MWP Digital Writing Workshop

Using Digital Writing to Improve Students' Literacy Skills in the Secondary Classroom

Participants learned how to make the Web 2.0 accessible and practical for them and their students. Presenter Elizabeth Boeser uses blogs, wikis and social networks to augment regular instruction in a writing course where students work through face-to-face instruction and in an online environment. Teachers learned hands-on how:

• Blogs can replace traditional journals
• Wikis work as study guides, book projects & collaborative writing spaces.
• Ning social networks can be used for online role-play debate.
• iMovie HD can be used for video composition (if time permits)



When: January 14th, 2009 -- 9:00-3:00pm (8:30 coffee and bagels)
Where: Center for Writing computer Lab, 15 Nicholson Hall, U of MN campus
How much: $75 (includes parking and lunch)

Registration Deadline: January 5, 2009

Space was limited to 24 participants and registration was required.

MWP TC and poet featured on local news

Like many of us, MWP TC Sean Fleming, who teaches at the Bruce F. Vento School, has been busy balancing the life of both a teacher and a writer. Luckily for Sean, his writing efforts have received local acclaim with a "permanent presence."

Read some of the sidewalk poetry for yourself (Sean is featured on page 16 of poems):

Everyday Poems for City Sidewalks

Also, check out the recent WCCO & Christian Science Monitor coverage of this sidewalk poetry project and interview with Sean.

St. Paul Poet gets Poem Set in Sidewalk

Julie Landsman visits MWP

Julie Landsman spoke at our Second Annual Renewal/Reunion Workshop on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008.

Julie Landsman, author of A White Teacher Talks About Race, teaches at Carleton College and often speaks on issues related to race, poverty and the achievement gap. To read more about Julie Landsman's work, visit the links below.

Confronting the racism of low expectations

A white teacher's perspective on racism in the classroom

The October Renewal/Reunion Workshop offered participants a day of writing, reconnecting, and sharing ideas.