Thursday, July 17, 2014
Type: In the News
This two-week summer workshop by the Great Valley Writing Project mentored local k-12 students in creative writing and website and multimedia creation, providing platforms for students to publish their works for real audiences.
Category Archives: Archive
Nonprofit Formed at Northern Virginia Writing Project Hosts Summer Workshops
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Type: In the News
Project Write, a nonprofit incubated at the Northern Virginia Writing Project, hosted several days of writing workshops that pushed young participants to explore different genres. Published authors were also invited to share their experience and lead sessions.
Students Experience Publishing Process at Writing Project Summer Camp
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Type: In the News
Young writers engaged in the writing, revision, and publishing process for one week at the Fox Valley Writing Project’s “Future Authors’ Academy.”
Teacher Empowerment the Emphasis of Local Writing Project Summer Institute
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Type: In the News
Oklahoma State University Writing Project invites teachers to spend a summer honing their craft through collaborative professional development.
Planning Professional Development for the New School Year
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Type: Event
Join NWP Site Leaders for a conversation about successful strategies and program models developed by their sites as part of year-long professional development work with partner schools. This back-to-school conversation will focus on lessons learned for launching a new year of professional development.
2014 Assignments Matter
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Type: Event
Students Learn to Create Their Own Greek Mythologies
Friday, August 22, 2014
Type: In the News
Students from Southeast Alabama spent a week studying Greek Mythology and completing research and art projects in the “Think! Write!” program sponsored by the Wiregrass Writing Project and Troy University In-Service Center.
Transforming Talk into Text
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Type: NWP Book
Uncommon Core
Friday, August 22, 2014
Type: Resource
Jeff Wilhelm, Michael Smith, and Deborah Appleman discuss Uncommon Core, their book about the misunderstandings surrounding “standards-aligned” instruction, and strategies for avoiding them in service of meeting the intent of the Common Core.
STEM Learning in Afterschool: What’s the Impact on Youth?—An Educator Innovator Webinar
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Type: Event
Tune in to this webinar to learn more about a new paper, “Examining the impact of Afterschool STEM programs,” in which the Afterschool Alliance looks at evaluation data of strong afterschool STEM programs to examine the types of impacts these programs are having on participating youth.