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Lifting up tonight's #literacies chat! Really hated to miss it... I teach on Tuesday evenings this semester, and we had a Detroit field trip this evening.
Shout out to Karis and Scott! Can't wait to catch up on the discussion. ✨
Shout out to Karis and Scott! Can't wait to catch up on the discussion. ✨
Q1: This community has a long history of studying youth #literacies in out-of-school spaces. What #literacies scholarship or scholar inspires you?
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Lifting up tonight's #literacies chat! Really hated to miss it... I teach on Tuesday evenings this semester, and we had a Detroit field trip this evening.
Shout out to Karis and Scott! Can't wait to catch up on the discussion. ✨
Shout out to Karis and Scott! Can't wait to catch up on the discussion. ✨
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A3: In both comics and hip hop culture any number of critical issues and lenses immediately bubble to the surface. This doesn’t mean they are to be discarded. Rather the #literacies developed through loving critique makes fan spaces that shape epistemology and reality that much better.
Q3: What critical #literacies have you seen in fandom spaces? Here are some examples of issues we've identified!
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A3: In both comics and hip hop culture any number of critical issues and lenses immediately bubble to the surface. This doesn’t mean they are to be discarded. Rather the #literacies developed through loving critique makes fan spaces that shape epistemology and reality that much better.
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A3: distributed #literacy and expertise. Power and knowledge production become shared and co-generative. Transmediated, transliterated, and multimodal approaches mean un-fixed/unsettled meaning making. Possibilities for play, remix and imagination abound.
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 2:20 AM
A3: distributed #literacy and expertise. Power and knowledge production become shared and co-generative. Transmediated, transliterated, and multimodal approaches mean un-fixed/unsettled meaning making. Possibilities for play, remix and imagination abound.
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Great example of what a fandom classroom looks like! #literacies
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 2:01 AM
Great example of what a fandom classroom looks like! #literacies
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Critical, interdisciplinary, multimodal #literacies that foreground culturally sustaining pedagogies & civic engagement for sure!! @karismjones.bsky.social @nicole-mirra.bsky.social @srtoliver.bsky.social @anterobot.bsky.social @snowdaylearninglab.org @haenyyoon.bsky.social
Just to name a few.
Just to name a few.
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Critical, interdisciplinary, multimodal #literacies that foreground culturally sustaining pedagogies & civic engagement for sure!! @karismjones.bsky.social @nicole-mirra.bsky.social @srtoliver.bsky.social @anterobot.bsky.social @snowdaylearninglab.org @haenyyoon.bsky.social
Just to name a few.
Just to name a few.
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They are so fun to make and a great way to make sense of whatever you're thinking/wondering about. Makes me think an AERA 2026 @writinglit.bsky.social zine-making session could be very cool...
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
They are so fun to make and a great way to make sense of whatever you're thinking/wondering about. Makes me think an AERA 2026 @writinglit.bsky.social zine-making session could be very cool...
Join us for our December slow chat! This will be an informal #literacies touchpoint before the start of the holidays. Let's continue the conversation!
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Join us for our December slow chat! This will be an informal #literacies touchpoint before the start of the holidays. Let's continue the conversation!
Interested to dive deeper into fandoms in the classroom? Check out @karismjones.bsky.social and @scottstorm.bsky.social's book! #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Interested to dive deeper into fandoms in the classroom? Check out @karismjones.bsky.social and @scottstorm.bsky.social's book! #literacies
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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!
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A6: After doing a photovoice project with my students as an elementary teacher, I learned so much about their #literacies through the images they took (even though this wasn't even the original project aim!). With that in mind, would love to keep experimenting with photo journals in the classroom!
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A6: After doing a photovoice project with my students as an elementary teacher, I learned so much about their #literacies through the images they took (even though this wasn't even the original project aim!). With that in mind, would love to keep experimenting with photo journals in the classroom!
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A6 1/2: One way I invited youth #literacies in was to have students analyze songs they enjoyed for rhyme scheme, metaphorical language etc. I wish I had been more connected to digital #literacies such as in Webtoon or TikTok.
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A6 1/2: One way I invited youth #literacies in was to have students analyze songs they enjoyed for rhyme scheme, metaphorical language etc. I wish I had been more connected to digital #literacies such as in Webtoon or TikTok.
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A6: I'm looking forward to reading @karismjones.bsky.social and @scottstorm.bsky.social's book to get a better idea of how to do this, but I would love to bring notions of fandoms into my ELA teacher prep courses! #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A6: I'm looking forward to reading @karismjones.bsky.social and @scottstorm.bsky.social's book to get a better idea of how to do this, but I would love to bring notions of fandoms into my ELA teacher prep courses! #literacies
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A6: Maybe investing in more choice assignments where students pick the text (widely defined) could help. Like, if I’m wanting kids to flex their research skills, I could let them choose a topic and research it related to that text (connected to critical #literacies, like interrogating power, etc.)
Q6: How do you envision inviting youth #literacies into classroom spaces? What would you like to try?
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A6: Maybe investing in more choice assignments where students pick the text (widely defined) could help. Like, if I’m wanting kids to flex their research skills, I could let them choose a topic and research it related to that text (connected to critical #literacies, like interrogating power, etc.)
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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
Q6: How do you envision inviting youth #literacies into classroom spaces? What would you like to try?
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Q6: How do you envision inviting youth #literacies into classroom spaces? What would you like to try?
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A5: While I haven't seen this, I can easily see how youth fandoms could be co-opted in ways that remove their joy, that deaden what brings folks to the fandom in the first place. I think, when considering how to utilize fandoms for #literacies work, we must always do so with authenticity and care.
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
A5: While I haven't seen this, I can easily see how youth fandoms could be co-opted in ways that remove their joy, that deaden what brings folks to the fandom in the first place. I think, when considering how to utilize fandoms for #literacies work, we must always do so with authenticity and care.
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📣 love this: the speculative helps us to consider what’s wrong AND challenge it! This is what I love about participatory fandom communities #literacies
A3: I asked folks in my English Ed methods class to speculate on the future of literacy education and their role in that future via story. I noticed how the speculative gave them space to really consider not just what they perceive as wrong in the field but also how they challenge them. #literacies
Q3: What critical #literacies have you seen in fandom spaces? Here are some examples of issues we've identified!
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
📣 love this: the speculative helps us to consider what’s wrong AND challenge it! This is what I love about participatory fandom communities #literacies
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A5: I think moving away from co-opting happens in all the small decisions educators reposition themselves away from being central and instead, elevate students to lead the #literacies interactions and invite the beautiful messiness that that can entail into the classroom :)
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A5: I think moving away from co-opting happens in all the small decisions educators reposition themselves away from being central and instead, elevate students to lead the #literacies interactions and invite the beautiful messiness that that can entail into the classroom :)
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It could be so cool!! I’ve got to think about which grade level to do it with…probably sophomores, but they have a County Benchmark Assessment in December, so I need to think about weaving those tested skills into their lessons with this lol. But I think it’ll happen! #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It could be so cool!! I’ve got to think about which grade level to do it with…probably sophomores, but they have a County Benchmark Assessment in December, so I need to think about weaving those tested skills into their lessons with this lol. But I think it’ll happen! #literacies
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Plug and play approaches can lead to deadening!!! #literacies
A5: I think about this tension so much when thinking about arts-based #literacies more broadly, and I see one path forward as empowering students to lead the design of a unit or activity so they can bring the practice to life in context. I think a plug and play approach can often lead to deadening!
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Plug and play approaches can lead to deadening!!! #literacies
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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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A5: I think about this tension so much when thinking about arts-based #literacies more broadly, and I see one path forward as empowering students to lead the design of a unit or activity so they can bring the practice to life in context. I think a plug and play approach can often lead to deadening!
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A5: I think about this tension so much when thinking about arts-based #literacies more broadly, and I see one path forward as empowering students to lead the design of a unit or activity so they can bring the practice to life in context. I think a plug and play approach can often lead to deadening!
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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 1:37 AM
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
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A4: This would be really amazing to do in my classroom those last three weeks before Christmas. When we go to the library, so many of my kids have their own interests and it has so much potential for sparking conversation. I might do this for real…I’ll report back! #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 1:35 AM
A4: This would be really amazing to do in my classroom those last three weeks before Christmas. When we go to the library, so many of my kids have their own interests and it has so much potential for sparking conversation. I might do this for real…I’ll report back! #literacies