Caroline B. Rabalais
@carolinebr.bsky.social
PhD candidate & Dean’s Fellow in the CEHD at GSU • Graduate student board member of AERA’s @writinglit • English teacher • Survivor Fanatic
A2: I find joy in my students! They are working so hard in this last bit of time before the break. I was worried about switching to teaching seniors, but they are such a joy. #literacies
Q2: Where are you finding joy to sustain you personally and professionally? #literacies
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A2: I find joy in my students! They are working so hard in this last bit of time before the break. I was worried about switching to teaching seniors, but they are such a joy. #literacies
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Special shoutout to @kpsinedu.bsky.social @carolinebr.bsky.social, @lexikwoodward.bsky.social , @nicolermisra.bsky.social for their work on the W&L SIG Bsky team. Loving facilitating these #literacies chats with you all!
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Special shoutout to @kpsinedu.bsky.social @carolinebr.bsky.social, @lexikwoodward.bsky.social , @nicolermisra.bsky.social for their work on the W&L SIG Bsky team. Loving facilitating these #literacies chats with you all!
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Join us for our December slow chat! This will be an informal #literacies touchpoint before the start of the holidays. Let's continue the conversation!
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Join us for our December slow chat! This will be an informal #literacies touchpoint before the start of the holidays. Let's continue the conversation!
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Interested to dive deeper into fandoms in the classroom? Check out @karismjones.bsky.social and @scottstorm.bsky.social's book! #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Interested to dive deeper into fandoms in the classroom? Check out @karismjones.bsky.social and @scottstorm.bsky.social's book! #literacies
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A5: Classrooms can easily feel like “doing school” with a focus on compliance. Instead, support students to follow their intellectual passions! Give choice about what texts to read, work to produce, and questions to pursue. I’ve seen this work in diverse and inclusive public schools! #literacies
Q5: An issue we've seen with integrating youth fandom #literacies into educational spaces is that these practices get co-opted or deadened. Have you seen this? How do we avoid these issues?
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A5: Classrooms can easily feel like “doing school” with a focus on compliance. Instead, support students to follow their intellectual passions! Give choice about what texts to read, work to produce, and questions to pursue. I’ve seen this work in diverse and inclusive public schools! #literacies
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A6: If you’re at #NCTE2025, join us to experience some of these ideas live! 💡(we will sign your book!) @scottstorm.bsky.social #literacies
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A6: If you’re at #NCTE2025, join us to experience some of these ideas live! 💡(we will sign your book!) @scottstorm.bsky.social #literacies
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
A1: Returning to Q1 real quick, but @srtoliver.bsky.social’s article about the show Luke Cage with JAAL has always stuck with me about such an interesting deep dive into a fandom and how literacy is represented in media, and the fact that she wrote it as a doc student blows my mind! #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A1: Returning to Q1 real quick, but @srtoliver.bsky.social’s article about the show Luke Cage with JAAL has always stuck with me about such an interesting deep dive into a fandom and how literacy is represented in media, and the fact that she wrote it as a doc student blows my mind! #literacies
A6: Maybe investing in more choice assignments where students pick the text (widely defined) could help. Like, if I’m wanting kids to flex their research skills, I could let them choose a topic and research it related to that text (connected to critical #literacies, like interrogating power, etc.)
Q6: How do you envision inviting youth #literacies into classroom spaces? What would you like to try?
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A6: Maybe investing in more choice assignments where students pick the text (widely defined) could help. Like, if I’m wanting kids to flex their research skills, I could let them choose a topic and research it related to that text (connected to critical #literacies, like interrogating power, etc.)
A5: As I’ve been teaching We Were Liars, there have been some who weren’t as into it at first as others. It made me worry that some thought they couldn’t catch up to those who had read the book or seen the show. Maybe positioning fandom in really welcoming ways can help offset dead ends? #literacies
Q5: An issue we've seen with integrating youth fandom #literacies into educational spaces is that these practices get co-opted or deadened. Have you seen this? How do we avoid these issues?
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A5: As I’ve been teaching We Were Liars, there have been some who weren’t as into it at first as others. It made me worry that some thought they couldn’t catch up to those who had read the book or seen the show. Maybe positioning fandom in really welcoming ways can help offset dead ends? #literacies
A4: This would be really amazing to do in my classroom those last three weeks before Christmas. When we go to the library, so many of my kids have their own interests and it has so much potential for sparking conversation. I might do this for real…I’ll report back! #literacies
Q4: We invite teachers to take up a "comic convention" model of teaching as described below. What do you notice about this kind of classroom? How does it shift current instructional paradigms?
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A4: This would be really amazing to do in my classroom those last three weeks before Christmas. When we go to the library, so many of my kids have their own interests and it has so much potential for sparking conversation. I might do this for real…I’ll report back! #literacies
A3: In my 10th ELA class we just finished reading We Were Liars since so many of my students watched the show this summer (easy engagement!). We took a lot of time to unpack the racism that a character faces in the text and the commentary on class privilege throughout the book #literacies
Q3: What critical #literacies have you seen in fandom spaces? Here are some examples of issues we've identified!
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A3: In my 10th ELA class we just finished reading We Were Liars since so many of my students watched the show this summer (easy engagement!). We took a lot of time to unpack the racism that a character faces in the text and the commentary on class privilege throughout the book #literacies
Just now joining in tonight, but my name is Caroline and I’m a PhD candidate at Georgia state university. I put up my Christmas tree tonight and I want to know from others when you put yours up (if you do at all!). Just trying to find joy in the little things lately! #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Just now joining in tonight, but my name is Caroline and I’m a PhD candidate at Georgia state university. I put up my Christmas tree tonight and I want to know from others when you put yours up (if you do at all!). Just trying to find joy in the little things lately! #literacies
A2: Growing up when Tumblr was a big thing was so amazing for finding people who had similar interests to me! I feel like finding those groups of people helped me to become a more critical teacher (and now scholar) because I started to see different possibilities in texts with fanfiction #literacies
Q2: In our book, we define fandoms as "communities of interested readers who engage with a particular text, text set, or media franchise." How have your own fandom experiences shaped your personal #literacies learning?
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A2: Growing up when Tumblr was a big thing was so amazing for finding people who had similar interests to me! I feel like finding those groups of people helped me to become a more critical teacher (and now scholar) because I started to see different possibilities in texts with fanfiction #literacies
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Who will we see at next week's #literacies chat? Join @scottstorm.bsky.social and @karismjones.bsky.social in discussing their new book, Fandoms in the Classroom!
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Who will we see at next week's #literacies chat? Join @scottstorm.bsky.social and @karismjones.bsky.social in discussing their new book, Fandoms in the Classroom!
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Our team met this morning to discuss and plan ways we can move forward the ideas from the #Literacies homecoming chat. We've got some exciting things in the works! @clarabbott.bsky.social @lexikwoodward.bsky.social @nicolermisra.bsky.social @carolinebr.bsky.social @kpsinedu.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Our team met this morning to discuss and plan ways we can move forward the ideas from the #Literacies homecoming chat. We've got some exciting things in the works! @clarabbott.bsky.social @lexikwoodward.bsky.social @nicolermisra.bsky.social @carolinebr.bsky.social @kpsinedu.bsky.social
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I think this is a sentiment shared by many! So much so that @carolinebr.bsky.social invited @deewellington1.bsky.social and I to write a whole paper about all the connections and opportunities hosting #literacies chats provided for us.
eric.ed.gov?id=EJ1448943
eric.ed.gov?id=EJ1448943
ERIC - EJ1448943 - More Knowledgeable Other(s): Sensemaking and Networking in Digital Ad-Hocracies, Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2024
Vygotsky's (1934; 1980) sociocultural theories of learning posit that learning is a socially negotiated activity. Learners can sustain this activity, and specifically how they engage in literacy pract...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I think this is a sentiment shared by many! So much so that @carolinebr.bsky.social invited @deewellington1.bsky.social and I to write a whole paper about all the connections and opportunities hosting #literacies chats provided for us.
eric.ed.gov?id=EJ1448943
eric.ed.gov?id=EJ1448943
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Join us in November for a #literacies chat hosted by Dr. Karis Jones and Dr. Scott Storm, authors of the recently published book Fandoms in the Classroom: A Social Justice Approach to Transforming Literacy Learning.
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Join us in November for a #literacies chat hosted by Dr. Karis Jones and Dr. Scott Storm, authors of the recently published book Fandoms in the Classroom: A Social Justice Approach to Transforming Literacy Learning.
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A6: a future that continues to embrace the role of #literacies in bringing hope and connection—-to thwart the powers that be which seek fear and isolation and apathy
Q6: What #literacies futures are you envisioning that we can work toward in the present?
October 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
A6: a future that continues to embrace the role of #literacies in bringing hope and connection—-to thwart the powers that be which seek fear and isolation and apathy
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Agreed! To extend- I’m also trying to make explicit and visible my literacies with my pre-service teachers. Highlighting all the ways that literacies count in and outside the classroom
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Agreed! To extend- I’m also trying to make explicit and visible my literacies with my pre-service teachers. Highlighting all the ways that literacies count in and outside the classroom
A5: I really hope we can share more about what #literacies we engage in or have engaged in in our classroom teaching! As a current HS teacher, I’m always looking to make what I’m more engaging with my students. How have we brought together theory and practice ourselves? I'm so curious!
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A5: I really hope we can share more about what #literacies we engage in or have engaged in in our classroom teaching! As a current HS teacher, I’m always looking to make what I’m more engaging with my students. How have we brought together theory and practice ourselves? I'm so curious!
A3: As part of the GSB, I feel like I’ve made a lot of connections with others and have been privileged to help be part of making these chats happen! Everyone who has been part of these has been me grow and think and learn. #literacies Particularly current and former GSB members!
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A3: As part of the GSB, I feel like I’ve made a lot of connections with others and have been privileged to help be part of making these chats happen! Everyone who has been part of these has been me grow and think and learn. #literacies Particularly current and former GSB members!
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I really hope more teachers can join us! #literacies
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I really hope more teachers can join us! #literacies
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A3 3/3: I loved getting to connect with the other GSB members at NCTE too last year. @carolinebr.bsky.social will never forget running through the pouring rain and back to get Indian food with you! #literacies
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A3 3/3: I loved getting to connect with the other GSB members at NCTE too last year. @carolinebr.bsky.social will never forget running through the pouring rain and back to get Indian food with you! #literacies
A2: A2: What has been most impactful is the chats hosted by Dr. Bhattacharya where we discussed Borderlands (via Anzaldúa) and our most recent one from Dr. David (@drannd.bsky.social). We always have great discussions, but I really appreciated these chats! #literacies
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A2: A2: What has been most impactful is the chats hosted by Dr. Bhattacharya where we discussed Borderlands (via Anzaldúa) and our most recent one from Dr. David (@drannd.bsky.social). We always have great discussions, but I really appreciated these chats! #literacies
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I’m Caroline Rabalais @carolinebr.bsky.social & a graduate student board member of @writinglit.bsky.social. I’ll be moderating tonight’s #literacies chat. I want to shoutout the rest of the GSB: @kpsinedu.bsky.social, @nicolermisra.bsky.social, @clarabbott.bsky.social, & @lexikwoodward.bsky.social.
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I’m Caroline Rabalais @carolinebr.bsky.social & a graduate student board member of @writinglit.bsky.social. I’ll be moderating tonight’s #literacies chat. I want to shoutout the rest of the GSB: @kpsinedu.bsky.social, @nicolermisra.bsky.social, @clarabbott.bsky.social, & @lexikwoodward.bsky.social.