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Connected Learning TV: Transforming Classrooms, Schools & The Teaching Profession Added by Paul Oh on May 9, 2012 at 9:28am Check out this video archive of Antero Garcia leading a Connected Learning conversation with Ellen Middaugh of the Civic Engagement Research Group at... read more	183 Views	1 comment	Added by Shirley Brown on May 10, 2012 at 3:33pm Lots to think about. Thanks for posting it, Paul. ... read more
Cube Odyssey: 3-D Printer Visits Writing Project Classrooms Added by Tanya Baker on May 2, 2012 at 4:30pm Until a few weeks ago it never occurred to me that a person might be able to print a 3-D object of their own creation in their own home.... read more	238 Views	1 comment	Added by samuel reed on May 2, 2012 at 5:52pm Tanya; Thank you for making the connections for us. Our students are super excited. Sam ... read more
#engchat Added by Paul Oh on Apr 17, 2012 at 11:10am Each Monday, at 7 PM eastern, English teachers from around the country - and sometimes the world - gather to engage in conversation about their pract... read more	255 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
WP TCs Published in What Teaching Means: Stories from America's Classrooms Added by Daniel Boster on Apr 17, 2012 at 8:21am My name is Daniel Boster, and I am a co-director of the Nebraska Writing Project and an English teacher at Ralston High School in Omaha, Nebraska.... read more	393 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Our Writing Project and the Newspaper Partnership Added by Kevin Hodgson on Apr 16, 2012 at 2:59am (This was originally posted at my blog) ... read more	425 Views	2 comments	Added by Paul Oh on Apr 17, 2012 at 6:48am As a former reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette, I wholeheartedly approve. :-) You've helped develop a natural collaboration, as you say. I'm c... read more
Nice OER resource collection from Todd Finley at Edutopia Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Apr 1, 2012 at 5:29pm Folks will appreciate the useful OER resources and curricula collected by Todd Finley of the Tar River Writing Project. Todd blogs regularly at Eduto... read more	222 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Mar 28, 2012 at 3:42am Do you know a K-6 teacher who provides excellent mathematics or science instruction to his or her students? Then please consider nominating him or he... read more	122 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Third Week of "Writing and Inquiry in the Digital Age": A Torrent Added by Terry Elliott on Mar 27, 2012 at 11:14am In our final P2PU 'assignment' we were asked to reflect upon one digital takeaway "from our conversations here or from what you saw in Digit... read more	128 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Second Week of the Writing and Inquiry in the Digital Age Added by Terry Elliott on Mar 20, 2012 at 7:06am The "Writing and Inquiry in the Digital Age" rolled on this week. Profound and rich. ... read more	182 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
iPad Study Group Added by Nicole Schon on Mar 16, 2012 at 11:47pm Last Thursday evening, five SCWriP fellows gathered for our first iPad study group session. Two of us sat on my couch here in Santa Barbara, while th... read more	207 Views	2 comments	Added by Paul Oh on Mar 22, 2012 at 9:26am There's a lot in the news these days about iPads and education. I came across this just today: a documentary about two Michigan Kindergarten teachers... read more
Call for Papers: Academic Exchange Quarterly Winter 2012 Added by Kellie Charron on Mar 16, 2012 at 2:05pm The Winter 2012 Issue of Academic Exchange Quarterly, an independent double-blind-peer-reviewed print journal, is now accepting submissions for its... read more	162 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
First Week at NWP's "Writing and Inquiry in the Digital Age" Added by Terry Elliott on Mar 12, 2012 at 6:10pm "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth learning can be taught." -- Oscar Wilde... read more	418 Views	2 comments	Added by Terry Elliott on Mar 15, 2012 at 10:05am Thanks for reading. Digital trails are like real paths, they grow over if no one follows along behind. ;-) ... read more
Connected Learning Added by Paul Oh on Mar 12, 2012 at 10:45am As some of you may know, a number of NWP teachers attended the John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s supported Digital Media and Learni... read more	275 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Katherine Frank posts a blog-a-day @ NWP Digital Is Added by Christina Cantrill on Mar 9, 2012 at 1:27pm Katherine Frank, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indiana University East and the former director of the Southern Colorado Writing Proj... read more	158 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
A Quick Shout-out to NWP on MariaShriver.com for Read Across America Added by Luke Hokama on Mar 2, 2012 at 5:05pm It's always interesting to me all the ways we can be connected. Here's an example that's not a direct connection of mine, but through my position her... read more	149 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Automated Scoring of Writing Added by Cindy Urbanski on Feb 25, 2012 at 5:07am Lil Brannon and Lacy Manship have been watching the NWP Tech Liaison List Serve thread on Automated Scoring today and sending me a lot of e-mail (c... read more	274 Views	4 comments	Added by Terry Elliott on Mar 5, 2012 at 10:51am If automatic scoring programs can actually be proven to assess and if that assessment is actually feedback instead of some shark hiding below the sur... read more
Sign Up for Free Digital Learning Courses Added by Christina Cantrill on Feb 24, 2012 at 10:33am The NWP’s continued collaboration with Peer 2 Peer University has led to the offering of three new study groups which begin March 5. Registration is ... read more	403 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Wordsalve: poet Sunita Jain & my class Added by Brian Kelley on Feb 18, 2012 at 7:14am My most recent classroom Skype with an author emerged from a parent email. A mom asked me if her daughter had ever mentioned her grandmothe... read more	193 Views	1 comment	Added by Tanya Baker on Feb 22, 2012 at 12:44pm Hi Brian, ... read more
The Evolution of Online Research Added by Paul Oh on Feb 14, 2012 at 1:25pm I've been intrigued lately by two platforms that provide a different experience than the typical "Google" search. ... read more	242 Views	3 comments	Added by Terry Elliott on Mar 5, 2012 at 7:09am Thanks, Paul. I think that "follow the money" has become my mantra anymore. Google is all about ads and Facebook is all about selling dat... read more
Research: a Hydra Reconsidered Added by Brian Kelley on Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03am Particularly at the middle school level, why is research often treated as an isolated event in our lives? ... read more	343 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Literally Putting a Frame Around Them Added by Brian Kelley on Feb 8, 2012 at 12:02pm A framed theater poster from a 1999 production of The Diary of Anne Frank fell from the wall in my classroom. Its glass shattered across the sp... read more	180 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Mentor, Research, & Cubism as Writer Added by Brian Kelley on Feb 3, 2012 at 5:06am In an effort to continue to provide mentors in the classroom to inspire, support, and shape student writing, I wrote an email to local author Car... read more	186 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
What I make on Digital Learning Day Added by Kathleen Riley on Feb 2, 2012 at 9:56am [View the story "What I make on Digital Learning Day" on Storify] ... read more	199 Views	1 comment	Added by Kevin Hodgson on Feb 10, 2012 at 3:51am That's a great way to archive the day. Kevin ... read more
The National Network Tweet Highlights on Digital Learning Day! Added by Kathleen Riley on Feb 1, 2012 at 5:05pm [View the story "The National Network on Digital Learning Day" on Storify]... read more	222 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Resource Roundup on Digital Is for Digital Learning Day Added by Kate Leuschke Blinn on Jan 31, 2012 at 7:32pm In celebration of Digital Learning Day on February 1st, the folks at NWP Digital Is wanted to highlight a few of the resources that embody the spirit... read more	160 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.