Teachers Teaching Teachers #129 - Writing in the Digital Age - A special National Writing Project show - 11.12.08

Paul Allison — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:09:58 -0600

On this special episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers, Paul Allison and Susan Ettenheim -- with Alice Barr, a technology teacher in Yarmouth, Maine -- welcomed to the show a couple of teachers, a couple of Writing Project Directors, and a researcher of Writing Projects. These folks (along with James Shiroff from the Denver Writing Project) will be presenting and facilitating a 2-hour session at the National Writing Project's 2008 Annual Meeting this week. The name of their featured presenation, "Writing in the Digital Age," identifies some of the issues discussed on this podcast.

Seth Mitchell, high school teacher and Tech Liaison for the Maine Writing Project (University of Maine)
Sarah Hunt-Barron, middle school teacher, teacher consultant of the Upstate Writing Project in South Carolina and doctoral student at Clemson University
Rebecca Kaminski, Director Upstate Writing Project in South Carolina and professor at Clemson University, SC
Felicia George, Associate Director of the New York City Writing Project at Lehman College, NY
Laura Stokes, Inverness Research in California

We think you'll enjoy this conversation whether or not you are planning to join these folks at the National Writing Project’s Annual Meeting in San Antonio November 20 and 21.

These Writing Project teachers and their colleagues also shared stories about how they support their fellow teachers to further their development in teaching writing in a digital environment. Many interesting ideas about the students’ enthusiasm for writing to real audiences and generating more writing were discussed along with issues that local programs face when offering professional development services to teachers in their area.

Click Read more to see a transcript of the chat that was happening at the same time as the webcast.

Teachers Teaching Teachers #108 - Planning all out in the open - 06.11.08

Paul Allison — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:12:13 -0500

On this podcast you'll hear Felicia George, Bill O'Neal, Susan Ettenheim, Cheryl Oakes, and Gail Desler as they help Paul Allison and Julie Conason think about this Summer Instutute for teachers in the New York City Writing Project.

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Youth Space

Using Web 2.0 tools to build
social networks for learning
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New York City Writing Project

Institute for Literacy Studies
Lehman College, CUNY
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Summer Advanced Institute
Mondays - Thursdays, 9 - 2
June 30 - July 17
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How can we use technology to put the voices of youth at the center of the curriculum?

Spend 12 days this summer with other New York City Writing Project teachers who use technology in their classrooms. Share the ways we use the Internet to make student-to-student connections. Learn about a curriculum currently being developed and collaborated on by teachers across the nation. Explore how we use blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other tools to inspire young people to do research into their own questions.

Find out why Creative Commons Man is our superhero!

Facilitators: Paul Allison and Julie Conason
Location: Lehman College, CUNY

Participants will receive 3 graduate credits or a $500 stipend.

Chat Log

Felicia George

Teachers Teaching Teachers #129 - Writing in the Digital Age - A special National Writing Project show - 11.12.08

Teachers Teaching Teachers #108 - Planning all out in the open - 06.11.08

Summer Advanced Institute Mondays - Thursdays, 9 - 2 June 30 - July 17 ______________________

Summer Advanced Institute
Mondays - Thursdays, 9 - 2
June 30 - July 17
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