Add your profile to the Padlet Introduction Wall and learn more about who else is part of our DigiURI community. by Kara E. Clayton

KaraClayton — 2026-07-11 17:37:34 UTC

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Kara Clayton

KaraClayton — 2026-07-11 19:57:15 UTC

Hi everyone! While I'm not much of a hat person in real life, I'm showing up to this Padlet wearing two hats that connect to our Digital Learning community. I co-teach EDC 532 with Julie Coiro and serve as the Producer of the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy. I'm also a Project Manager at Detroit PBS, where I coordinate a statewide documentary fellowship for Michigan teachers called Iconic Michigan. Before that, I spent 28 years teaching high school Media Literacy and Video Production courses before retiring from the K-12 classroom in 2023. I'm excited to learn alongside all of you this year.

Ask me about my thoughts on high quality use of technology in the classroom vs. technology bans.

Tell me about what brings you the greatest joy in any learning setting.

Contact:

Email: kara_clayton@uri.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kara-clayton/

Julie Coiro

2026-07-12 00:11:16 UTC

Hi, I'm Julie! I'm a literacy professor in the Feinstein College of Education at the University of Rhode Island. I am also Director of the Digital Learning Exchange and the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy. My work explores how reading comprehension and literacy changes as we transition from print to digital (online and multimodal) texts. I am co-editor of two influential handbooks of digital literacies and co-author of the book From Curiosity to Deep Learning: Personal Digital Inquiry in Grades K-5 and I love to talk with educators around the world about their own experiences working to integrate inquiry and technology into their learning spaces.

Ask me about how to design learning and assessment spaces that foster curiosity, collaboration, student agency, and disciplinary learning (or about my grandson who turned 2 this past April!)

Tell me about what inspires you and why and how you might use that passion to motivate those around you.

Email: jcoiro@uri.edu

Angie Hartley

2026-07-12 00:51:06 UTC

I’m a grade 4 teacher of MLLs and an instructional coach in Cranston, Rhode Island. I’m a foster parent and yoga practitioner. You can find me on a lake in Maine every summer. I first attended the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy in 2017 with my husband, Adam, who is also a 4th grade teacher.

Ask me about project based learning and my brand new school building!

Tell me about how to support all learners in critical media analysis.

Contact me angiehartley1@gmail.com

William Yang

2026-07-13 17:22:00 UTC

Hello! I am the District Coordinator of Digital Learning and Literacy for the Scarsdale Public Schools. I work with fellow adminisitrators, all the technology teachers and library media specialists in my district to help admins, teachers, and students to develop their digital competencies by thinking critically and creatively with technology as well as integrating technology with intention.

Ask me about themes or issues around leadership and technology integration, and how inquiry is a useful approach to develop digital competencies as well as adapting to "arrival technologies."

Tell me about professional learning in digital literacy that you have found effective (like the URI Summer Institute in Digital Literacy!) and/or how educators have adapted their inquiry and research approach with the advent of new technologies like Generative AI.

Contact me at:

William.c.yang@gmail.com or wyang@scarsdaleschools.org

Nicole King

nicoleking7 — 2026-07-13 18:44:46 UTC

Salut!! I'm Nicole. It's nice to meet you. I'm an assistant professor of TESOL and bilingual education at URI. I've just returned from guest lecturing on glocal pedagogies, translanguaging, trauma-informed language pedagogy, and using GenAI to support soical emotional learning at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. I seek to empower multilingual students, their families, and their teachers through critical and community-centered pedagogies and advocacy in my teaching and research.

Ask me about translanguaging as family-oriented pedagogy and ways to leverage technology (including GenAI) to connect and to advocate.

Tell me about how you leverage technology and pedagogy to promote glocal (think global, act local) perspectives in your teaching and daily lives.

Contact:

nicole.king@uri.edu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-king-phd-64159952/

2026-07-14 03:26:59 UTC

Hi everyone. I’m Craig Dale, SIDL veteran, media teacher, visual literacy zealot. I teach high school art and media at The Peddie School, near Princeton, NJ.

Ask me how to teach the mechanism of visual perception as a core learning outcome. I remain very excited about teaching visual media through photography and film, however, I’m not sure of visual literacy’s place in the new AI reality.

Tell me about how to teach AI (prompting, ideation, revision) to art students and help them understand the ethics and responsible use of these tools.

Mobile: 201-681-8400.

Email: cdale@peddie.org

Best,

Craig Wallace Dale

Kristin Ziemke

KZiemke — 2026-07-14 14:29:46 UTC

Hi all! I'm Kristin Ziemke and I teach and work as a staff developer in Chicago. I also partner with educators and organizations around the world to design learning experiences that redefine school. My new book is Text and Tech: Reading All Ways, and I'm also the author of Read the World, Amplify, and Connecting Comprehension and Technology. My scholarship targets best practices in literacy, inquiry, and technology in PK-20 settings.

Ask me about the evolution of literacy, multimodal learning, curiosity as a hook to learning, screen time, and student agency!

Tell me about your learning in digital and/or media literacy and how you fill your professional bucket. Also, I'd love to know what you're curious about!

You can connect with me:

KristinZiemke.com (lots of content from my new book is available on the site!)

KristinZF@gmail.com

Kristinz22 on Instagram

Meg Jones

2026-07-14 16:08:30 UTC

Hi! I am an Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education in Vermont (U.S.). My job centers around teaching future Early Childhood teachers with a focus on literacy. I'm also a SIDL alum and love to talk all things digital and media literacy!

Ask me about early literacy development, children's literature, and inclusive teaching! Oh, also ask me about hiking, SUP, and camping.

Tell me about how you're teaching critical approaches to AI and media to young people.

Contact me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megcjones/

Kelly Houle

2026-07-14 18:09:06 UTC

Hello All! I'm Kelly Houle an Assistant Clinical Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Rhode Island. My research interests include media literacy education in the early years, outdoor teaching and learning (OTL), and the intentional and appropriate integration of technology and OTL as an approach to Early Childhood STEM education. I am passionate about support educators to use tech to help children raise their voices and feel agency in their communities.

Ask me about what intentional and appropriate technology integration looks like in the early years.

Tell me about your experiences with and thoughts about technology in the learning environment.

Stephanie Branson

2026-07-14 19:14:43 UTC

Hi!
My name is Stephanie and I am an Assistant Professor of Literacy Studies at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ, where I work with preservice and practicing teachers. My teaching and research focus on literacy, inquiry and place-based learning, digital and multimodal literacies, and early childhood and elementary education.

Ask me about...
Podcasting! I have been collaborating on a podcast for a few years called Classroom Caffeine (literacy-focused podcast) and love talking about podcasting as a way to share ideas, connect with others, and make research and scholarship more accessible. You can also ask me about inquiry and place-based learning and literacy.

Tell me about...
The creative, interesting, and maybe unexpected ways you are using AI and digital tools for learning and composing in the classroom. I am especially curious about what people are trying, questioning, and rethinking right now.