From Texting to Teaching ─ Grammar Instruction in a Digital Age

This book offers strategies and activities to help teachers use online tools, mobile apps, and iPads to re-vamp their grammar lessons for today’s classroom. Bestselling authors Hyler and Hicks explain that since students live in a digital world, it is crucial for teachers to differentiate between the sort of language used in texting or on social media and the language used in an academic environment. The authors present a variety of activities that use digital tools to show students the relevance of grammar in different contexts. Each chapter includes practical lesson ideas to make learning concepts such as spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation an engaging and interactive process.

Jeremy Hyler is a middle school English teacher and a teacher consultant for the Chippewa River Writing Project, a satellite site of the National Writing Project. He presents at conferences such as the Michigan Reading Conference (MRA), Michigan Council of Teachers of English (MCTE), and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) national conference.

Troy Hicks is Associate Professor of English at Central Michigan University, and Director of the Chippewa River Writing Project. He frequently conducts professional development workshops related to writing and technology. Also, Hicks is author of the Heinemann titles Crafting Digital Writing (2013) and The Digital Writing Workshop (2009) as well as a co-author of Because Digital Writing Matters (Jossey-Bass, 2010) in addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters