rae was awarded the 2018 First Place Henry Ford Teacher Innovator Award for her innovative educational impact. Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaeHughart About Tiffany Ott: Tiffany Ott is the Director of Curriculum Development with the Teach Better Team, a high school math teacher in Ohio, the founder of #MasteryChat, and an educational technology fanatic. She just can’t get enough of teaching and learning! Whether it’s connecting with a teacher struggling to make mastery learning work, writing about education, designing units, or speaking up on a stage to teachers who want to change the world with awesome teaching, she is hooked on all things education. Twitter: https://twitter.com/techieteachott

Jennifer Laffin Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Jennifer Laffin: I am a former 4th and 5th-grade teacher from southeast Wisconsin. I began my teaching career like many teachers -- without a clue as to how to teach writing. My teacher prep courses did not cover writing instruction and I didn’t have a school writing curriculum to offer guidance so you can imagine how lost I was. My first year of teaching, my students wrote ONE time -- a poem for Mother’s Day in May of that school year. Determined to make things better, I began to research the best practices for teaching writing. I read everything I could get my hands on and was lucky enough to come across Ralph Fletcher’s The Writing Workshop. I devoured this book in one weekend and was excited to bring more writing time to my classroom. After a few years of having a classroom writing workshop, I felt better but still felt like something was missing. My students were definitely writing more, but I was struggling with helping them move forward as writers. In the summer of 2012, I participated in the National Writing Project’s Summer Institute at UW-Milwaukee. It was here that I had an important revelation -- that teachers who write make the best teachers of writers. If I wanted to become an effective writing teacher, I needed to write. As a teacher-writer, I experienced firsthand how writing works. How to push through the hard parts. How a writer’s writing process is unique to every writer. How struggle is something ALL writers experience. I brought all of this experience into my classroom and it made a HUGE difference. Once I became a teacher-writer, I became a member of my classroom writing community. I wrote alongside my students. I conferred with them writer-to-writer. They saw me doing the work of a writer so they pushed themselves to do the same. In 2017 I left the classroom and began Teach Write LLC, a writing education company that helps teachers and their students grow as writers. I work with individual teachers and schools to support writing instruction that is grounded in the work of teacher-as-writer. My Time to Write workshops offered through my Teach Write Academy brings together teacher-writers once a week on Zoom to write together, to talk about writing and our writing-classrooms, and to cheer each other on in our writing endeavors. Our monthly #TeachWrite Facebook Slow Chat (formerly Twitter chat) focuses on the life and work of the teacher-writer and has connected hundreds of teacher-writers across the country and world. For more information on Jennifer Laffin: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeachWriteEdu * Website: https://www.teachwrite.org/ * Newsletter Sign Up: https://mailchi.mp/0e130a60ad9d/teach-write-news * The Time to Write Online Writer's Workshop: https://www.teachwriteacademy.com/ * Teach Write Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/348136095622823/ * Teach Writer Slow Chat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teachwritechat/ **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writ... ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Jen Ansbach: Jennifer Ansbach, a National Board Certified Teacher, teaches English at Manchester Township High School. She holds a B.A. from Douglass College, Rutgers University in English and American Studies and an M.A.Ed. from Georgian Court College. Currently, she is a doctoral student at Rutgers University-Newark in American Studies, where she was awarded a Presidential Fellowship. She is a past New Jersey Council of Teachers of English (NJCTE) Educator of the Year, a Governor’s Award in Arts Education recipient, and a National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) High School Teacher of Excellence. Jennifer serves on the board of NJCTE and is past co-vice president, and she currently serves on the board of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN). In addition, Jennifer is both professional development and communications chair for her NJEA local. Her research and interests are at the intersections of literacy, equity, and social justice. She frequently presents at national and local conferences on topics surrounding student advocacy, equity, and literacy. Her book Take Charge of Your Teaching Evaluation encourages teachers to center their classroom practice on students using a reflective model and to tell the story of their classroom. A lifelong resident of the New Jersey shore, Jennifer spends her time with her husband often traveling or entertaining their two rescue English springer spaniels, Neville Dogbottom and Luna Lovedog. For more information on Jen Ansbach: Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenAnsbach Book: https://www.heinemann.com/products/e09273.aspx **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writ... ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Meghann Weis: After 10 years of experience teaching primarily ELA to 6th-8th grade students, Meghann Weis transitioned out of the classroom first to the position of Assistant Principal and now is the Blended Learning Coordinator for the Archdiocese of New York. Meghann's experience teaching in 1:1 classrooms using iPads and/or Chromebooks to personalize learning and differentiate instruction prepared her for her current role designing and implementing PD sessions for teachers K-8 on best practices for integrating technology to enhance their curriculum. Meghann has also served on the board for both the Greater Washington Reading Council and the Virginia State Reading Association while working as a teacher in Arlington, Virginia. She has been a presenter at both regional and statewide conferences including: Greater Washington Reading Council conference, Virginia State Reading Association conference, and Religious and Independent School Educators conference. She is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington where she received her BA in English; Hunter College where she studied English Education 7-12; and George Mason University where she received an additional master's degree in Educational Leadership. For more information on Meghann Weiss: Twitter: https://twitter.com/meghannweis Website: https://sites.google.com/view/blendedlearningadny YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5dgOwp8ZDtLCfdMPU_q1Gw **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writable ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Josh Stock: Josh Stock is currently a 6th grade Language Arts teacher at Santa Fe Trail Middle School in Olathe, KS and an Awesomeness Expert. He is also a co-chair of the Building Leadership Team during the Mercury phase of the school’s Kansans Can School Redesign project. In his free time he hosts the Kansas Moonshot Podcast highlighting the amazing things educators are doing in their classrooms across the state of Kansas. Josh writes for websites such as Edutopia, is a contributing author in The Best Lesson Series: Literature, and also writes on his blog, https://mrstockrocks.com. Josh loves getting great books into the hands of kids who want to read them. Over the past five years he has given away over 4000 used books and 2500 new books to kids across the district. Josh has spent the past few years working with Kansas University as a consultant on various projects connecting technology to writing strategies. Josh was selected as one of the National School Board Association’s “20 to Watch” educational tech leaders in 2016, and received the Make IT Happen award from the International Society for Technology in Education in 2017. In 2018 he received the Emerging Young Educator award from ISTE. He has presented at conferences across the country including MACE, ISTE, and NCTE. For more information on Josh Stock: Twitter: https://twitter.com/teachlikeaninja Website: https://mrstockrocks.com/ **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writable ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable