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New publication πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰. In this piece, I explore how six teenage boys coauthored imaginative worlds together through RPG play. In particular, I examine innovative moments of β€œliminal play” when the game, rules, and real-world blurred together. Read more here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

20.07.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#MakersInTheMiddle Dreaming with Latinx Teens in the Literacy Classroom NCTE members are invited to join Literacies and Languages for All (LLA) and Drs. Sally Brown and Rong Zhang for a discussion about their recent book, Multimodal Funds of Knowledge in Literacy: Counter...

Join us TONIGHT at 8pm ET for Dreaming With Latinx Teens In The Literacy Classroom with Dr. Carla EspaΓ±a. @ncte.org members can register for the free event here: ncte.org/dreaming-wit...

#literacies #ncte #literacy

22.05.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join the NCTE Middle Level Section next Thursday (5/22) at 8pm ET as we learn from Dr. Carla EspaΓ±a and explore instructional strategies for dreaming with Latinx teens! NCTE members can register for the free event here: ncte.org/dreaming-wit...

#ncte #literacies #literacy

13.05.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
decorative splash of paint with the content Join the Literature SIG, the Media, Culture & Learning SIG, and the Writing & Literacies SIG for a joint networking social at AERA 2025. Meet us at Ace Eat Serve, 501 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO on Friday 4/25 at 8pm MDT!

decorative splash of paint with the content Join the Literature SIG, the Media, Culture & Learning SIG, and the Writing & Literacies SIG for a joint networking social at AERA 2025. Meet us at Ace Eat Serve, 501 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO on Friday 4/25 at 8pm MDT!

Join the Literature SIG, the Media, Culture & Learning SIG, and the Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social for a joint networking social at AERA 2025. Meet us at Ace Eat Serve, 501 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO on Friday 4/25 at 8pm MDT!

05.04.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Relational Bleeding, Bending, and Diffraction: Brazilian Transnational Children's Transgressive Digital Play on Roblox This article draws from a one-year connective ethnographic study that examined Brazilian transnational children's composing practices on a digital gaming platform named Roblox. Building upon research...

New Article πŸŽ‰: Video games are spaces that blur our identities & relationships across online & offline contexts. Dr. Lima Becker & I explored how 3 Brazilian transnational children in the US did complex relational work w/ friends & family while playing Roblox: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

10.04.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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12.12.2024 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

12.12.2024 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Our #NCTE2024 from β€œHumor In and Across Learning Spaces”! Great conversations about integrating humor as a critical practice in learning spaces. The group weathered our technical problems with good humor πŸ˜‰

@angel.h.ky
@scottstorm.bsky.social
@alexcorbitt.bsky.social
David Low in spirit

25.11.2024 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, friend! πŸ™πŸΌβ™₯️

24.11.2024 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our middle level arts-based activism session at NCTE! Shoutout to Reka Barton, Casey Pennington, and Sarah Bonner for facilitating!!

#NCTE24 #NCTE #makersinthemiddle

24.11.2024 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congrats, @alexcorbitt.bsky.social on winning the #NCTE Promising Researcher Award! Well deserved, my friend!

23.11.2024 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin are presenting at the Middle-Level Luncheon, and they are hilarious! Real sibling-like relationship on display. Super fun. #Ncte24 MakersintheMiddle

22.11.2024 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alethea Madonad (@uhleetheeuh) is dropping tons of gems on writing strategies today at #Ncte24. I love the teacher input happening in this session. That's why we call it #MakersintheMiddle. The teachers engage in these sessions!

22.11.2024 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Linda Coombs said she's told that Indigenous people have "creation myths". She said, "No, we have creation histories" and I'm now realizing that I'm gonna need to take notes. #NCTE #MakersintheMiddle

22.11.2024 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listening to Linda Coombs talks about TEK - Traditional Ecological Knowledge - and Indigenous ways of life. Excited to read her new book, Colonization and the Wampanoag Story. #NCTE24 #NCTE #makersinthemiddle

22.11.2024 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watching @aemaldo.bsky.social share mini-lessons and sample student work from her Social Justice Writing Unit πŸ”₯β™₯️

#NCTE24 #NCTE #makersinthemiddle

22.11.2024 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Middle-Level Steering incoming chair @alexcorbitt.bsky.social and outgoing chair Sarah Bonner socializing and on the ground, making with the middle school teachers! That's how we do it at Middle Level!

22.11.2024 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listening to Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin explain how they engaged in research - or DETECTIVE work - to write their new book, The Bletchley Riddle at #NCTE24

#NCTE #makersinthemiddle

22.11.2024 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shoutout to two of our Middle Level Section award winners: Carla EspaΓ±a (Richard W Halle Award πŸ†) and @brownellcassie.bsky.social (Linda Rief Ward πŸ†)!! You do incredible, sustaining work with middle grades students πŸ™πŸΌ #NCTE24 #NCTE #makersinthemiddle

22.11.2024 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Middle level teachers playing, making, and critiquing games as tools for literacy learning!

#MakersintheMiddle #NCTE24 #NCTE

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#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

20.11.2024 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finding Hope in Middle Grade Literature: The Middle Level Mosaic

Saturday, November 23rd
2:45-4:00PM

🧡7/7 #NCTE24

20.11.2024 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Creating a HeARTful Community: Infusing ELA, Art, and Activism to Promote Student Voices

Saturday, November 23rd
8:15-9:30AM

🧡6/7 #NCTE24

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Social Awareness and Change through Community Writing and Indigenous Storytelling

Friday, November 22nd
3:30-4:45PM

🧡5/7 #NCTE24

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Leveling Up Humanity with Games: Playing Games dor Joy and Literacy in the Middle Grades

Friday, November 22nd
9:30-10:45AM

🧡4/7 #NCTE24

20.11.2024 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Middle Level Get Together

Thursday, November 21st
5:30-7:00PM

🧡3/7 #NCTE24

20.11.2024 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Through the Eyes of an Author and Teacher: Transforming Students’ Stories beyond the Page

Thursday, November 21st from 11:30AM-12:45PM

🧡 2/7 #NCTE24

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Join the Middle Level Section this weekend at #NCTE24 for an amazing series of interactive sessions.🧡1/7

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