Writing Matters With Dr. Troy Hicks - A Writable Podcast

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at www.writable.com Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: @getwritable Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter @hickstro In this episode, Troy speaks with Amber White and Val Bader of North Branch Area Schools in Michigan. Val is a veteran teacher of more than 20 years currently teaching 7th grade English, and Amber is a curriculum and instruction coordinator, an author, and is involved with the Saginaw Bay Writing Project (an arm of the National Writing Project) and the Michigan Reading Association Amber, Val, and Troy have an insightful conversation around the value of giving students choice, time, and space to authentically grow their writing abilities, and the importance of giving technology a supporting role in the ELA clas