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- About Me:
- Hi. I'm Hiller Spires, a professor in Curriculum & Instruction and a Sr. Research Fellow at the Friday Institute. I'm interested in research in the area of new literacies, especially game-based learning and using grass-roots video for student and teacher learning.
- Website:
- http://www.fi.ncsu.edu/newlit/blog/
Fall 2009
For the past year, I’ve been collaborating with James Lester in Computer Science to conduct research in the area of game-based literacies and learning on the NSF funded project, Crystal Island. As a Sr. Research Fellow at the Friday Institute, I’m providing leadership for the FI's New Literacies Collaborative (NLC). As part of my work with the NLC, I've created the Cinéma Veritéen project which is an inquiry project-based learning approach to help students with online research culminating in a video product. I’m using the same inquiry project-based learning approach and the Mishra and Koehler’s TPCK model with inservice teachers. I’ve also been conducting research in new literacies with US and Chinese teachers. I'm having fun. . .
Hiller Spires's Blog
New Literacies, Teacher Eduation, and the YouTube Aesthetic
I'm using an inquiry project-based learning approach in my ECI 546 class (Literacy, Technology & Media) this semester. My students will be asking a compelling question, conducting research, reflecting on the results, and creating a short video documentary of their results. We're using Mishra and Koehler's TPCK framework to analyze how teachers are integrating technology into their pedagogy. I'm quite excited about teaching my class this way. If you have any ideas on this approach please shar… Continue
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So far, so good!
Your class sounds so interesting! I would love to hear more about it. I'm starting to think about a research study based on Don Leu's work - only I would work with elementary students. I'd love to talk with you about it. His speech really got me thinking about expanding the way we look at reading and texts...
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