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• Me and the National Writing Project

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  I shared this over at our iAnthology site (an experimental online writing space for teachers in the National Writing Project) but I thought I would share it out here, too. I’ve been trying to create some sort of timeline (this is an idea that my friend, Susan, has talked about — documenting points of entry into ...
  2 days ago

• Literacy, ELL, and Digital Storytelling: 21st Century Learning in Action, Life Academy, Oakland

  
  Blogging on the Bay — Authority: 129
  In Fall 2007 Life Academy Instructors and Bay Area Writing Project Teachers led students in a digital storytelling project. addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Fbloggingonthebay.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F12%2F05%2Fliteracy-ell-and-digital-storytelling-21st-century-learning-in-action-life-academy-oakland%2F; addthis_title = ...
  3 days ago

• Me and Andrea and Billy Collins

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  Thanks to Aram for this quick video of me and my friend, Andrea, meeting Billy Collins in Philly. You can just make out me talking about the 30Poems in 30Days project.Peace (in the connection),kevin addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Fdogtrax.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F12%2F01%2Fme-and-andrea-and-billy-collins%2F; ...
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• Billy Collins at the National Writing Project

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  Here is a video of Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate, addressing the National Writing Project in November. He started about by telling us that the sight of so many teachers of writing in one place “is enough to throw the fear of God into any seventh grader.” You can read more about his talk at the NWP site ...
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• Reflections on NWP and NCTE 2009

  
  Digital Writing, Digital Teaching — Authority: 406
  As the holidays begin, another conference season comes to a close. For the past week, Sara and I have been in Philadelphia at the National Writing Project ’s “ Digital Is… ” pre-conference, the NWP Annual Meeting, and the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. As it is each year, we ...
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• What Kids Learn with Digital Media: a forum

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  I was at this forum in Philly and it was a powerful discussion about young people and the new world of media and technology.  It is worth viewing and sharing.Peace (in the world),Kevin addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Fdogtrax.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fwhat-kids-learn-with-digital-media-a-forum%2F; addthis_title ...
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• National Writing Project, day 2

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  This morning, we had our huge gathering of teachers at the National Writing Project Annual Meeting come together into one crammed room (more than 1,000 strong). It’s always amazing to look out at that sea of fellow teachers and know we are all connected with our teaching and writing. NWP Executive Director Sharon ...
  2 weeks ago

• Meeting Billy Collins — really!

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  I just had the pleasure of shaking hands and chatting with the wonderful Billy Collins — who will be speaking to the entire National Writing Project assembly in the next hour. Andrea , Aram and I (thanks to Aram for pointing him out) let Billy Collins know how much we love his poetry and we talked briefly about ...
  2 weeks ago

• Philly Reflections: National Writing Project Day Two

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  Yesterday was the official start of the National Writing Project Annual Meeting , with long sessions in the morning and shorter ones in the afternoon. Many of the workshops were centered on developing and supporting the work at our writing project sites. I attended an always-interesting session called Writing in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Notes from “Integrating New Literacies into Classroom Practice and the Resulting Impact on Site Leadership”

  
  Digital Writing, Digital Teaching — Authority: 406
  Notes from “Integrating New Literacies into Classroom Practice and the Resulting Impact on Site Leadership” NWP 2009 Annual Meeting This session invited four teacher consultants/tech liaisons to discuss their personal experiences with technology and the ways in which these experiences led to changes in their ...
  2 weeks ago

• More Digital Is Conference Sharing

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  This is the keynote address by Danielle Nicole DeVoss that got us thinking and then moving yesterday at the National Writing Project’s Digital Is Conference. The Digital World is… Networked Collaborative Multimodal Re-Mediated Remixed Policed (Requires) Critical thinking (Can Be) Democratic Nwp ...
  2 weeks ago

• Digital Is. Or Isn’t. Or Always (Never?) Was. Or Not.

  
  Bud the Teacher — Authority: 482
  I spent today engaged in some work with the National Writing Project and several of their thinking partners at the Digital Is . . . Convening event, a day of structured thinking and looking and conversation about what it means to write and teach writing at a time of such profound technological change in the world ...
  2 weeks ago

• What we did at Digital Is … Conference

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  It was a pretty amazing day here in Philly with the National Writing Project’s Digital Is Conference — we spent the entire day discussing, debating and considering the emerging digital literacy movement that we are seeing reflected in the lives of our children and students. The morning began with an overview of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Notes from “The Social Media Portfolio: Using Technology to Promote Meta-cognitive Skill Development” at NWP’s Digital Is

  
  Digital Writing, Digital Teaching — Authority: 406
  The Social Media Portfolio: Using Technology to Promote Meta-cognitive Skill Development At NWP’s Digital Is Rafi Santo , Amana Kaskazi, and Shonell Richmond Global Kids 20 Years in existence and focusing on significant global issues Issues: Local to global and global to local understanding Leadership: ...
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• Notes from Danielle Nicole DeVoss’s Opening Keynote at NWP’s “Digital Is…”

  
  Digital Writing, Digital Teaching — Authority: 406
  Danielle Nicole DeVoss asks us to think about what digital was then and is now… Digital is… Networked — we compose in networked spaces Collaborative — people are able to connect and create through these networks ( LolCats ) Multimodal — typography, kinetic type, digital stories Re-Mediated — taking ...
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• What Digital Is is

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  It will be an exciting day today. I can tell. I’ll be participating in the Digital Is Conference here in Philly. The Digital Is Projec t is a new partnership between the National Writing Project and the MacArthur Foundation to explore how students are using digital tools for writing and learning. One of the larger ...
  2 weeks ago

• The National Writing Project Annual Meeting

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  It’s that time of year: the Annual Meeting of the National Writing Project . Next week, I’ll be heading off to Philadelphia to join my fellow colleagues in celebrating and exploring the art of teaching writing, and the art of writing, in a variety of sessions. My hope is to blog and tweet about my experience ...
  3 weeks ago

• NCTE: Focus on the work of Teaching the New Writing

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  I am off to Philly next week for a variety of events — including the National Writing Project Annual Meeting, a day-long conference called Digital Is that is the product of a partnership between NWP and the MacArthur Foundation, and the annual meeting of the National Conference of Teachers of English . I’ll ...
  3 weeks ago

• A must-read: The Digital Writing Workshop

  
  Kevin's Meandering Mind — Authority: 521
  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, Teaching the New Writing . So, this is not a completely unbiased recommendation to go out ...
  3 weeks ago

• Looking for Feedback on the Idea of a Digital Writing Project

  
  Digital Writing, Digital Teaching — Authority: 406
  As we prepare to head to the NWP Annual Meeting and NCTE Convention in just about a week, I am also plugging away at our Chippewa River Writing Project Continued Funding Application. I have come to one of the most compelling parts of the report, at least for me… the point where we reflect on the summer institute ...
  4 weeks ago

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