Category: RCWP
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Framing Tech Matters 2007
A little over a year ago, David Warlick blogged about a provocative idea — what would it take to tell a “new story” about education as it is changing in the 21st century. From that post, and our collective understanding of the read/write web, the Tech Matters 2006 team decided to use the three broad…
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Greetings from Chico
In addition to my regular blog readers, I would like to extend a special hello this week to my RCWP colleagues who, I hope, are following from afar my adventures at Tech Matters 2007. They are in the last week of the summer institute, and I miss being there, but hope that my work at…
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Response to “Writing Next” Report
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Monday, we will be discussing the Writing Next Report, issued by the Alliance for Excellent Education. Here are my thoughts on the prompt, “How has reading the Writing Next Report encouraged you to rethink aspects of your teaching practice?” The Writing Next Report, written by Steve Graham and Dolores Perin, issued earlier this year by…
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Teaching Writing in the 21st Century
Tonight, I am blogging from Baltimore, where I am attending an NWP working meeting, “Teaching Writing in the 21st Century.” I feel very fortunate to be here with about 60 colleagues and friends of the National Writing Project and the Bread Loaf School of English. There are many, many wonderful people here — too many…
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Book Review: Teachers’ Writing Groups
The second book that we are using in our summer institute is both practical and promotional. Teachers’ Writing Groups: Collaborative Inquiry and Reflection for Professional Growth (Kennesaw University Press, 2006) describes multiple configurations of writing group — important to our summer invitational — and is co-edited by Kathy Yancey, the keynote at MCTE’s fall conference.…
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Book Review: Teaching and Learning Multiliteracies
Yet another busy week has passed by with too much to blog, and too little time. Our summer institute is coming soon, and I have had lots of reading to do, so the good news is that I now have an excuse to get blogging again — book reviews. So, here is my first one,…
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TTT Podcast, Re-mediating Speech Class (5/30/07)
Thanks to Paul, for allowing me to repost the Teachers Teaching Teachers podcast from 5/30/07 that I co-hosted with Dawn, “Re-mediating Speech Class.”
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Reflection on the “New Literacies” Workshops
Wow. So, many things to think about based on Friday’s workshops, but first and foremost a hearty thanks to the 15 teachers who led these “new literacies” workshops: Julie Achterberg Pen Campbell Jennifer Conrad Richard Cook Elizabeth Cyr Joseph Haughey Joyce Hunter Aram Kabodian Angie Montpas Mitchell Nobis Dawn Reed Luke Rodesiler Robert Rozema Renee…
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Preparing for Our “New Literacies” Workshops
Tomorrow, after many months of planning and a few hectic days this week getting everything in order, we will have 15 teachers presenting to 50 of their peers in the RCWP-sponsored New Media & New Literacies = New Expectations & New Opportunities Workshops. Here is a list of the sessions: Blogging and Podcasting Digital Storytelling…