Tech Friends

Exploring writing, teaching and technology

Welcome to the social networking site for technology-minded educators within the National Writing Project.

Members

  • Carol Roger
  • Jessica Brooks
  • LGonzalez
  • Jennifer Woollven
  • David Carithers
  • Kristine Megge
  • Clara Talley
  • Tiffany Emerson
  • Greg Barclay
  • Sonya Rockett
  • Laura Lee Claypool
  • Mark Cruthers
  • aurelia colley
  • Laura Lee Claypool
  • Betsy Woods
  • Rosalyn J. Robinson
  • Nina K. Buchanan
  • Brenda Joyce Stapleton-Brown
  • dianne b smith
  • scottie Batts

Notes

Info of Interest

The NWPWalkabout Blog is an interesting place to visit. NWP folks blog from various conventions and events.
http://nwpwalkabout.wordpress.com/

Created by Kevin H. May 15, 2009 at 9:38am. Last updated by Kevin H. Jun 28.

NWP Resources

ELL Library American Indian Reference/Resource "Must-Haves"

Thursday, July 02, 2009
Type: Resource
With the goals of providing materials that alter teachers' understanding of Native American cultures and building local communities of inquiry devoted to Native Americana Studies, the compiler provides an annotated bibliography of "must-read" texts on the subject.

Teachers Learn to Be as Good as Their Words

Friday, June 26, 2009
Type: In the News
Teachers gather in Tuscon for the Southern Arizona Writing Project's summer institute to not only become better teachers and get "a taste of teaching paradise," but also to become better writers.

Bibliography Helps Sites Strengthen Work with New Teachers

Friday, June 26, 2009
Type: Resource
To help sites implement successful new-teacher programs, the New-Teacher Initiative developed a bibliography addressing 1) the teaching of writing, 2) culture and its implications for teaching and learning, 3) teacher inquiry, and 4) professional development through participation in a professional community.

South Carolina Teachers Develop Writing Strategies

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Type: In the News
Teachers in South Carolina find common ground at the Aiken Writing Project's summer institute, where teachers develop writing strategies for their classrooms and become better writers themselves.

Louisiana Students Engage in Downtown Writing Marathon

Friday, June 19, 2009
Type: In the News
Teacher-consultants from the National Writing Project of Acadiana lead a group of elementary school students on a writing marathon through the "rich panoply of life on the Bayou Teche."
 

Using the Site

* Welcome! You can start by heading to the Introduction and introduce yourself.
* Want to start a discussion? Create a FORUM discussion.
* Want to give your opinion and have others comment on it? Create a BLOG post.
* Want to keep track of all new FORUM discussions? Use the FORUM RSS feed.
* Want to keep track of all new BLOG posts? Use the BLOG RSS feed.
* Want to track all the comments to a FORUM discussion or a BLOG post? Look for the RSS feed on the discussion or post page

Tech Friends Come Together

Forum

Teralyn Cohn

Blackboard Alternatives 5 Replies

I just received word that our district license for Blackboard is on the chopping block forcing me to use an alternative course management system (free) for my paperless classroom. I am considering ...

Tagged: google, moodle, management, course, online

Started by Teralyn Cohn in Technology Resources. Last reply by Bryan Salagovic Jul 1.

Kevin H.

The Traveling Writers -- an SI Project 29 Replies

A number of us talked about having a traveling mascot project this summer. I am offering to coordinate it through use of my Writers Collection. If you are interested, please provide some informati...

Tagged: institute, summer, mascot

Started by Kevin H. in Activities for Tech Friends. Last reply by Kevin H. Jun 29.

Kevin H.

Introductions 176 Replies

Hello Please spend a minute to introduce yourself to our community. Kevin

Tagged: introductions, nwp

Started by Kevin H. in Introductions to Tech Friends. Last reply by Bonnie Kaplan Jun 28.

Leslie Lawner

Best way to make "podcast" available to museum visitors??? 3 Replies

I have had several of my middle school students create audio files describing several of their favorite pieces of art in a local contemporary art museum which the museum would like to turn into an ...

Started by Leslie Lawner in Technology Resources. Last reply by Leslie Lawner Jun 17.

NWP Ning Team

Tech + 'classic" curriculum = what? 5 Replies

Hi all, Sara Bauer posted this item as part of a group in the NWP Book Group Ning. But it's a question you all might have some thoughts/interest in here too, so I'm posting her question here. Any ...

Started by NWP Ning Team in Other. Last reply by Teralyn Cohn Jun 14.

Blog Posts

Elyse Eidman-Aadahl

Badge yourselves!

Hi all,

The NWP has a number of badges available for either individuals (for your blogs, wikis, etc.) or for Writing Project sites. You can find them on the website at http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/about/web_badges. Let people see your connection with the NWP!
Elyse

Posted by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on June 29, 2009 at 1:28pm — 2 Comments

Kevin H.

Teaching the New Writing: Teachers Teaching Teachers, part one


I had the pleasure of joining Teachers Teaching Teachers (with Paul Allison) for three consecutive weeks in a row to talk about my new book --… Continue

Posted by Kevin H. on June 28, 2009 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Bonnie Kaplan

University of Maryland Writing Project: A Digital Conference Document


UMd Writing Project's Digital Conference Document from Bonnie Kaplan on Vimeo.




What a pleasure it was to work with this new site and its two wonderful directors: Patti Stock and Joseph McCaleb as they moved deeper into the web world with their TC's.
In February I was invited to work with them, putting digital tools into the hands of their new tech team and t… Continue

Posted by Bonnie Kaplan on June 26, 2009 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Jason S.

New Resources on TLN webpage.

Howdy Techies,

The TLN updated our website with the following new resources:

Keeping the Promise of the 21st Century: Bringing Classroom Teaching into the Digital Age

Summary: Over the four years of the Technology Initiative, NWP accelerated growth in its cadre of teacher-consultants, created new classroom-tested practices, produced programs on using technology for teaching, and helped engage students in a… Continue

Posted by Jason S. on June 22, 2009 at 5:11pm

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