Where do social action, art, music, technology, media, pop culture, and most importantly, student needs intersect?
One of the greatest advantages of being a Writing Project teacher is being exposed to learning frameworks that are innovative, research-based, and highly engaging. At this year's NWP Annual Meeting in Orlando, I attended a fantastic session entitled, Taking Gaming to the Next Level, facilitated by Paul Allison and Grace Raffaele from the New York City Writing Project as well as Barry Joseph from Global Kids. They are working on creating game-based curriculum. It got me so excited. It made so much sense. I wanted...
Foreword to Bring It to Class By: Kylene BeersDate: May 2010 Summary: Students' backpacks bulge not just with oversize textbooks, but with paperbacks, graphic novels, street lit, and electronics such as iPods and handheld video games. Bring It to Class is about unpacking those texts to explore previously unexamined assumptions regarding their usefulness to classroom learning. Order Bring It to Class...
As part of my work with North Star of Texas Writing Project (NSTWP), I am participating in research about Culturally Mediated Writing Instruction (CMWI). It focuses on how to strengthen academic writing for ELLs. The research group is reading Sonja Nazario's Enrique's Journey. Thus far, it is incredible. I have chosen to discuss any interesting moments from this powerful read here on my blog. More coming soon...
Click here to download: 2010-cb-advocacy-teachers-are-center.pdf (4.42 MB) (download) Click here to download: 2010-cb-advocacy-teachers-are-center.pdf (4.42 MB) 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 as a...
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 that it will receive an $800,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to expand the "Digital Is" program, NWP's nationwide initiative to create and...
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....for free. All programs are project-based with end products being published works, movies, plays, etc. Another incredible attribute of this organization is the tutors are volunteers, who not only work at the national storefronts but who also go to the schools who are...
Not Much More I Can Do by Bonnie Kaplan It's...