Oregon Writing Project

Feature of the week Do you Tweet? If you don't, or if you are not sure how Twitter can fit into your teaching life, listen to this great podcast conversation between Stenhouse authors Katie Keier (Catching Readers Before They Fall) and Kassia Omohundro Wedekind (upcoming Math Exchanges). They discuss how Twitter helps them connect to teachers around the world, share articles and resources, and attend events and conferences without leaving their classroom. If you are more of the reading type than the listening type, the full transcript of the conversation is below. Click here to read more.

Read the Full Story

Greetings from Peggy Dear Colleagues,

Have you ever thought that if only two of you existed, you might be able to get the work on hand done?
A virtual campus could make that possible. These are exciting times for the Oregon Writing Project. We are busy sharing face-to-face with teachers who drop by our office and with teachers who attend workshops here on campus. We are also busy meeting with our rural colleagues on a virtual campus for the same purpose. Be sure to check out OWP's Youtube Channel to learn about OWP's innovative virtual learning project. Both my real self and my virtual self welcome you to our web site and encourage you to participate in the activities of the Oregon Writing Project here at the University of Oregon. Drop by for a cup of coffee anytime—real or virtual.

~Peggy Marconi, Associate Director of OWP

Read the Full Story

Current Projects The Oregon Writing Project at the University of Oregon has recently launched a professional development project, called Project DIRECT. The purpose of this project is to use the immersive quality in Second Life and provide a space for 20 teachers from rural schools to meet, learn and integrate technology into their practices.

Read the Full Story

Staying Connected

Resources

OWP Teacher Consultants suggest resources and offer helpful tips and ideas for the classroom. Check out “What's Hot,” where lessons, web resources and book-of-the-month picks are posted. A good resource from a trusted colleague is a precious gift.

The resource page is curated by OWP Teacher Consultants. The page's strength depends on everyone's participation. And the variety of expertise and backgrounds of the contributors makes us strong. The teacher curators of this page welcome ideas and lessons from your classroom.

Learn More

Digital Learning Day

Have you heard that NWP is a partner in the upcoming Digital Learning Day on February 1st? (Read more here, http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3729).

Please feel free to post your classroom activities at Digital Is. If you are new to Digital Is, please visit Don Brown's tutorial on how to post to the Digital Is blog.

Also, post your classroom activities in the discussions forum at the NWP community blog.

According to Paul Oh, "Feb. 1 is Digital Learning Day , a day meant to call attention to the powerful work going on in the many districts, classrooms and writing project sites where educators are making thoughtful use of the potential of digital tools."

Help spread the word about all this great work by tweeting and using other social media! Be sure to use the following hashtags when discussing this topic: #DLDay, #NWP and #oregonwriting