![]() ![]() Connecticut teachers hope to advocate new tools in their classroom, but don’t always have a vision for how to make it work. The National Writing Project supported this effort by partially funding Mitchell’s technological talents. In July, Shaun Mitchell was hired to share his digital work with teachers and students who attended the 2013 CWP-Fairfield ISI. ![]() In order to promote Connected Learning in their classrooms, they realized, their definition of a literacy lineage needed to be updated and expanded to meet the demands of the 21st century. After a summer of collaboration with Tatum’s writing in 2012, the teacher team realized their own textual lineages were technological and textured, as well. Alfred Tatum on advocating for the textual lineages of youth that represent their cultural-historical backgrounds. To prepare, the presenters read several pieces by Dr. The Connecticut team also participated in Lessons of the Birmingham Movement: A Symposium on Youth, Activism & the Struggle for Human Rights. Last April, Shaun Mitchell joined CWP teachers, Julie Roneson (Discovery Magnet in Bridgeport) and Kelley Gordon-Minott (Stamford High School), to present “Textual, Textured, and Tech-tual Lineages: Supporting Multiliteracy Exploration for the 21st Century Classroom” in Birmingham, Alabama at the Urban Sites Conference of the National Writing Project. Since then, he has presented his work at local and national conferences. A 2011 fellow, Mitchell turned his IPad into a podcasting machine to record the stories of his students and produce them into podcasts from his classroom. Mitchell, who teaches English and Drama at Central High School, previously received a 2012-2013 enhancement grant to improve technology in his classroom through National Writing Project SEED funds (Supporting Effective Educator Development). Mitchell provided Connected Learning between the teacher Invitational Summer Institute and Young Writers’ Institutes held on Fairfield’s campus. In the summer of 2013, the Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield University hired Bridgeport teacher-of-the-year, Shaun Mitchell, to be a digital liaison and supporter of 21st century literacies.
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