Trevor Aleo
@mraleosays.bsky.social
teacher | scholar | ENG & EDU lecturer | literary, critical, & postdigital #literacies
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Trevor Aleo
@mraleosays.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Welcome to Becoming Literary!
Reimagining how we teach language, literature, and literacies one stack at a time
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Attention fellow English educators, scholars, and literary nerds! Interested in exploring ways we might reimagine how we teach language, literature, and #literacies? Check out my Substack newsletter and let’s learn together.
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Where are my theory heads at? For anyone looking to explore how secondary students can take up literary & critical theory to better read the word/world, come on over! The one & only @scottstorm.bsky.social & I will be running a seminar @ 4:15 in Rm 507. 👀
#NCTE25
#NCTE25
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Where are my theory heads at? For anyone looking to explore how secondary students can take up literary & critical theory to better read the word/world, come on over! The one & only @scottstorm.bsky.social & I will be running a seminar @ 4:15 in Rm 507. 👀
#NCTE25
#NCTE25
Excited to discuss the intersections between literacy, embodiment, interpretation, and literary inquiry. Come explore with @angelastockman.bsky.social, Jennifer Fletcher, & I at 1:15 in room 501!
#NCTE25
#NCTE25
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Excited to discuss the intersections between literacy, embodiment, interpretation, and literary inquiry. Come explore with @angelastockman.bsky.social, Jennifer Fletcher, & I at 1:15 in room 501!
#NCTE25
#NCTE25
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Today's guests argue that the narratives & themes of English class are everywhere for those equipped to see them. 👇
@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat
@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Today's guests argue that the narratives & themes of English class are everywhere for those equipped to see them. 👇
@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat
@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat
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Tomorrow at #NCTE25 !!!! @mraleosays.bsky.social @thevogelman.bsky.social
@janerosenzweig.bsky.social
@janerosenzweig.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Teaching is a funny thing. Some days I’m like—I get paid for THIS?
Other days I’m like—I get PAID for this?
Today is the latter.
Other days I’m like—I get PAID for this?
Today is the latter.
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Teaching is a funny thing. Some days I’m like—I get paid for THIS?
Other days I’m like—I get PAID for this?
Today is the latter.
Other days I’m like—I get PAID for this?
Today is the latter.
What happens when we come to understand #literacies as cognitive, social, AND embodied practices? How might teaching shift if we accounted for the fact learning is inseparable from being & becoming? Come inquire with @angelastockman.bsky.social, Jennifer Fletcher, & I on Saturday!
#NCTE25
#NCTE25
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What happens when we come to understand #literacies as cognitive, social, AND embodied practices? How might teaching shift if we accounted for the fact learning is inseparable from being & becoming? Come inquire with @angelastockman.bsky.social, Jennifer Fletcher, & I on Saturday!
#NCTE25
#NCTE25
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Join us to preview work from the upcoming @cite-ela.bsky.social special issue “Digital Texts and How to Teach Them” #literacies
If you are at #NCTE2025, come join us to talk about Digital Texts and How to Teach Them. And scan QR to join our crowdsourced collection of mentor texts, tools, resources, & academic research on digital media @karismjones.bsky.social @sarahejerasa.bsky.social @mraleosays.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Join us to preview work from the upcoming @cite-ela.bsky.social special issue “Digital Texts and How to Teach Them” #literacies
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The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
Is Trump dismantling the Education Department? Not yet. But changes are coming.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so f...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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A6: I really went for it with my undergrad students this year! We designed a whole unit around digging into their favorite discourse communities (i.e. fandoms), studying the genres they use, and ultimately producing a text that they felt was authentic to that community. #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A6: I really went for it with my undergrad students this year! We designed a whole unit around digging into their favorite discourse communities (i.e. fandoms), studying the genres they use, and ultimately producing a text that they felt was authentic to that community. #literacies
A6: I start my English classes by introducing students to literary theory & doing literary lightning talks! It's a quick and easy way to get them thinking about the fandoms they're in & media they already consume, enjoy, & analyze #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A6: I start my English classes by introducing students to literary theory & doing literary lightning talks! It's a quick and easy way to get them thinking about the fandoms they're in & media they already consume, enjoy, & analyze #literacies
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A6: If you’re at #NCTE2025, join us to experience some of these ideas live! 💡(we will sign your book!) @scottstorm.bsky.social #literacies
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A6: If you’re at #NCTE2025, join us to experience some of these ideas live! 💡(we will sign your book!) @scottstorm.bsky.social #literacies
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
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Yessss!! What we want to get across in our book is: THIS WORKS! #literacies
A5: Classrooms can easily feel like “doing school” with a focus on compliance. Instead, support students to follow their intellectual passions! Give choice about what texts to read, work to produce, and questions to pursue. I’ve seen this work in diverse and inclusive public schools! #literacies
Q5: An issue we've seen with integrating youth fandom #literacies into educational spaces is that these practices get co-opted or deadened. Have you seen this? How do we avoid these issues?
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Yessss!! What we want to get across in our book is: THIS WORKS! #literacies
A5: The tension is so real! IMO the key is authenticity. We don't have to put on a backwards hat, carry around a skateboard, and talk about skibidy toilet to let our Ss know that we take their fandom knowledge, expertise, & #literacies seriously. Affirmation & acknowledgement, not appropriation!
a man wearing a music band shirt is carrying a skateboard and asking how do you do fellow kids
Alt: a man wearing a music band shirt is carrying a skateboard and asking how do you do fellow kids
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November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A5: The tension is so real! IMO the key is authenticity. We don't have to put on a backwards hat, carry around a skateboard, and talk about skibidy toilet to let our Ss know that we take their fandom knowledge, expertise, & #literacies seriously. Affirmation & acknowledgement, not appropriation!
A4: This shifts the epistemic authority in the room from a model based on age/title/position to one built on expertise in different communities and domains. I've found some Ss take time to free themselves from school-ish norms & expectations, but when they do amazing work can happen! #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A4: This shifts the epistemic authority in the room from a model based on age/title/position to one built on expertise in different communities and domains. I've found some Ss take time to free themselves from school-ish norms & expectations, but when they do amazing work can happen! #literacies
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A4: This shift creates a more student-centered community. Instead of teachers spending time preparing lectures and worksheets, they facilitate a community where students use literacy to pursue intellectual interests, analyze a wide range of texts, and construct new knowledge together. #literacies
Q4: We invite teachers to take up a "comic convention" model of teaching as described below. What do you notice about this kind of classroom? How does it shift current instructional paradigms?
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A4: This shift creates a more student-centered community. Instead of teachers spending time preparing lectures and worksheets, they facilitate a community where students use literacy to pursue intellectual interests, analyze a wide range of texts, and construct new knowledge together. #literacies
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A3: Our book is about the high school class we designed where youth study fandoms—including franchises they love and texts fans produce. Our students used critical literacies to transform fandom spaces—for example, posting critiques of fandoms that relied on oppressive jokes. #literacies
Q3: What critical #literacies have you seen in fandom spaces? Here are some examples of issues we've identified!
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A3: Our book is about the high school class we designed where youth study fandoms—including franchises they love and texts fans produce. Our students used critical literacies to transform fandom spaces—for example, posting critiques of fandoms that relied on oppressive jokes. #literacies
A3: My freshmen rhet comp students are composing cultural criticism zines right now and many are digging into issues within fandoms they identified earlier in the course. A number of them are critiquing the way some creators in fashion fandoms encourage empty consumption & fast fashion. #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A3: My freshmen rhet comp students are composing cultural criticism zines right now and many are digging into issues within fandoms they identified earlier in the course. A number of them are critiquing the way some creators in fashion fandoms encourage empty consumption & fast fashion. #literacies
As someone who would nerd out on topics ranging from English Premier League soccer to Warhammer, discovering terms like "communities of practice" & "fandoms" in grad school helped me name the people/places/spaces where I explored different ways of being, speaking, thinking, etc. (i.e. #literacies!)
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
As someone who would nerd out on topics ranging from English Premier League soccer to Warhammer, discovering terms like "communities of practice" & "fandoms" in grad school helped me name the people/places/spaces where I explored different ways of being, speaking, thinking, etc. (i.e. #literacies!)