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Teachers Teaching Teachers #191 - Katherine Schulten and the Learning Network AND "...making the case for the NWP - 03.10.10

Submitted by Paul Allison on Fri, 2010-03-12 03:06

ACTION ALERT! (To learn more, please listen to this week's podcast.)

Those of us who are members of local Witing Projects are asking for your help to keep federal funds for the National Writing Project. Organizers have 26 signatures on the House Dear Colleague letter, and just ONE day left! OUR DEADLINE IS TOMORROW, MARCH 12. Please call your representatives now and urge them to support NWP and to recognize its invaluable contribution to teachers and students across the country by signing on to this letter.

Teachers do a tremendous job educating Congress about the importance of writing project programs. Thank you all for your powerful emal messages and persuasive phone calls, and most important, your follow-up. While we have no control over
the timeline for this process, we do have the power of an extraordinary networkof leaders like YOU!

Now is the time to follow up with all members who have committed support for NWP. If your representatives signed the House Dear Colleague letter in 2009,please thank them for their past support and urge them to sign the letter again.

Your representatives can sign the Dear Colleague letter by contacting Alexandria (Ria) Ruiz in Representative Miller's office at 202-225-3725. ONLY REPRESENTATIVES OR THEIR AIDES, NOT NWP SITE LEADERS, SHOULD CONTACT ALEXANDRIA.

If your representative is not on the list below, please call the DC office and ask to speak to the education aide. If the aide has not seen the letter, please email or fax it to him or her. The letter can be found here:
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/extranet/supportingthenwp.

House Dear Colleague Cosigners
Last Updated: March 11
Deadline: March 12

1.  George Miller (D-CA)
2.  Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
3.  Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
4.  Lois Capps (D-CA)
5.  Russ Carnahan (D-MO)
6.  Bill Delahunt (D-MA)
7.  John Dingell (D-MI)
8.  Sam Graves (R-MO)
9.  Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
10. John Hall (D-NY)
11. Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY)
12. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
13. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
14. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
15. Dale Kildee (D-MI)
16. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM)
17. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
18. Doris O. Matsui (D-CA)
19. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
20. James Oberstar (D-MN)
21. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV)
22. Mike Ross (D-AR)
23. Joe Sestak (D-PA)
24. Paul Tonko (D-NY)
25. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
26. David Wu (D-OR)

 

END OF THE ACTION ALERT!

 

In the first half of thKS1larger.jpgis weeks episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers, we had an inspiring conversation with Katherine Schulten editor of The Learning Network at the New York Times.  Our theme for this week's Teachers Teaching Teachers was about increasing teacher voice in public debates. Katherine suggested how we might use The Learning Network for that.

In addition, we were joined by:

  • Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, director of National Programs and Site Development at the National Writing Project, University of California, Berkeley
  • and Andrea Zellner a leader at the Red Cedar Writing Project, Michigan State University's site of the NWP.

Andrea and many others in the chat room during the webcast gave witness to why we want to maintain federal funding for the NWP to continue -- an example of a time when we need to get our voices to be heard! 

 

Click Read more to see a copy of the chat that was happening during the webcast, and to see more about the Learning Network.


67:03 minutes (15.35 MB)

Teachers Teaching Teachers #185 - Did Educon 2.2 Make Us Smarter? - 02.03.10

Submitted by Paul Allison on Sat, 2010-02-20 21:03

On this podcast a few of us who attended Educon 2.2 reflect on our learning there. Appropriately enough, we were guided in this reflective conversation by:

On this podcast you'll hear what four teachers, three of us from different Writing Projects, had to say just a few days after ther conference. You'll hear from:

  • Paul Allison, New York City Writing Project
  • Joe Conroy, NWP at Rutgers University Writing Project (Don't miss Joe's video, below.)
  • Gail Desler, Area 3 Writing Project in Northern California
  • Dolores Gende, Academic Technology Coordinator and Physics teacher from Dallas, Texas

If you were at Educon, we hope you'll be able to compare notes with us. If you were not able to make it, perhaps this podcast can suggest why there's so much interest in Educon!

Here's how the organizers of EduCon 2.2 describe the conference:

What is Educon?

EduCon 2.2 is both a conversation and a conference.

And it is not a technology conference. It is an education conference. It is, hopefully, an innovation conference where we can come together, both in person and virtually, to discuss the future of schools. Every session will be an opportunity to discuss and debate ideas — from the very practical to the big dreams.

The Axioms

Guiding Principles of EduCon 2.2

  1. Our schools must be inquiry-driven, thoughtful and empowering for all members
  2. Our schools must be about co-creating — together with our students — the 21st Century Citizen
  3. Technology must serve pedagogy, not the other way around
  4. Technology must enable students to research, create, communicate and collaborate
  5. Learning can — and must — be networked

Enjoy Joe Conroy's Video!


Watch What is EduCon? in Educational & How-To  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Click Read more to see a copy of the chat that was happening during the webcast.


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Teachers Teaching Teachers #177 Reflections on the National Writing Project's 2009 Annual Meeting at a Seminal Moment - 12.02.09

Submitted by Paul Allison on Sun, 2009-12-13 22:55

Before the Thanksgiving turkey there was…

After coming home from these conferences in Philadelphia, we invited a few friends from a recent show —

TTT #175 - Looking Forward to the National Writing Project’s Annual Meeting with 3 Presenters - 11.04.09

— to join us again, this time to reflect on the workshops, presentations, meetings, and conversations in the hallway that might still have been fresh in their memories. We wanted to find out what they had learned at the NWP's Annual Meeting this year, and what they were planning to do with all of the connections and ideas they had brought home with them.

This podcast, co-sponsored by the New York City Writing Project and the NWP Technology Liaisons Network, featured:

Click Read more to see a transcript of a chat that was happening during the webcast.


59:35 minutes (13.64 MB)
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