NWP, College Board, and Phi Delta Kappa join forces to celebrate and share the powerful work of teachers. This particular report looks at teachers who use technology in writing instruction. Hats off to these three organizations for realizing that …
MacArthur Grant Will Expand National Writing Project’s Digital Media Program – National Writing Project
MacArthur Grant Will Expand National Writing Project’s Digital Media Program For Immediate Release Press contact Genevieve Bennett (415) 515-8040 gbennett@nwp.org Berkeley, CA, February 18, 2010 – The National Writing Project (NWP) announced today…
Social Networking: Virtual or Face-to-face?
Does a hierarchy exist? Why?Talk about when you prefer one over the other? Benefits of each?
Human Systems Dynamics, Zone of Proximal Development, and CMWI
via hsdinstitute.org Understanding the complex ecology composed of diverse systems and individuals is integral to helping “students read and write powerfully and independently” (Patterson, CMWI, August 4, 2010). Mediating while searching for and e…
What are the complexities of a secondary classroom?
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Media Companies Try Getting Social With Tumblr
via nytimes.com Is Tumblr the new Facebook or Twitter as far as marketing tools and networking for companies? I agree that it is super easy to post. What do you all think? I’ve been on Tumblr for a while. What new services will be the new powerhou…
Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: 5 Steps to Digitizing the Writing Workshop
via mguhlin.org Thank you, Miguel Guhlin for this post on your site. It gives us a good look at the revising step of the writing process. I especially enjoyed the section on providing feedback. This is rich with valuable resources. I will be using…
826National: The 826 National Video
via 826national.org I was told about this 2 or 3 years ago by my friend Paul Oh (NWP). 826 is an incredible organization that offers writing workshops, field trips, English Language instruction, publication help, etc. to students and teachers….f…
Reputation Management and Social Media| The Committed Sardine
This is an important study by Pew Internet Research that centers around one of the vital aspects of good digital citizenship, which is how we manage our reputation and identity through use of social media. posted by Lee CrockettJul 24, 2010 Viewed…
nwp walkabout – we’re reporting from the field
Not Much More I Can Do by Bonnie Kaplan It’s been a long day. A LONG DAY. A long TWO DAYS!. Good days, don’t get me wrong, but long and intense and as I sat at dinner tonight, shoveling in the melting beef (who needs dessert?). Lynn and Mary wonde…
Persistent Pondering 