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| I've been wondering what those of us who've been teaching for a while wish we had known when we were fledgling teachers. What advice would you give n... read more | 895 Views | 7 comments |
Added by Kevin Hodgson on Dec 7, 2011 at 5:21pm I wish I had know that support at home would dwindle as much as I have seen. It's unfortunate because we know that kids need the support on both ends... read more |
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| Check out these two blog posts at Digital Is on the impromptu hackjam organized by Andrea Zellner at the end of this year's Annual Meeting in Chicago... read more | 561 Views | 1 comment |
Added by Joye Alberts on Nov 23, 2011 at 11:13am Thanks for posting these links to two excellent and informative posts in Digital IS. While I was over at Digital IS, I read, among other things ... read more |
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 Morning Discussion Groups: Challenges, Questions, SolutionsAdded by Grant Faulkner on Nov 17, 2011 at 3:10pm |
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Added by Jean-Paul Gressieux on Nov 22, 2011 at 4:20pm Grant, Thanks for posting this. It was really amazing to see the ways in which these discussions intersected. It was a good experience b... read more |
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| Creating and Sustaining Community with NWP Connect1:15pm - 3:00pm Palmer House, 7th Floor, Clark 5 Session Facilitators: ... read more | 325 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 |
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 B13: Organizing Site Leadership for Site Sustainability 3:15pm - 5:00pmAdded by Marilyn McKinney on Nov 15, 2011 at 10:57pm |
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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 |
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 Session A5 Preview: Cross-Site Collaborations: Models and OpportunitiesAdded by Corey Harbaugh on Nov 15, 2011 at 7:55pm |
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| Jay Mathews of the Washington Post published Writing Lessons? Please Stop earlier this week.... read more | 549 Views | 1 comment |
Added by Kathy Gevlin on Dec 7, 2011 at 1:36pm I agree with most of this. The one problem, however, is that The Elements of Sylte alone isn't enough -- we need to teach kids to think about w... read more |
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| I'm looking for some great NCTE Saturday sessions to attend. Any NWPers presenting? ... read more | 458 Views | 3 comments |
Added by Harry Brake on Nov 18, 2011 at 9:27am Yes! Look up Karen Fasimpaur, Harry Brake, for Saturday's forum for free online recurces for educators, it is PACKED with info! :) ... read more |
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| Despite living in the Boston area now, Chicago is my hometown. So as a special treat, I thought I would serve up a super fast breakdown of some cul... read more | 508 Views | 2 comments |
Added by Andrea Zellner on Nov 16, 2011 at 8:21pm Wow, Fred, this is awesome! Thanks for taking the time to do this. I, for one, plan on eating my way through Chicago. ... read more |
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 Elizabeth Ann Fuller named Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the YearAdded by Paul Oh on Nov 10, 2011 at 10:40am |
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| We've teamed up with our friends at Figment to bring you a writing contest judged by renowned author, Junot Diaz.... read more | 407 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 |
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| 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 | 336 Views | 0 comments | No comments have been added yet. | |
 What do you see when you watch your students at work?Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Nov 1, 2011 at 8:10am |
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| 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 | 375 Views | 0 comments | No comments have been added yet. | |
| Why do you write? For the 2011 National Day on Writing, we want everyone to think about that question. Share some of your answers and your students' ... read more | 561 Views | 10 comments |
Added by Sharon J. Washington on Oct 27, 2011 at 6:59am Tanya, your post on Why I Write is an exquisite story. I love how you wove in translation and "equally plausibel cognates". I find the range of&... read more |
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Let's Stop Teaching Writing: what do you think?Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Sep 26, 2011 at 10:02pm |
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Added by Kathy Gevlin on Nov 11, 2011 at 12:08pm I agree with this article entirely. Let's lose the jargon entirely and get to the heart of what writing is: thinking on paper. ... read more |
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| Congratulations to Shawn Hinger of the Red Clay Writing Project, whose Clarke Middle School Media Center was named a Georgia Exemplary Library Media ... read more | 782 Views | 0 comments | No comments have been added yet. | |
What are you looking forward to at NWP's Annual Meeting?Added by Grant Faulkner on Sep 8, 2011 at 12:35pm |
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Added by Tanya Baker on Oct 27, 2011 at 11:39am On Friday morning, The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers will host a video game workshop, called Level Up! NWP TCs who had the opportunity to at... read more |
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| 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 | 438 Views | 0 comments | No comments have been added yet. | |
| While reading Dailywritingtips.com, I happen to find a great resource for writing and gaming by Ali Hale called, "Collaborative Fiction: Writing and ... read more | 619 Views | 3 comments |
Added by Tanya Baker on Sep 7, 2011 at 3:49pm Rodney, Thanks for the article. Some of the kinds of writing/gaming i was familiar with, and others are brand new... I'm going to find 'men with pen... read more |
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| 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 | 311 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 |
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| Rob Jenkins, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Ed, celebrated 27 years of teaching comp with a blog about the five things he never tires of saying t... read more | 458 Views | 2 comments |
Added by Rosalyn Nedry on Sep 4, 2011 at 6:00pm My students often are puzzled when I tell them, "I'm taking a class." They think that once you graduate high school, you're done (they are alte... read more |
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| Today was my first day back to school. I can't say that the day was too perplexing seeing how the students don't start until after Labor Day. My cla... read more | 519 Views | 4 comments |
Added by Rosalyn Nedry on Sep 4, 2011 at 5:31pm Hi - I work in an alternative setting (the extra-challenging students) and have some basic philosophical differences with fellow staff and my adminis... read more |
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| As we get set to launch our new website for Western Mass Writing Project, I wanted to come up with a mission statement of sorts for our Digital Liter... read more | 506 Views | 3 comments |
Added by Rodney Bailey on Sep 1, 2011 at 11:28am Kevin, I think this is fantastic! I was just reading a collection of essays based on the personal philosophies of men and women who have changed the ... read more |
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 Aug 29th #engchat w/ Holly Ojalvo of NYTimes Learning NetworkAdded by Meenoo Rami on Aug 28, 2011 at 4:01pm |
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Added by Paul Oh on Aug 29, 2011 at 9:15am Came across this fascinating resource from the Internet Archive that I thought I'd pass along: TV News coverage from that day, September 11th, 2011: ... read more |
