Sunday, October 15, 2017
Day One

​2:30-3:30 PM EST Opening Panel  |  What does it mean to be a digital writer?
Join the 4tDW planning committee for a lively discussion digital writing.
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4:00-5:00 PM EST It's in the Process: Design Thinking| Featured speakers: Lauren Villaluz and Jonathan Turner
Design thinking is a methodology used to approach solving complex problems. Its steps are solution focused and action oriented. In this session, we will hear from Technology Integrator Lauren and a former high school student on what it was like to write through the process.
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5:30-6:30 PM EST Audience, Speaker, Purpose  |  Featured Speakers: Karen Labonte and Rick Kreinbring
Audience, Speaker, Purpose: for as long as we can remember, writing teachers have relied on the Rhetorical Triangle to guide us in teaching writing. But when we teach writing in cyberspace, the Rhetorical Triangle seems suddenly (and surprisingly) complex. In this presentation, Karen and Rick bring participants into the fourth dimension of the elements of the Rhetorical Triangle. What do we need to see differently? What new factors arise? Join them for a lively journey into this brave new world. 
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7:00-8:00 PM EST Engineering Electracy in English Language Arts |  Featured Speaker: Jon Wargo
In this interactive session, Dr. Jon Wargo takes us from static notions of literacy to emergent forms of what Gregory Ulmer and Sarah Arroyo have called “electracy” in digital writing. Illuminating the multiplicity of meanings, augmenting our imagination towards more just futures, and embodying parody, electric is illustrative of playful invention through digitally mediated forms of communication. Grounded in classroom action and practice across the K-12 spectrum, this session will help you think of digital writing as not just a process and product, but as an aesthetic and affective experience inclusive of all learners.
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Opening Keynote: 8:30 PM -9:30 PM EST

News and Media Literacy: Building Critical Consumers and Creators|  Kelly, Mendoza, CommonSense Media
Kelly Mendoza is Sr. Director of Learning and Engagement at Common Sense Education, where she supports K-12 educators in building a culture of digital learning and digital citizenship by overseeing all professional development offerings, community engagement, and recognition program. She has also created resources for Lucas Learning, the Media Education Lab, and PBS Frontline. Kelly has a PhD in Media & Communication from Temple University. You can follow her on Twitter: @kellymendoza
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Image credits:
“SPEAK” by Amelia Wells is licensed under CC BY 2.0
​“Read Your Favorite Newspaper Online (112/365)” by trenttsd is licensed underCC BY 2.0