Technology Liaisons Network Resources
Featured Resources
Teachers Teaching Teachers Focuses on Technology and Teaching Writing
2010
Through a weekly interactive webcast, New York City Writing Project teachers bring together teachers from across the country and the globe to discuss issues of classroom practice with new digital technology and to think through shared curriculum projects.
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Group Conversations Around Images, Documents, and Videos
December 2009
Jason Shiroff
Denver Writing Project technology liaison Jason Shiroff discusses the deliberate inquiry process he uses with his students when introducing new technology tools—in this case, a wiki—in his classroom. Listen, watch, and even comment on this VoiceThread presentation.
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Wikis Foster Scaffolded Collaboration in an English Language Arts Classroom
September 2009
Sarah Hunt-Barron
Sarah Hunt-Barron, a South Carolina teacher-consultant, documents the use of wikis to foster collaborative, project-based learning in her classroom. She describes her rationale for introducing wikis to her students and relates some lessons she learned from their use.
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Additional Resources
Excerpts from Teaching the New Writing
November 2009
Read excerpts from this innovative guide, in which teachers share their stories, successful practices, and vivid examples of their students' creative and expository writing from online and multimedia projects such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, electronic poetry, and more.
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Multimedia Composition: A Question of Balance
July 2009
Northern California Writing Project Director Peter Kittle taught himself multimedia composition by creating this video alongside his students. He documents how he learned to be a mountain unicyclist—and relates those processes to literacy learning.
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Thinking Strategically About Your Site’s Web Presence
April 2009
In considering how to design a Web presence for your site, you'll find here a variety of resources, including case studies that outline the process undertaken by a number of writing project sites. The case studies include a multimedia presentation from the Western Massachusetts Writing Project.
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Keeping the Promise of the 21st Century: Bringing Classroom Teaching into the Digital Age
April 2009
Over the four years of the Technology Initiative, NWP accelerated growth in its cadre of teacher-consultants, created new classroom-tested practices, produced programs on using technology for teaching, and helped engage students in active learning of subject matter that is tied to meaningful learning goals, reports Inverness Research in this policy brief.
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Literacy, ELL, and Digital Storytelling: 21st Century Learning in Action
January 2009
Produced by the Pearson Foundation, this short video documents a semester-long digital writing project led by two Bay Area Writing Project teacher-consultants. The video follows students through the creation of digital stories about their family members' immigration experiences.
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Electronic Portfolios as Catalysts for Change in the Summer Institute
2009
Karen McComas
The Marshall University Writing Project found that electronic portfolios helped document the work of teachers in its summer institute and were a meaningful form of professional development because teachers were placed in the role of learner.
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NCTE Promotes 21st Century Writing
May 2009
Literacy education and literacy practices are in the midst of a profound change. A new series of reports from NCTE calls for support for 21st century writing and writers both in and out of school.
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The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
April 2009
This code, developed especially for the educational community, supports educators in making thoughtful decisions about interpreting the copyright doctrine of fair use to support media literacy education.
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The Role of an NWP Technology Liaison
2007
This document was written to help local site leaders think collaboratively about the role technology can play at a local writing project site.
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Podcasts Contribute to “Whole New Kind of Teaching and Learning” at the Nebraska Writing Project
February 2009
Joe Bellino
In a program funded by a Technology Liaisons Network minigrant, Nebraska Writing Project teacher-consultants first learned about podcasting, then had their students create podcasts in their classrooms.
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