Bring Digital Literacy & Citizenship to Your Class

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 ~ Rusul Alrubail ~ Leave a comment

This post was originally published here on Annenberg Learner. Before my class started blogging and creating digital stories, they had many questions regarding online use of blogs, social media platforms, and YouTube. Some students, rightfully so, were concerned about their privacy. Some students were more concerned about their communication and the digital footprint they would be … Continue reading Bring Digital Literacy & Citizenship to Your Class

Digital Storytelling to Empower Student Voice

February 28, 2015March 4, 2015 ~ Rusul Alrubail ~ 2 Comments

This is my latest post on Edutopia about incorporating digital storytelling in your classroom to empower student voice: http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/how-incorporate-digital-storytelling-empower-student-voice Here is an example of a digital story from one of my students. He is an English Language Learner and was nervous to record his voice, but I think he did an excellent job:

Building The Writing Project

February 6, 2015February 12, 2015 ~ Rusul Alrubail ~ 2 Comments

This post has been long overdue, since last weekend to be exact. I had the honour to hold two workshops at T4T 2015 MiniCon. The first one was about introducing The Writing Project, an essay writing app that we have been working on it for quite some time now. The second workshop was about blogging … Continue reading Building The Writing Project