Kim Jaxon is an associate professor of English (Composition & Literacy). She received her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley in the Language & Literacy, Society & Culture program in the Graduate School of Education. Her research interests focus on theories of literacy, particularly digital literacies, participation, classroom design, game theories, and teacher education. She has published a variety of book chapters and articles focused on classroom design, mentoring, and the uses of digital platforms. Kim was awarded the Teacher of Excellence-College Award by the California Association of Teachers of English in 2014. She recently co-authored the book Composing Science: A Facilitator’s Guide to Writing in the Science Classroom (TCPress 2016), which is the culmination of a three-year, NSF funded project focused on the teaching and learning of writing in science. Kim Jaxon Website
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March 2, 2020
Connected Learning in Teaching Practice: Resources for Educators
The Connected Learning in Teaching Practice page offers a curated set of resources for educators interested in learning more about connected learning through the lens of teaching and from the viewpoint of...
Category: Connected LearningJuly 16, 2018
Connecting Rural Educators: Professional Development Goes Digital
Many educators in our DML network will be familiar with The National Writing Project (NWP), a 45-year-old professional development network, whose focus is on improving the teaching of writing across all grade...
Category: Educational PracticeMay 21, 2018
Amplifying Student Voice Through Digital Resources, Part 2
“Our stories that we tell are so powerful because when we are the one’s telling it, we have control over our stories and the messages that we are sending.” — Alejandra Ramirez...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeMay 14, 2018
Amplifying Student Voice Through Digital Resources, Part 1
As I shared in a previous post, I’ve spent this semester working with 84 incredible freshmen and 10 writing mentors, exploring digital culture and identities in our first-year writing course. We read...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Educational PracticeMarch 5, 2018
Taking Control of Digital Identity
My college freshmen, all 84, are deep into a study of digital cultures and digital literacies as we head toward Week 4 of our semester. I designed this first-year comp class so...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeJanuary 1, 2018
Connecting Making, Designing and Composing
In her closing keynote at FabLearn a couple years ago, Leah Buechley turned a critical eye on the maker movement. If you don’t know Buechley’s work, she is arguably one of the...
Categories: Critical Perspectives, Educational PracticeAugust 7, 2017
Like many of my friends and colleagues, August is the month for deep engagement in course design. If you were to shine a flashlight into this world, you would find me on...
Category: Educational PracticeJuly 24, 2017
Connected Learning in Teacher Education: Come Make With Us
A couple of years ago, I worked in the summer to build Connected Courses with some amazing colleagues. I dabbled in the work of connected learning prior to this invitation, but this...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational PracticeJune 5, 2017
Building Community With Peer Mentors
“The more I give my teacher-power to students and encourage them to take more responsibility for their own learning, the more they show me how to redesign my ways of teaching.” —...
Category: Educational PracticeApril 20, 2017
Rescuing Student Participation Through Digital Platforms
Like many of my colleagues who think carefully about digital literacy and pedagogies, I began seriously considering the use of social media platforms in educational settings — sites like Twitter, Facebook, and...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational Practice