English 712: Writing and the Teaching of Writing, is a core course in WMWP’s Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Writing Program, though it is open to all pre- and in-service teachers and graduate students. The course focuses on the socio-cultural context of literacy learning in the United States, the development [...]
WMWP Technology Liaison Kevin Hodgson is publishing a weekly webcomic through the Newspapers in Education site of MassLive (home to The Springfield Republican) that looks at the digital divide between kids and adults, and technology in the classroom. The webcomic is called Boolean Squared and is designed to poke fun at teaching in this technological [...]
(Note: this was an email from the National Writing Project that was sent out to all of this year’s Summer Institute participants but we thought it was a good list of resources to share out to a wider audience.)
Hello,
We hope you enjoyed your experience writing and responding to colleagues nationally through the E-Anthology this [...]
This comes from a task force within Project Outreach:
You can view a bigger version here or download a flier to pass around your school.
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The Western Massachusetts Writing Project has been working on crafting a mission statement for the organization that will represent not only who we are as an organization, but also who we will become as we move into the future. This work has been helped along by the leaders of Project Outreach by providing a lens [...]
Are you interested in writing for publication? Here is an opportunity just for you.
Professional Writing Retreat
August 5-7, 2008, Stump Sprouts Guest Lodge, West Hawley, MA.
This three day writing retreat will give participants the opportunity to work on writing projects for publication, in such venues as professional journals, newsletters, newspapers, and on-line [...]
The new Western Massachusetts Writing Project Technology Team held its first major event — Technology Across the Curriculum — that drew about 25 teachers to the Norris Elementary School in Southampton on a Saturday morning in May.
The event featured workshops on social networking, podcasting and digital storytelling, and the featured speaker was Mike Flynn, the [...]
Members of the Executive Board and the Project Outreach Leadership Team met on March 29 in Bartlett Hall to look at our site through a lens of inquiry. The aim of the meeting was to practice ‘looking and looking again’. Along with our mission statement draft and NWP Project Outreach goals we set to the [...]
Another of our WMWP teachers was featured in the Springfield Republican this past week. Diana Roy, who now coordinates the partnership between the newspaper and our writing project site, showcased some of her students as poets.
Diana begins her piece by asking:
“In this age of high stakes testing, some wonder if a place exists in middle [...]
The Massachusetts Writing Project will hold its second annual conference on May 3 and you are invited to attend. It’s a strong program with sessions ranging from family literacy to high school/college transitions, presented by ones of us from WMWP as well as TCs from our other Massachusetts’ sites. Award-winning poet X. [...]
