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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thank you for continued mentorship as we think about play through interactionist perspectives. I couldn't do it without your advising and thought partnership! ❤️ #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thank you to @kpsinedu.bsky.social for moderating tonight!! He is a brilliant scholar, and outstanding friend, and conference roomie ever ❤️ #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It meant so much that you joined! More game nights to come!! 🎲🎮

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thanks @alexcorbitt.bsky.social for hosting tonight's #literacies chats! In addition to being a brilliant educator, Alex is also a really great person to play tabletop games with! He practices what he preaches in scholarship and friendship! 🤓

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thank you again to the @writinglit.bsky.social Bluesky team and all the brilliant friends who joined! Love ya!! <3 #literacies

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A6: I see children reimagining and revising the media, stories, and situations they are surrounded with as "materials" to play with. This is why I love family #literacies work as well, to connect and engage with children's social worlds, as they reimagine them through their play practices.

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A6. The history of drag and its current practices show us how play can inform a world with less violence, less oppression, less strictness! A forever favorite article on the topic: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #literacies

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Kyle P. Smith @kpsinedu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A6: Returning to Toy Story 5 because it's still on my mind. The film emphasized the importance of togetherness in imaginative play. With the rise of tools that limit the expanse of our imaginations (e.g., AI), collaborative play feels more important than ever. #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

You better believe I'm watching this tomorrow. Your video essay recs are always on point! #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Yes!! You're making me think about the concept of "bleed" in RPG studies! Huizinga's magic circle of play is POROUS and we are simultaneously representing and creating who we are (and who we are to become)! #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A6. With the proliferation of AI platforms, I am curious how young people locate and characterize the “human” aspects of their literacy practices. I would love to explore this topic through play-based activities to reflect on our variable relationships with tech and our humanity. #literacies

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

exactly!! and with that framing, it becomes really natural to think about how props, lighting, and the space are also collaborating as part of the overall effect of the play. I thought about this during our last performance, which the children performed outside as an immersive "stage" #literacies.

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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A5: Play has a politics. Name it. It's important to provide non-examples of what harmful play might look like, feel like, and sound like. Of course, do this with participants' consent, but make it collaborative. What might seem playful for some might be precarious for others #literacies

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A5. I think the rise of calling things "cringe" has made being playful and taking risks more challenging (as Ocean Vuong has argued). I do wonder if the seeming online shift to "whimsy" is in part a move away from the self-consciousness and fear of being seen as "cringe"? #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Did she start the trend, Cody? Or was it a thing before her album?

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is so cool. When will Salon do a series of aura photos, Wargo? #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A5.2 Also, contributing to a collaborative narrative can be daunting. What if other group members reject your contributions? We might also teach certain structures of interaction (e.g., “yes, and…”) when helping learners engage in co-authorship. #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A5.1 A lot of RPG groups have open conversations about the issues and content that members consent to include in their story. When we consider opportunities for collaborative narrative composing in classrooms, I think it is very important to include consent protocols. #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Doesn't everything come back to pop music?? Does Reputation count as one of TSwift's "flop" albums when it came out? It's one of my favorites! #literacies

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Nicole R. Misra she/her @nicolermisra.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Some ways I do this is through cultivating a classroom where multilingual is normative by including multilingual texts and honoring people's full language repertoires! #literacies

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Kyle P. Smith @kpsinedu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A4: I learn most when in community with others. It's important for me to construct learning around group activities within my teaching. Whether posing imaginary scenarios to PSTs or asking students to take the perspective of a literary character, I find most comfort in collaboration. #literacies

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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A3: From creating playlists, rewriting endings, designing "aura" photographs, and improvising in character, these practices not only helped young people understand complex texts like Shakespeare's Hamlet but also cultivated a shared vision of collaborative composing. (2/2🧵) #literacies

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A4: I think this is really the power of arts-based research and pedagogy. Of course theater isn't free from individualism, but it has offered me and my participants a powerful language to talk about the impacts of different ways of working and playing together as an ensemble #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Curious to hear about some of the scenario-based work you do with PSTs, Kyle! #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Have you seen The Five Obstructions? I dislike the the two subjects of the documentary, but I love how they highlight the productivity of constraint! #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A4.2 Some project groups even embedded video and audio recordings within their fictional group chat narratives. The group chat format built on students' existing collaborative composing practices while providing multimodal affordances for meaning-making.! #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A4.1 I designed a horror story project in my middle school classroom that invited students to collaboratively author scary narratives through a phone texting app. They enjoyed playing different characters and developing their stories across multiple text convos. #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A3.2 After this critical autobiographical work, our PSTs reflected on how they might design learning environments that center and sustain their prospective students’ linguistic and literacy repertoires. Our goal was to engage in retrospective identity work to better serve future students #literacies

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A1. I've also been curious about the more playful turn in pop. We went through a various serious, introspective phase (post-Lorde, post-Billie) of pop. We seem to be in a bit more playful era (Sabrina, Chappell, Olivia to a degree). #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A3.1 In my methods course, we discuss how school contexts privilege certain language/literacy repertoires over others. My TA and I created a project that invited PST’s to create literacy portraits of their younger selves and imagine assignments that would have centered their knowledge. #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Ohhhhh, brilliant! This reminds me of how game studies folks explore the affordances of productive "failure." David DeLiema does neat work on the learning outcomes of playful impasses - www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOXx... #literacies

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Playful Problem Solving - Dr. Craig Anderson and Dr. David DeLiema (ThinkyCon 2024)

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A2. "Try things out!" tends the guide my classroom, esp in methods courses. I can't remember/find the meme but it was something like, "sometimes you're a flop and sometimes you're a slay." I always want to make room for the flops and the slays b/c life and teaching is a mixture of both! #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I love the idea of playing with the rules of language, Nicole! Are there pedagogical structures you create to hold space for this type of play? #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Can confirm. I caught @wargojon.bsky.social and @brownellcassie.bsky.social sneaking out of a conference this fall in full pickleball attire :p #literacies

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Nicole R. Misra she/her @nicolermisra.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A2: My dissertation is about how multilingual teachers and students bring their full language selves to the learning process. Multilingual people are often very creative and play with language, especially through translanguaging. Languages mixing (Hinglish, Spanglish) still follow rules. #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I love the idea of rules being in constant negotiation! You are @wargojon.bsky.social are a formidable teaching duo. #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hi, Jon!!!! I can't believe you are joining WHILE actively moving to Colorado for July. How do you do it?? #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hahaha this GIF is amazing. I've never heard of Uno No Mercy – I'll check it out! What crochet project are you working on now?? #literacies

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Q2: Playful and game-based spaces are often informed by rules and norms. Though rules can be constraining, they can also create new opportunities for innovation and interaction. What are the “rules of composing” or “rules of interaction” that shape your teaching context? #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A2. I’m interested in the rules of intertextual play during RPG interaction. When players convene to tell a story, there are often implicit norms about which franchises and fandoms are allowed to be evoked in the storyworld. These norms often communicate certain values of the community. #literacies

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Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

How was the iPad character?? Did you like the social commentary on children's usage of tech? #literacies

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