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Events
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Tech Friends Dinner
November 20, 2009 from 7:30pm to 9pm – Devil's Alley Restaurant
The Tech Friends Informal Philly Meet Up is on Friday night. I'm a bit stressed because I reserved a room at this place and told them 25-30 people for dinner. The place has a group-rate $20 per per...
Videos
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HVWP's SI'09 Renewal
Added by Bonnie Kaplan
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The Simpsons: Bart gets a Z
Added by Kevin H.
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NWP Resources
'Writing in the Digital Age' and Former Poet Laureate Headline National Writing Project Annual Meeting
Wednesday, November 18, 2009Type: Press Release
More than twelve hundred teachers from across the country have gathered here for four days to discuss and showcase successful classroom strategies that meet head-on one of the greatest challenges of our digital world: teaching young people growing up in the digital age to become good writers.
Excerpts from Teaching the New Writing
Friday, November 13, 2009Type: Resource
Download excerpts from this innovative guide, in which teachers share their stories, successful practices, and vivid examples of their students' creative and expository writing from online and multimedia projects such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, electronic poetry, and more.
National Writing Project Hosts Four-Day Conference in Philadelphia
Friday, November 13, 2009Type: Press Release
More than 1,200 teachers from across the nation will convene in Philadelphia for four days of activities, including the Annual Meeting of the National Writing Project, a reading by poet laureate Billy Collins, and sessions open to the media that focus on the use of digital media tools to teach young people to write and learn.
Redefining Content-Area Literacy Teacher Education: Finding My Voice through Collaboration
Friday, November 13, 2009Type: Resource
In this essay, Roni Jo Draper shares her journey as a content-area literacy educator, her belief that content literacy should promote mastery of the intellectual discourse of the discipline, and her ideas about how to increase collaboration between literacy and content-area specialists.
2010 USN Conference
Thursday, November 12, 2009Type: Event
The Oregon Writing Project at Lewis and Clark College proudly serves as your host for the 2010 Urban Sites Network Conference, "Writing Across the Margins: Illuminating Urban Voices." We invite educators from across the country to explore how writing can help all students find voices that lead to personal growth, a love of writing, and social change.
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Tech Friends Come Together
Forum
Looking for Feedback on the Idea of a "Digital Writing Project" 5 Replies
This is cross-posted from my blog, and I hope to get some feedback from my NWP colleagues... As we prepare to head to the NWP Annual Meeting and NCTE Convention in just about a week, I am also plu...
Started by Troy Hicks in Site Development Work. Last reply by Candance Doerr-Stevens 1 day ago.
And if you are in Philly, should we do another Dinner Gathering of the Tech Friends Tribe? 85 Replies
UPDATED: We decided on Friday night in Philly. Please add your name and a number of folks who might be tagging along, so we can make a reservation at restaurant of ill-repute (not really, although ...
Started by Kevin H. in NWP Annual Meeting. Last reply by Kevin H. Nov 18.
Introductions 201 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 Fred Mindlin Nov 15.
Nature of the New Writing 2 Replies
Joe Bellino and I are facilitating a Reading the Research session focused on Teaching the New Writing at this year’s Annual Meeting. It’s a great text and a must-have for your site’s library. Usin...
Started by Seth Mitchell in NWP Annual Meeting. Last reply by Bonnie Kaplan Nov 13.
Building Digital Bridges 2 Replies
Wesley Fryer was the keynote speaker at the KATE 2009 Conference this past week. It was refreshing and gratifying to hear a educational technology expert inspire a room full of English teachers to ...
Tagged: 21st, Century., Learning, Digital, Wesely
Started by Teralyn Cohn in Tech Liaison Work. Last reply by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl Oct 25.
Blog Posts
Prezi rocks
I have heard about Prezi from a few folks and even ventured to the site once or twice, but I could not wrap my head around it. You know how it is: you have a concept of something (ie, presentations use powerpoint, which are a formal sequence of slides moving forward) and it is difficult to shake loose. Just imagine when w… Continue
Posted by Kevin H. on November 20, 2009 at 8:15am
Arriving to Philadelphia
Posted by Graciela Vega on November 19, 2009 at 9:47am
All-Network Messages
I try not to overload anyone's email box with messages from Tech Friends. I am conscience of your time and focus. But Fred mentioned that he did not seem to be getting all-network messages and felt left out of some of the conversations. So, if you go into your settings (link on upper right) and then… Continue
Posted by Kevin H. on November 15, 2009 at 6:43am
Reviewing The Digital Writing Workshop
I'll start out by saying that the author of this fantastic new book -- The Digital Writing Workshop -- is Troy Hicks, a friend of mine through the National Writing Project and one of the chapter authors in my own book… Continue
Posted by Kevin H. on November 11, 2009 at 8:05am
Meet the eTeam
• Did a member of the E-Team help you move a piece of writing forward on the E-Anthology this summer?
• Would you like to meet this E-Team member in person?
• Are you attending the Annual Meeting of the NWP in Philadelphia this month?
If so, please come to the Friday workshop session B-15 * from 3:30 -5:30… Continue
Posted by Kevin H. on November 2, 2009 at 6:33pm
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