News and Event
The University of Maryland Writing Project
"Writing Project Teachers Successfully Stay in Teaching"
Click here for this important article published by the National Writing Project.
DON’T MISS THE SPRING MEETING IN D.C.
Register online now for the NWP Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C., in early April. This is your chance to educate Congress about the great work you do. Thursday visits to Congress are followed on Friday by a keynote speaker.
NWP Spring Meeting Followup
If you registered for 688G and/or if you just enjoyed the University of Maryland Writing Project at College Park (MWPCP) Annual Conference events and activities and want to learn more, come to a follow-up workshop:
Conference registration is free and the deadline is March 21. When registering, you can scroll down and choose as your site the University of Maryland UMCP. Join the meeting on Thursday morning and afternoon to visit Congressional offices to show support for the National Writing Project. Sonia Nieto is the keynote speaker on Friday April 3.
Registration and Schedule Information.
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The University of Maryland Writing Project
Writing Resources and Links
Link to 2007 summer institute.
http://www.education.umd.edu/EDCI/CLLC/events/SummerWorkshop.pdfhttp://wwwnew.towson.edu/mwp/mwp.html
links to NWP, links to legislationhttp://www.ed.gov/programs/writing/index.html
link to National Writing Project
encloses links to the NCLB updates, grants, reauthorizationhttp://www.nwp.org/
map of NWP siteshttp://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/922
link to “30 ideas for teaching writing” – downloadable referencehttp://www.tcrecord.org/makingteachingpublic/
website with multimedia and multi-subject exhibits - to make teaching public
links to quotes and photos of Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Lee Shulman and others
fantastic videos and photos – very useful as a teacher preparation sitehttp://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/resources/e_voice.csp
links to Ann Lieberman chapter, digital exhibition (above) and other siteshttp://www.edtechtalk.com/taxonomy/term/424
audio podcasts to NWP tech updates and discussions on podcasts, wikis, blogging, developing tech teams with students. Voices of NWP people from all over the UShttp://ca.dir.yahoo.com/Education/Programs/National_Writing_Project/
links to many state’s NWP siteshttp://www.bayareawritingproject.org/
many events! Free classes taught by consultants no Saturdays. A e-zine magazine!
