Shirley Brown, who works with the team that facilitates NWP's E-Anthology, posted this to the TLN discussion. Thought you all might be interested, in case you didn't see the original post:
• 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
Added by Kevin H. on November 2, 2009 at 6:33pm —
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Hi all,
I had a great chance to connect with a range of application makers at a recent event at Google. Little by little I'll share some of the applications and environments they are working on. Here's a simple comic creator that kids find easy to jump into. It's called Bitstrips:
Opinion: Happy 40th birthday, Internet!
by Cathy N. Davidson (Reblogged from) Cosmos Online
In 1969 a UCLA team sent the first message over ARPANET, the computer network that later became known as the Internet. Since then it has fundamentally changed humanity.
That event, which took place on 29 October 1969, is celebrated today as the moment the Internet was born. It ushered in… Continue
I am cross-posting this from my blog because I promised @dogtrax I would post about it here, too.
After the first round of Google Wave invites went out, I stayed up all night mentally calculating the time in Sydney and anxiously awaiting that… Continue
Our friend, Troy, is on the first of three Teachers Teaching Teachers webcast show, talking about his new book around digital writing workshop. He is joined by Sara, Penny and Chris.
Take a listen:
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Hi everyone
I want to invite you to join a new Group over at the NWP Site Leaders Ning. I have been asked to be the moderator of the Group and so I warmly and humbly invite you to come join as us as we deepen our discussions about how to help site leaders and our sites think about technology in a meani… Continue
Added by Kevin H. on September 18, 2009 at 6:00am —
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Hi Everyone
I found this notice for the NWP Annual Meeting in my RSS feed and I want to pass it along.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/09am/home.csp
If you are interested in the Writing in the Digital Age (always a big hit), I would register early.
Unless you are a presenter of the session -- are you?
Kevin Continue
Added by Kevin H. on September 1, 2009 at 7:45pm —
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(Note from Kevin: I just received an email telling me that Seedwiki is shutting down. That was the first wiki site I ever used and some of YOU were involved in this Six Word Story Project. Check it out. -- Kevin)
Six Word Stories
In the latest edition of Wired magazine (am I the only one who will
TLs interested in supporting professional development programs for districts and schools should check out the guidance for use of ARRA funds, attached. Professional development is a significant funded option. guidance-arra.docContinue
Note: I've copied the following post from my Blogwalker (where the formatting probably makes it a little easier to read) because much of it is a NWP story...
"The great films have not been made yet. The ones who will make them are out there, though, riding a skateboard." - Robert Altman
The Pew Research Center has released a new survey report that shows African-Americans accessing the Internet with a mobile device at twice the national average. This was part of a general trend (which will not surprise TLs) where mobile internet use has “increased sharply.” The report surveyed 2,253 American adults. Thirty-two percent reported using a cell phone or smartphone to access the Internet — up by 1/3 since December 2007 when only 24 percent of respondents said they had.
What I found p… Continue
Hi everyone, Just wanted to post the link to our wiki for the CCWP Digital Storytelling class--
http://digitalstory.pbworks.com/
Please check it out when you get a chance and give us comments, feedback, links, etc., based on the "press" standard...
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Cheers, Fred
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Fred Mindlin
Teacher Consultant, Central California Writing Project
http://www.thedigitalstoryteller.com/
"There will come a day when a carrot, freshly observed, will spark a revolution." -- Paul Cezanne Continue
The third and final installment of podcasts about the book I co-edited and wrote a chapter for (called Teaching the New Writing) is up at Teachers Teaching Teache… Continue
Added by Kevin H. on July 14, 2009 at 5:39am —
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On July 8 - 11 a number of NWP folks traveled to the Granlibakken Conference Center in Tahoe City, CA to work on 21st century literacy projects. There are 13 teams participating in the Technology Liaison Network Resource Development Retreat, 9 teams on the English Language Learner Resource Development Retreat, and 12 people working with the Digital Is Retreat. The many and varied projects include manuals, guides, bibliographies, professional development programs, videos, podcasts, and many other… Continue
Added by Joe Bellino on July 10, 2009 at 5:30pm —
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