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Trevor Aleo
@mraleosays.bsky.social
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teacher | researcher | ENG & EDU adjunct | literary, critical, & postdigital #literacies
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · Nov 15
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.

#edusky #academiasky

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Welcome to Becoming Literary!
Reimagining how we teach language, literature, and literacies one stack at a time
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 18m
💯 It’s funny because whenever someone edits my work (either a co-author or editor) they’re so cautious and respectful about voice—and I’m like “Dear lord, please save me from myself!”
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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 34m
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 2h
We encourage you to repost this RSVP if you're coming to our #literacies Homecoming!
This flyer reads: "I'm going to the #literacies Homecoming. October 29, 2025. 5-6PM PT|7-8PM CT|8-9PM ET. Hosted by @writinglit.bsky.social"
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 3h
Who else remembers chatting all things multimodality in Oct. 2012 w/ Drs. Sean Connors (profconnors.bsky.social), Darren Crovitz, Michael Manderino (mmanderino.bsky.social), and Ryan Rish (ryanrish.bsky.social) ?!
We can't wait to celebrate how everyone's work has evolved at #literacies HOMECOMING!
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 4h
New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️

K-pop Fandoms Through Durkheim’s Lens

Lani Tran-Nguyen

#FanStudies

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K-pop Fandoms Through Durkheim’s Lens | California Sociology Forum
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 5h
"Unsilencing Gratia is a TTRPG book designed to be an easy introduction to collaborative storytelling, usable in a classroom setting."

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Unsilencing Gratia by digthisbird
A TTRPG designed for new TTRPG players without a GM. Designed specifically for ELA classrooms, but useable anywhere!
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 5h
2 resources we talked about:

We Know Something You Don't Know - "We designed our game to foster critical conversations about the structures of schools and the people who navigate them. Our game includes reflection questions to support those conversations."

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We Know Something You Don't Know by virginialund, karisjones
A tabletop roleplaying game in the Belonging Outside Belonging system.
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 5h
Had an incredibly fun conversation this morning with @nashb.bsky.social, @karismjones.bsky.social, @virginiak.bsky.social, and @mraleosays.bsky.social about game-based literacies, multiliteracies, and their expansive Reader-Player Interactivity Framework!
Figure 1, which approximates a lily pad, signals elements shared by all texts (indicated by the water, representing the influence of the social and cultural world; the leaf of the lily pad, representing the socioculturally constructed practices and communities that define normative interaction with texts; and the center of the lily, representing embodied interaction and the transactional meaning making that all readers engage in). The petals of the lily represent four invitations to interact, but are intentionally shown overlapping; the boundaries between these invitations are porous.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d
quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods
Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.
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Jennifer Tannous @jatannous.bsky.social · 1d
Writing center directors/ writing instructors/ leaders and everyone with a thought about the future of writing instruction and feedback, join us this March at UConn, Storrs! Proposals due Nov 3rd. For more info SSWCA.org

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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 1d
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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 2d
I’m shilling CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY hard because I’m so proud of it —specifically because it, like every close reading, is the product of a community and an offering to a community.
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
and I collaborated with each other and also 22 brilliant contributors.
stack of copies of CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 2d
Great call to arms by @cnewf.bsky.social, following the tactic of Jed Esty's "Future of Decline" by looking to Stuart Hall & the New Left, & urging us to forego "private agency within our universities" in favor of "collective agency by running them."
Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books
Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 1d
Hell yeah! Love to hear it. Can’t wait to hear how it develops.
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 2d
This is a real issue when it comes to pushing back against schoolish-ness. I’ve had Ss confess that, since they know my policies are flexible & learning focused, they’ve put my coursework on the back burner to meet deadlines for other courses. I don’t blame them, of course, but arms race is right.
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Sam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 2d
One of the things that drives me most absolutely mad is the arms-race effect among students taking multiple demanding courses. If a students has 4-7 APs and Dual Enrollments, the only way to ensure they prioritize yours is with more vicious deadlines and harsher workloads than the other class has.
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 3d
My American Lit & poetry heads need to see this one. @johndownesangus.bsky.social @annieabrams.bsky.social @marcusluther.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social @mattseybold.bsky.social @mattcarton.bsky.social & others I’m probably forgetting.
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 3d
Less EdTech. More audiovisual media that weaves haunting music, personal videos, nature photography, art, internet anthropology, and allusions to the Buddha into a beautiful closing reading of Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. #literacies

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AYBWxM/
on the necessity of touching grass #touchgrass #waltwhitman
TikTok video by Aidan Walker
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 4d
Anecdote ≠ evidence, etc. but a good example of how spectacle & grievance can only get you so far & most who won with those strategies couldn’t govern. Such a good point (also a shame) that the consultant class/DNC-set stopped paying attention and what they thought was a trend was just a weird blip.
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 4d
District in VA where I grew up & my mom taught for 30 years was a fairly sleepy purple town for my whole life. Post-COVID & culture war the BoE took a hard right turn and has been featured on national news for clown show meetings & book burning references. Hemorrhaging teachers. Total decline.
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 4d
Hell yeah! Very excited to hear how it goes. Your set up is great, so I’m sure it’ll be awesome.
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 4d
Worth noting CC didn't birth bastardized New Criticism. It's been part of secondary English education since the 30's/40's for reasons ranging from the normative/assimilatory project of mass schooling to the post-Sputnik emphasis on STEM & "objective" knowledge.

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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 4d
Phones & COVID were accelerants. I like Mark Sulzer's framing of the CC shift as the "basalisation of youth." Oddly, skills-ification & standardized tests aligned with (bastardized) forms of New Criticism. Even with CC in retreat, it still haunts most classrooms.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 6d
Since it resonated with the audience, I’ll recap my main argument against AGI here. ‘General intelligence’ is like phlogiston, or the aether. It’s an outmoded scientific concept that does not refer to anything real. Any explanatory work it did can be done better by a richer scientific frame. 1/3
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 6d
This was a truly heartening day, with deeply thoughtful challenges to the dominant narrative framed around AGI, coming from across disciplines and perspectives. Felt like the tide might finally be turning a bit, at least among the scientific community. Thanks @royalsociety.org!
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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 7d
1/2 I'm looking forward to taking part in a panel on AGI and the Turing Test, tomorrow afternoon (Thurs 2nd Oct) at the @royalsociety.org, w/ Dame Wendy Hall, Shannon Vallor, William Isaac, & Sir Nigel Shadbolt. royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 6d
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