Scott Storm

Choice magazine book review for “Fandoms in the Classroom: A Social Justice Approach to Transforming Literacy Learning.” Includes information for Myers Ed Press (no Bluesky account though)

Many thanks to CHOICE Magazine and A.L. Hsu for this review of our book in their July 2025 issue! We hope this is a compelling summer read for educators looking to disrupt their classrooms this fall 🔥 💻 💭
#literacies
@scottstorm.bsky.social

<em>Reading Research Quarterly</em> | ILA Literacy Journal | Wiley Online Library Disciplinary literacy explores knowledge-producing communities, but less often considers youth as scholars in their own right, particularly as related to English language arts. Drawing on theories of...

I ran a literary salon with brilliant youth literary scholars! Check out that work in this new article in Reading Research Quarterly (RRQ)! Youth reveal powerful links between literary interpretation & social justice education! #literacies, #edusky, #iteachenglish, #literacy doi.org/10.1002/rrq....

Ready for our next #literacies chat? Please join us in one week for our chat where we consider “Queer and Trans-Affirming #literacies: Context, Discomfort, Agency” hosted by Dr. Stephanie Anne Shelton (@sashelton.bsky.social)!

Can't wait to read this article in Reading Research Quarterly by @srtoliver.bsky.social The graphical abstract is 🔥🔥🔥

From Superheroes to Taylor Swift: Using Students’ Passions to Ignite Learning By inviting students to dissect the texts they love—from music lyrics to horror films—teachers are unlocking deeper engagement and critical literacy skills.

Love this Edutopia article by @cberwick.bsky.social ‪‪on igniting student passions! Sage quotes from @amystorn.bsky.social & @anterobot.bsky.social. Examples from ELA teachers using fandoms! Nice shout out for @karismjones.bsky.social & my book! #literacies #iteachEnglish tinyurl.com/2s4r66rs

Next book tour stop: #AERA2025! Thanks to everyone who came to one of our fandom media presentations or stopped by the booth to get a book signed by me and @scottstorm.bsky.social
We love hearing from readers about ways they are dreaming about reimagining their literacy learning classrooms!

Thrilled to have the hard copy of this fantastic book from @karismjones.bsky.social & @scottstorm.bsky.social! Though I’m already very familiar with their scholarship, reading how they’ve framed their work for classroom Ts is inspiring. A fantastic example of research🤝practice. Highly recommend!

A picture of the book, Fandoms in the Classroom: A Social Justice Approach to Transforming Literacy Learning" by Karis Jones and Scott Storm.

I'm so excited to read this new book by @scottstorm.bsky.social and @karismjones.bsky.social! It combines my love of fandom with my love of ELA!

Creating intersections between Ss interests & complex disciplinary content always reminds me how much we underestimate teens.

Just had a Ss submit an 8-minute video essay using Freud, Lacan, & Jung to interpret Donnie Darko. Both the content & use of form were 🔥.

#literacies #edusky #academicsky

The front and back covers of a new book "Fandoms int eh Classroom" by Karis Jones and Scott Storm. Front cover image shows a girl sitting cross-legged on the floor in a classroom. She if framed by large wooden bookcases and is surrounded by books, comics, computers, and a digital tablet as well as a jovial cartoon dragon whose body is magically popping in and out of the floor. The classroom floor and wall are bright orange and the cover art invites wonder and whimsy in a rich intellectual environment

Excited my new book written with @karismjones.bsky.social is in print!! It shows how to design classrooms that are fun and intellectual by drawing on strengths of fan communities. Bring some Comic Con magic to your classroom! Request that your library get copies! #literacies #edusky #ITeachEnglish

NCTE 2025 Call for Proposals Submit your proposal for the 2025 NCTE Annual Convention! Share innovative ideas and practices that empower educators to dream, collaborate, and inspire equity and justice in English language arts edu...

Fun prompt: dreaming up proposal ideas about dreaming. After #ncte24, what would you like to see at #ncte25 and/or what are you dreaming up?

Thank you, @anterobot.bsky.social, incl for the inspiring design! convention.ncte.org/cfp/

Friday is the deadline to apply for the #NCTE25 proposal reviewer and coach team: ncte.org/events/2025-...

We are excited to have this book in print! And we were privileged to work with one of my former students, Samantha Muniz, who did the cover art! She was so inspired by the course featured in this book that she drew the cover as a self portrait where she is surrounded by her favorite fandoms!!

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@alexcorbitt.bsky.social
and Mariana Becker’s piece about Roblox! They look carefully at issues of play and paywalls!! This paper is 🔥 🔥 🔥

New publication🚨: Mariana Becker and I highlight moments of critical play where three Brazilian immigrant children used innovative practices to represent their transnational identities and resist Roblox paywalls that restrict player access. Read here: tinyurl.com/2a99446y

a close up of a muppet that says aaahhhhh !!! Alt: a close up of a muppet that says aaahhhhh !!!

On my way to the Literacy Research Association’s conference! I am jumping with excitement like a muppet!! Can’t wait to see everyone! Get in touch if you will be there. #Literacies #LRA2024

Congratulations, again, @scottstorm.bsky.social! Check out Aesthetic #Literacies in Digital Learning Ecologies today!

Thanks, Anna!! And also a thank you to both you and @ljhands.bsky.social for your incredible work on LR:TMP!!!

I'm so excited that #literacies folks have found each other here - I hope that the conversations continue because we are going to need each other for the fights ahead

Our middle level arts-based activism session at NCTE! Shoutout to Reka Barton, Casey Pennington, and Sarah Bonner for facilitating!!

#NCTE24 #NCTE #makersinthemiddle

A picture of shea martin, Cody Miller, and Carrie Mattern. Cody is holding a plaque.

I'm beyond honored and grateful to have received the #NCTE2024 National Intellectual Freedom Award this year! I'm thankful to be in coalition with so many awesome educators (including @sheathescholar.bsky.social and @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social here) fighting book banning and fascism!

**Obligatory conference afterglow post**

Conferences are about two things: people and ideas. This is true whether you’re listening to a comedian deliver a keynote, presenting the latest in #literacies research with friends, or accidentally closing down the hotel bar. Thanks for the mems, #NCTE24!

Congrats, @alexcorbitt.bsky.social on winning the #NCTE Promising Researcher Award! Well deserved, my friend!

Excited to be facilitating a session at #NCTE24 today about aesthetics, critical theory, and close reading literature for social justice! There will be relay races using literary theory! There will be abstract artistic mappings of literary elements! Come be Literarians with us! #literacies #NCTE

It’s conference season for #literacies folks!! If you are going to #NCTE get in touch and let’s hang out! I’m giving a few fun talks with brilliant, generous, and kind teacher-scholars! Come check it out. #NCTE24

So excited to be shipping up to Boston tomorrow for #NCTE24! My sessions this year are reflective of my ongoing journey to explore the intersections between the rich tradition of literary studies and the dynamic worlds of critical, digital, and multimodal #literacies. Come by!

#EduSky #academicsky

Same to you!! Hope life is treating you fabulously!

This was such a fun project! I was the English teacher for the high school students featured here, and we all had a blast during this process! My students said it was “life changing” to be fellow scholars alongside the incredible professors in this group. #YouthAreScholars #literacies

#NCTE2024 who wants to think together about humor as a critical literacy practice? Join myself & Angel Ky, @scottstorm.bsky.social, and @alexcorbitt.bsky.social on Sunday at 9am. We’ll be building on David Low’s framework (pictured below, check it out!) #NCTE24