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Need help understanding the difference between all writing is argument and argumentative writing Added by Bernardo Estrada on May 13, 2013 at 9:07pm Hi ... read more	124 Views	4 comments	Added by Tim Dewar on May 14, 2013 at 10:09pm When i saw your post, I wondered if you were talking about me! In a workshop on Monday, I told a room of science teachers that everything was an argu... read more
AEQ Winter 2013 Issue Update Added by Kellie Charron on May 6, 2013 at 1:10pm A reminder that the deadline for Academic Exchange Quarterly's Winter 2013 special section on Writing Center Theory and Practice is approaching! ... read more	138 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
My Hand - Maddox Narratives from 3 perspectives Added by Johnny Maddox Jr on Jul 29, 2012 at 9:26pm Johnny Maddox, Jr. Narrative 1 The “I” perspective ... read more	219 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Candance Doerr-Stevens, MWP TC, Keynote Speaker for Edina Public Schools Added by Muriel Thompson on Sep 6, 2012 at 1:01pm On Tuesday, August 28, Candance presented to over 600 K-12 teachers as part of their staff kick-off. This invitation to present resulted from M... read more	257 Views	1 comment	Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Sep 7, 2012 at 7:47am Thanks Muriel. This looks great and Candance looks great. :-) We really need to remind people of the 'digital' part of the new standards, and it look... read more
T-C Sheila Carter-Jones wins Naomi Long Madgett book award Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jul 18, 2012 at 8:31pm Western Pennsylvania Writing Project fellow Sheila Carter-Jones won the 2012 Naomi Long Madgett book award for poetry. Her book, Three Birds Deep, ca... read more	260 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Muriel Thompson Inducted into Hall of Fame Added by Candance Doerr-Stevens on Sep 10, 2012 at 7:46am Director and Co-founder of the Minnesota Writing Project, Muriel Thompson, was recently inducted into the Burnsville High S... read more	273 Views	3 comments	Added by Bev Alsleben on Sep 17, 2012 at 6:18pm Congratulations Muriel. What a well-deserved honor. Thank you for your leadership! ... read more
Session A5 Preview: Cross-Site Collaborations: Models and Opportunities Added by Corey Harbaugh on Nov 15, 2011 at 7:55pm Pat Scanlan (WI Fox Valley) and I (MI Third Coast) hope you'll join us for a session in which form meets content! We're looking forward to collaborat... read more	285 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Are Teachers at the Edge? Added by Joseph McCaleb on Jul 1, 2011 at 9:07am First off, I’ll freely acknowledge that my perspective might be due to age and my preferred view of peaceful landscapes and deep... read more	291 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Seeking contributions to new blog, www.teachersspeakup.com Added by Steven Zemelman on Jul 11, 2012 at 3:09pm In response to frequent attacks on teachers and public education, nationally, I and some colleagues have launched a new blog, www.teachersspeakup.com... read more	297 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Lessons Learned..... Added by Rodney Bailey on Sep 5, 2011 at 8:00am Now that most of us have been back in school for a few weeks, I was wondering if any of you have had to drastically change your initial game plan r... read more	310 Views	1 comment	Added by Kevin Hodgson on Sep 6, 2011 at 2:30pm No changes -- I went in knowing that on day one, my students would be going onto our webcomic site and creating avatars of themselves. Those avatars ... read more
A4: NWP Connect Community Builders Meeting Added by Stephanie West-Puckett on Nov 17, 2011 at 8:25am Creating and Sustaining Community with NWP Connect1:15pm - 3:00pm Palmer House, 7th Floor, Clark 5 Session Facilitators: ... read more	319 Views	1 comment	Added by Lacy Manship on Nov 17, 2011 at 1:03pm Hearing case studies with in depth thinking about the why behind Connect is helping me figure out how this space can function for our site. I am seei... read more
Education "In The Clouds" Added by Rodney Bailey on Jul 13, 2011 at 8:31am It seems as though virtual storage is the wave of the future! I can remember those flimsy 5.25" floppies, the 3.5" disks, the CD-ROMS, the bulk... read more	320 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Digital Badges Added by Paul Oh on Nov 6, 2011 at 11:42am Saw this mention of digital badges as an alternative process of certification in the Education Life section of the New York Times today. ... read more	335 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Ask Authors Your Questions Added by Paul Oh on Oct 17, 2011 at 10:07am Our friend Figment is taking questions for authors from the NWP, Figment and the New York Times being profiled as part of the National Day on Writing... read more	374 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
B13: Organizing Site Leadership for Site Sustainability 3:15pm - 5:00pm Added by Marilyn McKinney on Nov 15, 2011 at 10:57pm We -- Vicki Holmsten (Bisti WP in New Mexico) and Marilyn McKinney (Southern Nevada WP in Las Vegas) invite you to join our conversation and inquiry:... read more	397 Views	1 comment	Added by Martina Henke on Nov 18, 2011 at 12:16pm Thank you so much for leading our session and discussion yesterday. We had a chance to share many wonderful ideas. ... read more
McScribbles Magazine, Produced by 3rd Grader, Reaches Out to NWP Network Added by Tanya Baker on Sep 14, 2012 at 10:28am Hello Writing Project Colleagues, ... read more	401 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
A Brief and Wondrous Writing Contest Added by Paul Oh on Nov 7, 2011 at 10:58am We've teamed up with our friends at Figment to bring you a writing contest judged by renowned author, Junot Diaz.... read more	404 Views	1 comment	Added by John Bishop on Nov 9, 2011 at 9:50am How wonderful! I wish our fourth grade partners were old enough to enter, we're working on voice now.... read more
Place Essay- Jeannie Frazier- GKCWP Added by Jeannie Frazier on Jun 21, 2012 at 12:55pm The Power of Place in My Education: ... read more	407 Views	2 comments	Added by Jeannie Frazier on Jul 10, 2012 at 8:51am Thank you D. Callahan. ... read more
10/8-10/15: Discuss "Lessons from Tony" on the Teacher Inquiry Communities site Added by Cindy O'Donnell-Allen on Oct 8, 2012 at 4:01pm Over on the Teacher Inquiry Communities Network site here on Connect, please join my graduate students and me... read more	408 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Working with pre-service teachers...research about benefits? Added by Deanna Mascle on Sep 14, 2012 at 1:55pm We are piloting a writing studio program this semester. We are training (in a learning community) English Ed majors to lead writing studio groups. Cu... read more	416 Views	3 comments	Added by Bobby Cummings on Nov 9, 2012 at 5:36pm The Central Washington Writing Project has been placing English methods students in the classrooms of teacher consultants. The preservice teach... read more
Tell us about your new books and articles Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jun 3, 2012 at 9:48am Your colleagues want to hear about your professional writing. If you have a new article or book out, please post it here with a little description an... read more	420 Views	3 comments	Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Sep 1, 2012 at 3:18pm The Killing Jar, a novel by Gloria Nixon-John (Red Cedar Writing Project TC) and Robert W. Noelker, is avail for pre-order on Amazon.... read more
figment.com Added by Paul Oh on Sep 7, 2011 at 2:19pm The teen publishing site, figment.com, has unveiled a new groups functionality which acts as a kind of online writers' workshop space. It's still in ... read more	437 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Tell us about your online publishing Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jun 3, 2012 at 9:46am Okay, so you've started a blog and, of course, you want readers. List your blog here with all the relevant information we'd need to find it. And reme... read more	440 Views	7 comments	Added by Angela Obery on Aug 7, 2012 at 1:57pm After leaving the routine of a twice monthly column in my local newspaper for the "possibilities" held in an online format, I began NW Kid Chaser (ww... read more
When Technology Fails Added by Rodney Bailey on Jul 5, 2011 at 6:30pm My role as TL at the JSUSI involves guiding the TC’s through the sometimes-unpredictable waters of technology integration into the classroom and pr... read more	449 Views	1 comment	Added by Paul Oh on Jul 5, 2011 at 10:09pm I've not been in the classroom a while, so I'll be curious to hear what others have write in response to your question, Rodney. But I'd say that as a... read more
Whatcha readin'? Added by Andrea Zellner on Jun 9, 2011 at 11:22am My number one favorite conversation to have with folks from other Writing Project sites is to hear what they are reading in their SIs. I thought it w... read more	452 Views	6 comments	Added by Brenda Krupp on Jul 13, 2011 at 6:45pm In the spring K. Bomer did a webinar for NCTE about Hidden Gems. You might be able to access the webinar at NCTE's web site. It was an hour and well ... read more