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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · 7d

North Georgia Folk Festival October 11, 2025. Check it out at www.northgeorgiafolkfestival.org/folk-festival

Folk Festival | North Georgia Folk Festival

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · 14d

This volume is scheduled for release in early November. Pre-order and save!

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Theories, Models, and Practices of Literacy

This eighth edition of Theoretical Models and Processes of Literacy, a foundational text in literacy research, is updated to represent a new era in contemporary and critical scholarship. With a revise...

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Initiative for Literacy in a Digital Age @init4literacy.bsky.social · Jul 18

Build without broadcasting.

The most powerful movements don’t always make noise—they build trust, strategy, and care in quiet. Not every system needs to go public to matter.

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#BuildWithoutBroadcasting
#DigitalEquity #QuietPower

Build Without Broadcasting: What Resistance Movements Teach Us About Sustainable Collaboration : Initative for Literacy in a Digital Age

“Build without broadcasting.” That phrase has been echoing in my mind ever since a recent conversation with Dr. Stephanie Toliver (shared with permission). She said many powerful things, but this idea...

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Honesty for Ohio Education @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social · Jul 1

COLUMBUS, Ohio -The 19-member Ohio State Board of Education will be reduced to just five members, all appointed by the governor, under a provision in the new state budget that Gov. Mike DeWine allowed to become law late Monday without a veto.
by Laura Hancock
www.cleveland.com/education/20...

Ohio State Board of Education to shrink to 5 appointed members

Gov. Mike DeWine allowed the provision become law Monday without a veto.

www.cleveland.com

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Jul 10

Coming soon from Routledge. Please check here for updates.

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · May 20

Two excellently written books I’m reading in tandem.

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AERA Media, Culture & Learning SIG @mclsig.bsky.social · Apr 5

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!

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!

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Ben Lathrop @benlathrop.bsky.social · Jan 10

We need a critical media epistemology. doi.org/10.1002/jaal...

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy | ILA Journal | Wiley Online Library

The 2016 presidential election marked the beginning of a so-called “post-truth era” in which mis- and disinformation have contributed to political polarization and violence, the acceleration of globa...

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Apr 2

For real? Mustering my skilz in CML.

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Apr 2

Try This in a Small Town: Climate Change and Critical Media Literacy in a Rural High School | ncte.org - publicationsncte.org/content/jour...

NCTE

NCTE amplifies the voice of educators through personal connection, collaboration, and a shared mission to improve the teaching and learning of English and language arts at all levels.

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Caroline B. Rabalais @carolinebr.bsky.social · Mar 26

Speaking as a white woman, with communities we research it’s so important to not just collect data and leave. We need to also immerse ourselves in those communities, benefitting them however we can. We’re not “giving voice” to people, but we’re uplifting their knowledges and learning. #literacies

AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · Mar 26

Q5: What kinds of ethical and democratizing research methods can we use to learn more about arts-based civic literacies alongside the communities we serve? #literacies

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Mar 25

Librarians, historians, literacy educators, and the general public, please make your voices heard on this effort to deny access to Canadians.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · Mar 24

A small town in southern Quebec says American authorities have decided to close the Canadian access to an historic 100 year old library that sits on the border between the two countries.

www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

U.S. authorities closing Canadian access to historic library that straddles Quebec-Vermont border

A small town in southern Quebec says American authorities have decided to close the Canadian access to an historic library that sits on the border between the two countries.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thank you for gifting me this piece. Had just read about its author, but don’t subscribe to NYT. So relevant!

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · Mar 16

So impressed and inspired by the relentless innovation @cleanlined.bsky.social is bringing to compositional design! These pages from Batman dark patterns 4 - with equally smart and compelling storytelling from @danpgwatters.bsky.social. Great stuff all around!

Circular composition from a Batman comic

All over composition with architectural views inside a building and other scenes from the interior collaged into it

Circular composition and irregular composition from a Batman comic

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Hawk @mdg650hawk.bsky.social · Mar 15

If you are a Northern California person upset about Chuck Schumer’s @schumer.senate.gov ‘s craven betrayal of our country, his book tour will be in Corte Madera at The Book Passage on 3/22

Thanks to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social for the alert, now we know where to visit him in NorCal too 👍🏼

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Mary Rice @digitalliterate.bsky.social · Mar 13

I’m a Journal editor: you don’t send it to a review without information about what the LLM did. Even then, give everything a good read and do your best not to waste review resources. As a reviewer, you can send it back and ask for more information.

Anna Mills @annamillsoer.bsky.social · Mar 13

You are asked to peer review a chapter and find that it is labeled as written "with the assistance of ChatGPT," but the nature of that assistance is not specified.

What do you do? Real answers and wrong answers welcome.

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🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert @kathyhibbert.bsky.social · Mar 6

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The Transformative Power of Anger Under Authoritarian Repression

Cornell Assistant Professor of Political Science Bryn Rosenfeld’s work explains why ordinary citizens — those without activist ties — sometimes take extraordinary risks to stand up to authoritarian re...

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Postdigital Science and Education @pdse.bsky.social · Mar 3

Today, a wonderful, recently published encyclopedia entry link.springer.com/referencewor...

Postdigital Relational Pedagogies

There has been renewed interest in the significance of care, connection, and relationships as a means to respond to uncaring marketised conceptions of higher education. Expanding on this, theorists ha...

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Mar 3

Here's a worthwhile 1-hour experience on 3-3-2025 provided by the Media Education Lab at University of Rhode Island. Scroll down to "The First 100 Days" and REGISTER for FREE. I'll see you there (via Zoom). After you register, a Zoom link is sent directly to you. mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...

Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Mar 3

@ragnargees.bsky.social Thank you for answering my question about the accuracy of the headline. I teach critical media literacy but can’t always catch half-truths. I am impressed with your country (and others) for standing with Ukraine.

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Feb 27

So much reading to catch up on now that I’ve migrated to bsky.social.

Karis Jones @karismjones.bsky.social · Jan 7

It’s here: “Fandoms in the Classroom” now in print! @scottstorm.bsky.social and I are excited to reveal that our foreword was written by none other than @ebonyteach.bsky.social — we are so grateful to you and excited to be in conversation about fandoms & classrooms! #literacies #newrelease #EduSky

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Feb 26

Just now reading this as a result of finding a home on bsky. The message couldn’t be more relevant and real.

Django Paris @djangoparis.bsky.social · Dec 11

Friends! Grateful to join Gloria Ladson-Billings, H. Samy Alim & Na’ilah Nasir in our new article, “The Past, Present & Future of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies.” Open Access in the Harvard Ed Review. Hope it can be useful in our collective work! meridian.allenpress.com/her/article/...

The Past, Present, and Future of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: An Invitation to Teachers, Researchers, and Communities

In this Voices: Reflective Accounts of Education essay, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Django Paris, H. Samy Alim, and Na’ilah Suad Nasir speak to the past, present, and future of culturally sustaining pedag...

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Feb 23

I’m guessing the shrimp are from your favorite fisherman. Or maybe from the public market? Ahh, Norway!

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