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Programs: Digital Writing and Learning
CWP programs are offered year round in many different formats— one- or two-week summer programs, weekend conferences, school- or district-sponsored workshop series, district workshops followed by school-based PLCs. All CWP sites offer variations of these programs at their host university or with a partner school, district, or county office. Programs are customized for participants and for sponsoring schools and districts.
School or District Partnership Support often includes:
Programs for Youth and Family:
School or District Partnership Support often includes:
- Workshops for teachers and paraprofessionals during the school year and/or summer
- Coaching, mentoring, and demonstration teaching
- Leadership development institutes for teachers and administrators
- School-year Professional Learning Communities for teachers and administrators
- Teacher research/inquiry groups
- Writing assessment of print, digital, and multimedia/multimodal writing
- Collaborative grant writing to fund sustained technology partnerships
- Digital/tech-mediated writing workshops for teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals
- Summer and school-year leadership institutes
- Summer courses (1-2 weeks)
- Saturday seminars
- Site-sponsored conferences or writing project tech strands at CUE or CATE conferences
Programs for Youth and Family:
- School-year and summer digital writing and technology camps or academies
- “Going Public” writing for students—websites, digital stories, multimedia essays, podcasting, blogs, and more
- Digital citizenship programs for students and families
CWP Program Examples
Tech-Partnerships with Schools and Districts | For Teachers and Administrators | For Students and Parents
Tech-Partnerships with Schools and Districts
Elk Grove Unified School District’s EETT partnership with the Area 3 Writing Project
As part of Elk Grove USD's Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Grant, Area 3 Writing Project Teacher Consultants partnered with 4th and 5th grade teachers at three elementary schools to explore the potential of digital writing to catapult student writing beyond the walls of the classroom. Through the integration of digital tools such as blogging, interactive videoconferencing, and VoiceThread, EETT teachers leveled the playing field for their students, allowing them to take their voices to a global community, and, in the process, to become "change writers" (http://digitalis.nwp.org/resource/338).
(Link here for “The Big Picture,” a visual illustration of the partnership)
As part of Elk Grove USD's Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Grant, Area 3 Writing Project Teacher Consultants partnered with 4th and 5th grade teachers at three elementary schools to explore the potential of digital writing to catapult student writing beyond the walls of the classroom. Through the integration of digital tools such as blogging, interactive videoconferencing, and VoiceThread, EETT teachers leveled the playing field for their students, allowing them to take their voices to a global community, and, in the process, to become "change writers" (http://digitalis.nwp.org/resource/338).
(Link here for “The Big Picture,” a visual illustration of the partnership)
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Orick School District’s Writing and Multimedia Grant: Orick School District
This partnership with the Redwood Writing Project is designed to help students produce writings that reflect a sense of place and promote the Orick Community. These writings were published as multimedia presentations suitable for public viewing. Inservice topics included writer’s workshop, developing voice and a sense of audience in writing, interviewing and note-taking techniques, revision, digital media techniques, and genre study.
Write the World: Authentic Classroom Connections through Cross-Cultural Fluency Projects
Six Rivers Charter High School, Northern Humboldt Union High School District
Teachers at Six Rivers Charter High School, a charter school in the Northern Humboldt Union High School District, are developing, implementing, assessing, and disseminating a professional development project called Cross-cultural Fluency (CCF). CCF integrates a unit of subject study with writing across the curriculum strategies, incorporating internet genres with remote peer audiences in cultures around the world. CCF motivates students to improve and practice writing strategies, while enhancing cultural understanding through relationships developed with students abroad. The Redwood Writing Project is providing teachers across several disciplines with comprehensive, collaborative inservice that focuses on curriculum development, digital literacies, and writing-across-the curriculum pedagogy, while expanding upon current efforts at the school to enhance multi-cultural awareness.
This partnership with the Redwood Writing Project is designed to help students produce writings that reflect a sense of place and promote the Orick Community. These writings were published as multimedia presentations suitable for public viewing. Inservice topics included writer’s workshop, developing voice and a sense of audience in writing, interviewing and note-taking techniques, revision, digital media techniques, and genre study.
Write the World: Authentic Classroom Connections through Cross-Cultural Fluency Projects
Six Rivers Charter High School, Northern Humboldt Union High School District
Teachers at Six Rivers Charter High School, a charter school in the Northern Humboldt Union High School District, are developing, implementing, assessing, and disseminating a professional development project called Cross-cultural Fluency (CCF). CCF integrates a unit of subject study with writing across the curriculum strategies, incorporating internet genres with remote peer audiences in cultures around the world. CCF motivates students to improve and practice writing strategies, while enhancing cultural understanding through relationships developed with students abroad. The Redwood Writing Project is providing teachers across several disciplines with comprehensive, collaborative inservice that focuses on curriculum development, digital literacies, and writing-across-the curriculum pedagogy, while expanding upon current efforts at the school to enhance multi-cultural awareness.
For Teachers and Administrators
Link to the following downloadable flyers to see the variety of programs writing project sites offer:
San Diego Area Writing Project’s Writing for Change: 21st Century Writing Instruction (K-16); Using Technology in the Classroom to Engage and Enhance Student Learning
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San Marcos Writing Project’s Everyday Technology
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Bay Area Writing Project’s Technology in the Classroom: Using a Classroom Wiki to Promote a Writing Community
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Central California Writing Project’s Itinerant Tech Café: Bringing digital insight and inspiration to a site near you
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For Students and Parents
Great Valley Writing Project's Writing and Technology Workshops: Programs for Teachers and Young Authors in Manteca, Lathrop, and Ripon
The Writing & Technology Workshops are exciting "writing labs" where teachers apply advanced instructional strategies with real students. With at least one teacher for every five students, the program allows close observation and individualized instruction. By offering guidance, encouragement, and time to develop ideas, teachers help participating students gain new confidence and skill as writers.
Using a "workshop" approach that emphasizes both teamwork and individual responsibility, teachers and students work together to create an environment that supports productivity and learning. Students attend traditional lessons where they learn important writing skills, but they also meet in small groups, conference with teachers, and spend plenty of time putting pen to paper. Every day, students spend time in computer labs exploring digital tools for editing, publishing, and multimedia communication.
The workshops are designed to draw a wide range of students from grades three through twelve. Participants bring unique perspectives from their diverse social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds. They also bring very different attitudes about school and writing. Some students choose to attend because they love to write; others feel nervous and uncomfortable with writing tasks when they begin. By the end of the first week, though, everyone begins to discover the joy of sharing interesting ideas with supportive peers. Each year, a number of high school students are selected to serve as "Student Coaches" at future workshops. These outstanding young leaders assist in computer labs, facilitate multimedia production, lead writing conferences, and offer ongoing feedback to improve the program. They also work to update our slideshows and websites.
To learn more about the program and how the community comes together to make it happen, link to a recent Writing & Technology Workshop brochure. To see the program in action at one site link to: http://gvwpgoodwin.weebly.com/
Northern California Writing Project’s Digital Composing Camp
Targeting students entering grades 7-9, the Digital Composing Camp focuses on a variety of digital and internet-based communication tools for composing. Digital stories, Ignite talks, stop-motion animation, and comics creation are among the possibilities.
Northern California Writing Project’s Maker-Faire Literacy Nights
Perfect for school or community groups, these sessions feature NCWP teachers leading sessions focused on the creation of hands-on crafts and gizmos (toys, puppets, lamps, drawing machines, and the like) coupled with standards-based technical and creative writing related to their construction.
The Writing & Technology Workshops are exciting "writing labs" where teachers apply advanced instructional strategies with real students. With at least one teacher for every five students, the program allows close observation and individualized instruction. By offering guidance, encouragement, and time to develop ideas, teachers help participating students gain new confidence and skill as writers.
Using a "workshop" approach that emphasizes both teamwork and individual responsibility, teachers and students work together to create an environment that supports productivity and learning. Students attend traditional lessons where they learn important writing skills, but they also meet in small groups, conference with teachers, and spend plenty of time putting pen to paper. Every day, students spend time in computer labs exploring digital tools for editing, publishing, and multimedia communication.
The workshops are designed to draw a wide range of students from grades three through twelve. Participants bring unique perspectives from their diverse social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds. They also bring very different attitudes about school and writing. Some students choose to attend because they love to write; others feel nervous and uncomfortable with writing tasks when they begin. By the end of the first week, though, everyone begins to discover the joy of sharing interesting ideas with supportive peers. Each year, a number of high school students are selected to serve as "Student Coaches" at future workshops. These outstanding young leaders assist in computer labs, facilitate multimedia production, lead writing conferences, and offer ongoing feedback to improve the program. They also work to update our slideshows and websites.
To learn more about the program and how the community comes together to make it happen, link to a recent Writing & Technology Workshop brochure. To see the program in action at one site link to: http://gvwpgoodwin.weebly.com/
Northern California Writing Project’s Digital Composing Camp
Targeting students entering grades 7-9, the Digital Composing Camp focuses on a variety of digital and internet-based communication tools for composing. Digital stories, Ignite talks, stop-motion animation, and comics creation are among the possibilities.
Northern California Writing Project’s Maker-Faire Literacy Nights
Perfect for school or community groups, these sessions feature NCWP teachers leading sessions focused on the creation of hands-on crafts and gizmos (toys, puppets, lamps, drawing machines, and the like) coupled with standards-based technical and creative writing related to their construction.