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NWP RadioNWP Radio with Poet t.l. sandersJoin NWP Radio for an interview with Poet t.l. sanders, a poet and performance professional based in Kansas City, MO.
As a Prairie Lands Writing Project Teacher-Consultant, a Missouri Writing Project Network Teacher-Consultant, a member of the National Writing Project Writers Council, a current curriculum director, and former elementary, middle, and high school English teacher (with 16 years of teaching experience), Poet embraces the value of our shared stories. Whether he is public speaking, teaching, writing, or breathing, he has a passion for empowering people.
This episode of NWP Radio includes a conversation of his upcoming film The kNew-Born, which...2021-07-1738 min
NWP Radio030221-nwp-radio-colab-march-marginal-syllabusThis NWP Radio CoLab features the authors of our March reading for LEARN: Marginal Syllabus. Jennifer Turner and Autumn Griffin, two Black woman literacy scholars, discuss their article and their work learning alongside two adolescents, Tamika and Malia, over a six-year period.
This is the first month’s reading from the LEARN Marginal Syllabus, Spring 2021 co-developed with the National Writing Project (NWP) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) with support from Hypothesis. Each month, March through June, we will invite educators to collaboratively read and discuss an article published by NCTE that investigates the intersection of literacy an...2021-03-041h 09
NWP RadioAdapting Instruction During COVID, An NWP CoLabOur Adapting Instruction series continues with four NWP teachers, working in different contexts and with different designs for virtual and hybrid learning. They share the tools and strategies they have found most useful in adapting their instruction for young writers.2021-02-0254 min
NWP RadioFrom Dusty Boxes to Display Cases: The NWP Archives ProjectIn 2014, in partnership with The Bancroft Library at the University of California Berkeley, we launched the NWP Archives Project to ensure preservation and accessibility of NWP organizational records, publications, and resources, including more than 100 oral history interviews from founding Writing Project site directors, scholars, teacher-leaders, and funders. Hear about the archives' grand opening and learn a little NWP history from NWP leaders past and present.2021-01-2158 min
NWP RadioSIFTing Through Trends in Election Misinformation: An NWP CoLab with Mike CaulfieldMike Caulfield and NWP teacher-leaders using the SIFT curriculum approach have had their eyes out for electoral misinformation. See this wrap-up of Mike’s October look at electoral misinformation and find resources for better information for your students.
Learn more and see resources at Write Now, our publication at Medium: https://writenow.nwp.org/media-literacy-week-and-election-2020-7b2affdf10772020-11-0559 min
NWP RadioPlay Is an Essential: An NWP CoLab with PlayworksAs schools work through reopening plans and teachers reframe curricula for hybrid learning and policy-makers talk of "learning loss," it might be easy to forget the impact of the pandemic on children's opportunity to play and to learn through play.
Playworks, a national non-profit that helps schools maximize the potential of recess and play for children's social and emotional growth, immediately saw the challenge the pandemic would pose for schools, parks, playgrounds, and families, working over the summer to prepare reopening guides and to redo their games and challenges for online and distanced formats. In this CoLab we discuss the...2020-10-0236 min
NWP RadioDesigning for Connection and Community in the Online Writing Classroom, An NWP CoLabFor many teachers working to figure out remote or socially distanced teaching, two of the biggest challenges this school year are creating trusting, mutual connections with their students and forming productive classroom student/peer communities, especially supportive writing communities. Those twin challenges are at the heart of this CoLab with educators Anna Smith, Matthew Johnson, and Kim Jaxon.
Read more at and get resources at: https://writenow.nwp.org/designing-for-connection-and-community-in-the-online-writing-classroom-a20648cafa252020-09-1149 min
NWP RadioManageable Online Teaching with the KonMari Approach—An NWP CoLab with Deanna MascleJoin us for another NWP CoLab where we'll further explore online instruction, specifically how to make it manageable for both students and teachers. Our featured guest is Deanna Mascle, an Instructor of English at Morehead State University in Kentucky, and the director of the Morehead Writing Project. Also joining the discussion are middle/high-school educators David Lopez (CA), Katherine Williams (MS), and Ben Woodcock (MI).
More info and resources at Write Now, our publication at Medium: https://bit.ly/2YnMOu12020-08-2558 min
NWP RadioWhat's the Buzz About Hyperdocs? NWP Radio Visits with Jeremy HylerIn this 29-minute episode, Jeremy Hyler, middle school teacher, member of the Chippewa River Writing Project, and Hyperdoc fan, explains why he finds the Hyperdoc a useful tool for online, remote, and hyper-flexible teaching.
Learn more and see resources at NWP's Write Now publication at Medium: https://writenow.nwp.org/whats-the-buzz-about-hyperdocs-e69c2091bf702020-08-1929 min
NWP RadioBeyond Storytime, An NWP CoLab—Awesome Author Visits when Everyone is on ZoomAbout Beyond Storytime
In April 2020, with school buildings closed for shelter-in-place, NWP Writers Council members, teachers, and children’s book authors and illustrators came together to rethink the stand-alone storytime and the traditional “author visit.” Beyond Storytime CoLab was launched from this initial conversation and in each episode we dig into one of aspect of the work and spend time co-designing together.
Our Guests
Sandra Hogue
Aram Kim
Kyle Lukoff
K-Fai Steele
Gordon C. James
More info at NWP's Educator Innovator: https://bit.ly/3g1YsR02020-08-1557 min
NWP#192 David Ruffin and NWP#192 David Ruffin and NWP by Audio Wave Network2019-07-091h 00
NWP RadioLRNG Innovators: Playable Fashion, Live From The 2018 NWP Resource Development RetreatHost Christina Cantrill sits down with project leads from Playable Fashion, one of our 2015 LRNG Innovators Challenge grant recipients to discuss the project and learn about what’s happened since the program was initially funded.
Get more info about this project, plus related links, at https://educatorinnovator.org/webinars/lrng-innovators-playable-fashion-live-from-the-2018-nwp-resource-development-retreat/2018-10-1125 min
NWP RadioLRNG Innovators: Agency And Audience, Live From The 2018 NWP Resource Development RetreatChristina Cantrill (NWP) visits with Katie Kline (Greater Kansas City Writing Project) and Katie McKay (Heart of Texas Writing Project) about the work they’ve done through their LRNG Innovators challenge grants.
For background about these projects and related links, visit https://educatorinnovator.org/webinars/lrng-innovators-agency-and-audience-live-from-the-2018-nwp-resource-development-retreat/2018-10-1123 minNWP#134 Road Tripping and the NWP Card GameFIRST GO GET YOUR TICKET TO OUR FIRST LIVE SHOW: ThisisNWP.com
On this episode we are joined by Super Listener, IVY!! JG talk about his new role subbing. We dive into Dave's crazy question. THEN WE PLAY THE NWP CARD GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME!! If you enjoyed the card game make sure you are at the NWP live show to get you a set.
We love you and we hope to see you at #NWPLIVE.2018-03-121h 31
National Writing ProjectNWP Radio—C3WP Expands to Upper Elementary(Originally broadcast November 9, 2017): Elementary educators and site leaders share their thoughts on including argument writing skills in upper elementary curricula and their experiences with the National Writing Project"s successful i3 College Ready Writers Program, which is expanding with a new name: College, Community, and Career Writers Program (C3WP).2017-11-2245 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Preparing for the Annual Meeting(Originally broadcast October 26, 2017): In preparation for the 2017 Annual Meeting in St. Louis, we talk with guests from Gateway Writing Project who share an overview of the meeting and highlight some specific events, including Friday"s writing marathons. We also hear from a few session presenters to explore the many great sessions available at the 2017 Annual Meeting.2017-11-2225 minNational Writing ProjectAssignments Matter: Creating Engaging Writing Assignments(Originally broadcast September 21, 2017): Listen as teacher-consultants from around the network discuss the relationship between the quality of writing assignments and the quality of writing that students produce, and share the impacts of their own work collaborating with the Literacy Design Collaborative and NWP"s Assignments Matter initiative to design creative, engaging writing tasks.2017-09-2237 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—(Re)marking on Equity and Education with Marginal Syllabus(Originally Aired August 31, 2017): A collaborative and emergent attempt to create a new sociotechnical genre of educator professional development, the Marginal Syllabus leverages the web annotation platform Hypothesis, adding multiple voices to critical conversations about equity and education. In this episode, hear from Marginal Syllabus organizers, including educators from Colorado working in the Aurora Public School District, about what was learned during the first year of annotation and learning in the margins. Our guests also discuss plans for a collaborative syllabus with the National Writing Project for the 2017-18 school year.2017-09-011h 01National Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Literacy and Mobility(Originally Aired August 17, 2017): How can looking at the movement of people, language, and things enrich our understandings of students and schools? Listen to this intriguing conversation with host Tom Fox and guest Brice Nordquist, Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University and author of Literacy and Mobility: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Agency at the Nexus of High School and College.2017-08-1836 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—The National Afterschool Matters Fellowship(Originally Aired June 22, 2017): The NASM Fellowship engages professionals in the out-of-school time field in a process of leadership development where they learn to reflect on, study, improve, and assess their work with a view toward improving its quality and impact. Join us for a conversation with fellows about their self-selected research topics.2017-08-1039 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—The I Am From Project(Originally Aired July 6, 2017): This conversation with George Ella Lyon and Julie Landsman, hosts of the I Am From Project, is about countering divisions of race, culture, and background through poetry, artwork, videos, music, and dance.2017-07-2844 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Summer Reading: A Conversation with Colleagues in the NWP Network(Originally Aired July 20, 2017): A lively and wide-ranging discussion with teacher-leaders and Writing Project staff, recorded live at the NWP Resource Development Retreat in Denver, CO.2017-07-281h 01NWP#102 #NWP, #BarBabes and #ViagraNWP is joined by network mate, Bar Babes. The crew indulge in a drink from, YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL BARTENDER, her and Anna After 5 chop it up by current topics and random topics, OF COuRSE!
So make sure you check out Bar Babes every Thursday on iTunes and Soundcloud. If you enjoy this episode like, share and comment.2017-07-172h 00National Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Choice and Agency in the Writing Workshop: A Conversation with Fred Hamel(Originally Aired June 8, 2017): Fred Hamel, author of Choice and Agency in the Writing Workshop: Developing Engaged Writers, Grades 4-6, joins NWP Radio to talk about why upper elementary children need ways to become literate as kids, not merely as prototypes of adults or teenagers.2017-06-2259 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Situating Sources: Fake News, Facts, Perspectives(Originally Aired March 9, 2017): Given the multitude of information flowing through social media, news websites, television, radio, and print media, young people (and adults!) benefit from tools and strategies to situate stories. All information comes from sources; all information has perspectives. Arguments, to be generous, fair, and truly persuasive, need to characterize the uses of their sources, and understand them deeply. Listen as Tom Fox, Casey Olsen, and Linda Denstaedt from the College-Ready Writers Program discuss these issues.2017-06-2238 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Small Moves and Radical Acts: Cultivating Understandings of Connected Learning with Future Teachers(Originally Aired May 25, 2017): We talk with teacher-educators working to leverage the language, the opportunity, and the design principles of Connected Learning to support learning and teaching in a rapidly changing literacy landscape. We discuss the small moves and the radical acts that colleagues all over the country have been working on, with a specific focus on work with future teachers and teacher educators.2017-06-0100 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—The Value of Teacher-Writers(Originally Aired May 11, 2017): Just in time for summer institutes, we welcome authors of recent NWP co-published books for a conversation about the importance of teacher-writers. Guests include Christine Dawson, author of The Teacher-Writer: Creating Writing Groups for Personal and Professional Growth, and Leah Zuidema and Troy Hicks, authors of Coaching Teacher Writers: Practical Steps to Nurture Professional Writing.2017-05-1657 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—What I Didn"t Know: True Stories of Becoming a Teacher(Originally Aired May 4, 2017): Teaching is a challenging profession. It is also incredibly rewarding. What brings teachers to teaching? What makes them stay, despite all the challenges? What I Didn"t Know: True Stories of Becoming a Teacher brings together 20 teaching stories explore the range of possible answers to these questions. Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week, we talked with the editor of the book and several contributing teacher-writers about their stories.2017-05-1659 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Selling Inservice(Originally Aired April 27, 2017): How can your Writing Project site make money? Two experienced teacher leaders share their stories creating profitable relationships with administrators, creating flyers and materials, and learning to talk the talk of stakeholders who contract professional development for teachers.2017-05-0130 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—From Dusty Boxes to Display Cases: An Update on the NWP Archives Project(Originally Aired April 20, 2017): In 2014, in partnership with The Bancroft Library at the University of California Berkeley, we launched the NWP Archives Project to ensure preservation and accessibility of NWP organizational records, publications, and resources, including more than 100 oral history interviews from founding Writing Project site directors, scholars, teacher-leaders, and funders. Hear about the archives" grand opening and learn a little NWP history from NWP leaders past and present.2017-05-0158 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—A Conversation with National Student Poets(Originally Aired April 6, 2017): Each year, five National Student Poets are chosen from a pool of outstanding writers, grades 9-11, who have received a national Scholastic Art & Writing Award for poetry. Listen as we celebrate National Poetry Month with a conversation and some poetry reading with this year"s National Student Poets.2017-04-0748 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Assessing Writing, Teaching Writers(Originally Aired March 23, 2017): How can teachers use the Analytic Writing Continuum (AWC) to assess student writing in a way that informs their instruction and provides meaningful feedback to students? This is the question that Mary Ann Smith and Sherry Swain explore in their 2017 book, Assessing Writing, Teaching Writers: Putting the Analytic Writing Continuum to Work in Your Classroom. We talk with the authors and members of various teacher action research groups about how the Analytic Writing Continuum can be used to focus instruction and feedback.2017-04-0449 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—NWP Social Practices Part 1 of 6: Advocacy(Originally Aired March 30, 2017): This is the first in a six-part series discussing a set of social practices embedded in NWP-style teacher leadership. This episode, which examines the practice of advocacy, analyzes three case studies to explore what teacher leadership through advocacy can look like, and how teachers can take up the practice of advocacy.2017-04-0349 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—The Graide Network(Originally Aired March 2, 2017): The Graide Network connects K-12 teachers with remote, on-demand teaching assistants to grade and provide thorough feedback on student work online. "Graiders" are highly qualified, vetted undergraduate and graduate students from colleges across the country who are aspiring teachers. We discuss the importance of effective feedback and how teachers across the country are using The Graide Network as a powerful instructional tool. We also discuss best practices for feedback and what effective feedback really looks like. And finally, with the increased focus on enhancing teacher preparation programs, we explore the value of experiential learning for pre-service teachers...2017-03-1556 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Working on #techquity(Originally Aired February 23, 2017): Since coining the term "techquity" and related hashtag, Joe Dillon from the Denver Writing Project, along with a number of other colleagues, has been using it to imagine ways to overcome issues of inequity in rapidly changing environments. As he wrote in a 2014 blog post, "We need to dig deeper into ways of leveraging technology"s potential for learning, while remaining critical and mindful of #techquity issues." We discuss this important and ongoing conversation; find out how colleagues have been engaging around issues of #techquity, in and across a range of spaces and communities; and learn about...2017-03-1559 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Networked Narratives, Open and Online(Originally Aired February 16, 2017): Networked Narratives (#netnarr) is an open connected course of digital storytelling, world building, civic imagination, and a bit of digital alchemy hosted online and as a course at Kean University during the Spring 2017. The course is led and conceived by Kean University Writing Project Director Mia Zamora with DS106 founder Alan Levine, and explores the ways our learning and storytelling intertwine.2017-03-0859 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Personal Narrative Revised: An Interview with Bronwyn LaMay(Originally Aired February 9, 2017): Listen as we talk with Bronwyn LaMay, author of the recently published book Personal Narrative, Revised: Writing Love and Agency in the High School Classroom. LaMay, a high school English teacher, is interested in transforming classrooms and schools into places where youth can explore the intersection between literacy and their lives. The conversation focuses on young people and their relationship to school, literacy, and learning.2017-03-0859 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—CRWP in High Needs Schools(Originally Aired December 15, 2016): Historically and in recent years, the National Writing Project has focused its efforts on supporting the teaching of writing in low-income and underserved schools, districts, and communities. NWP"s i3 College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP) grant supported 12 writing project sites in providing professional development in 22 rural school districts. Specifically, this work focused on improving the teaching of source-based argument writing and engaging young people in writing high-quality, source-based arguments in school. This work continues through the CRWP SEED Advanced Institutes and the CRWP in High-Need Schools grants. These grant programs continue NWP"s commitment to equity and social...2017-02-0252 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—A Conversation with the Authors of Composing Science: A Facilitator"s Guide to Writing in the Science Classroom(Originally aired January 19, 2017): We discuss teaching writing, teaching science, and how to create classrooms in which students use writing to learn and think scientifically with Kim Jaxon and Leslie Atkins Elliott, authors of the new book Composing Science. Kim and Leslie talk about concrete approaches for engaging students in practices that mirror the work that writing plays in the development and dissemination of scientific ideas, rather than replicating the polished academic writing of research scientists. They also address a range of genres that can help students deepen their scientific reasoning and inquiry.2017-01-2459 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—The Pond in Room 318: A Conversation with Kip Zegers(Originally Aired November 10, 2016): NWP director of national programs, Tanya Baker, talks with NWP Writers Council member Kip Zegers about his new poetry collection The Pond in Room 318, as well as the role that poetry plays in his life and his teaching.2016-12-0940 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Refugee Trilogy: Inspired by Rick Shaefer and Writing Our Lives with Ubunt(Originally Aired October 13, 2016): This episode of NWP Radio highlights a special collaboration between artist Rick Shaefer, the Fairfield University Art Museum, teachers who attended CWP-Fairfield"s 2016 Invitational Leadership Institute, and Ubuntu Academy, a young adult literacy lab for immigrant and refugee youth.2016-11-0459 minNWP#64 "Kristy Loves NWP" ft @KristyLove__So here is the story...We recorded a fire ass episode. When we were getting ready wrap it up, it deleted. We tried every recovery method possible. But we still delivered another fire episode. HUGE THANKS to Kristy Love. She was an amazing guest through all of this. Make sure you support her by downloading her app and checking out her YouTube page: Kristy Love Media. Like, Share, Comment #NWP #askNWP2016-10-241h 13National Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Facing the Sky: Composing Through Trauma in Word and Image(Originally Aired on August 25, 2016): How can art and creative expression help us cope with and heal from trauma? NWP Radio talks with Roy Fox, author of Facing the Sky: Composing Through Trauma in Word and Image, who argues that personal writing is valuable both because of it helps students build critical thinking and composition skills, and because it helps them come to terms with trauma.2016-10-0757 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—What"s in the Air? Themes and Topics of NWP"s Annual Meeting(Originally Aired on September 22, 2016): NWP staff discuss what"s in the air this fall, covering topics like writing in response to this year"s presidential campaign, writing arguments in school and out, writing in times of violence, and the power and promise of the poetic voice, and discussing what to expect at the 2016 NWP Annual Meeting.2016-10-0748 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Teaching and Learning Argumentative Writing in High School English Language Arts(Originally Aired on July 14, 2016): Amidst policy calls for increasing a focus on argument in standards and assessment, it"s easy to forget that teaching and learning argument is a complex, social, fascinating, and multifaceted proposition. In this episode of NWP Radio, the authors and educators behind the book Teaching and Learning Argumentative Writing in High School English Language Arts Classrooms discuss what they learned by diving into that complexity through long-term case studies of effective teaching of argument in diverse school settings.2016-09-0956 minNWP#48 " NWP Cares" ft. @QueenofCares#48 " NWP Cares" ft. @QueenofCares by Audio Wave Network2016-06-271h 55National Writing ProjectNWP Radio—College-Ready Writers Program Lesson Study(Originally Aired April 28, 2016): Educators from NWP"s College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP), who participated in an online version of a lesson study of two CRWP mini-units, talk about how the structure of the lesson study has impacted their practice, their experience with teaching the mini-units in their classrooms, and their experience with participating in the online community.2016-05-1100 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Introducing the Action Research Network of the Americas(Originally Aired April 7, 2016): We introduce listeners to ARNA, the Action Research Network of the Americas, and learn about their history and current work, including their upcoming 2016 conference in Knoxville, TN that NWP teachers and researchers are invited to attend.2016-04-1200 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Building New Pathways to Leadership(Originally Aired January 28, 2016): Three site leaders talk to Tanya Baker, NWP Director of National Programs, about what leadership looks like in our network and how the creation of new pathways in would serve more teachers and expand leadership opportunities.2016-02-1859 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Beyond Shushing: Reimagining the Educator"s Role in Libraries and Museums(Originally Aired January 14, 2016): YOUmedia Learning Labs Network"s K-Fai Steele hosts this episode of NWP Radio which focuses on its Mentor Model. She is joined by three guests who discuss how the model has affected delivery of services and changed staffing at their institutions.2016-01-1947 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Nyumbani Means Home: Empowering Student Voice and Social Action(Originally Aired December 10, 2015): English teacher Diane Williams and the students behind Nyumbani visit with NWP Radio to discuss this collaborative writing project that raises awareness of the challenges refugee teens face in their Boise community.2016-01-1547 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—#whyIwrite: Get Ready for the 2015 National Day on Writing with Members of NWP"s Writers Council(Originally Aired October 8, 2015): In this episode, we set the mood for the 2015 National Day on Writing (NDOW) by talking to members of our Writers Council about their current projects, their writing process, and what inspires them to keep writing.2015-10-1200 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Creating a Culture of Argument Writing in Your Classroom(Originally Aired September 10, 2015): We spoke to a broad panel of teacher-leaders from NWP"s College-Ready Writers Program about how they integrate regular—often informal—opportunities for their middle and high school students to practice reading and writing skills that build capacity and stamina for writing arguments.2015-10-0900 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—A Talk with Kwame Alexander(Originally Aired May 28, 2015): In this episode, directors from NWP and the Connecticut Writing Project-Fairfield, led a conversation with Kwame Alexander, the 2015 Newbery Medal winner, about how his work inspired teachers and students at a high-needs partner school to write across disciplines.2015-06-0300 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—MOOCs on the Loose: The Effect of #clmooc on Professional Development Opportunities in the NWP Network(Originally Aired March 12, 2015): Join organizers and participants in "The Writing Thief" book study group, a MOOC hosted by the San Diego Area Writing Project. Hear why participants and organizers believe MOOCs work, why they are interested in making, and how online learning promotes learning, near and far.2015-04-2200 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Future Ready(Originally Aired February 26, 2015): NWP is a coalition partner of Future Ready, an initiative by the US Department of Education and the Alliance for Excellent Education. But what does it mean to be "Future Ready" for your site and school communities? This NWP Radio episode is meant to support sites in understanding the goals of Future Ready for districts and to hear from NWP educators across the country who are working on local, state, and national levels to craft system-wide approaches to professional learning as schools adopt new technology.2015-03-1100 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Spring Meeting 2015: Teacher Leadership in Action(Originally Aired February 12, 2015): On this episode of NWP Radio, we preview plans for the 2015 NWP Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, March 25–27, which include a focus on how teachers in the NWP network embody leadership in their classrooms and schools, and through their professional learning collaborations and partnerships.2015-03-0500 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Playing with Stories: An Interview with Kevin Cordi(Originally Aired January 8, 2015): Teacher, Columbus Area Writing Project co-director, and storyteller, Kevin Cordi, talks to NWP Radio about the value of play in creating stories, and shares ideas from his book, Playing With Stories: Story Crafting for Storytellers, Writers, Teachers and Other Imaginative Thinkers.2015-01-2200 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Interconnections: Understanding Systems Through Digital Design(Originally Aired October 23, 2014): This episode of NWP Radio celebrates the launch of a curriculum series called, Interconnections: Understanding Systems Through Digital Design, developed collaboratively by designers and educators from the National Writing Project alongside colleagues from Indiana University"s Creativity Labs, the Institute of Play, and the Digital Youth Network.2014-12-1900 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—The Art of the College Essay(Originally Aired December 11, 2014): Join Gabrielle Glancy, author of The Art of the College Essay and editor of Best College Admissions Essays 2014, as well as three student college essay writers in this episode of NWP Radio. Hear some award winning college essays, interviews with their authors, and a conversation with Glancy about her work with young people in the college admissions process.2014-12-1900 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Not Just a Collection of Dusty Boxes: The NWP Archives Project(Originally Aired September 25, 2014): Learn more about the NWP Archives Project, which will construct a living and usable history of our NWP. In addition to explaining the project, this show includes a segment featuring the voices of Writing Project teacher-consultants and directors sharing reflections on their own Writing Project experience and what the Writing Project means to them. NWP leaders who have donated to support the Archives Project also talk about what compelled them to give.2014-12-0800 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Uncommon Core(Originally Aired July 10, 2014): Join NWP Radio for an interview with Jeff Wilhelm, Michael Smith, and Deborah Appleman as they discuss Uncommon Core, their book about the misunderstandings surrounding "standards-aligned" instruction, and strategies for avoiding them in service of meeting the intent of the Common Core.2014-07-2200 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Connected Learning at Writing Project Sites and Communities(Originally Aired April 10, 2014): This episode explores Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom, an exciting, new eBook edited and curated by a group of National Writing Project educators, published in March 2014 by the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub. The book is sourced from examples of classroom practice originally shared at the NWP Digital Is website, and is unique in its focus on in-school work and the Connected Learning principles. Listen as Writing Project educators and leaders share potential implications for site work and practices.2014-07-1500 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—What Is Your Site Reading for the 2014 Invitational Summer Institute?(Originally Aired April 24, 2014): The inaugural NWP Radio show in 2010 focused on this question. Four years later, we again asked NWP sites to talk about what their sites are going to be reading together in summer institutes around the country. We also took up questions about what has changed and stayed the same as the Common Core Standards have come online and ever more content is available digitally.2014-07-1500 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Learning at the Library: Professional Development at the Library of Congress(Originally Aired January 9, 2014): It"s never too early to start filling your summer professional calendar. On this NWP Radio episode, we hear about summer learning institutes for teachers—offered at the Library of Congress—from Writing Project teacher-consultants who attended last year. We also learn about the fantastic local Writing Project work that stemmed from that experience.2014-04-1500 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Exploring Partnerships for Literacy Learning(Originally Aired November 14, 2013): Writing Project site leaders around the country are looking for ways to join forces with like-minded collaborators to provide learning opportunities for teachers and students. In this episode of NWP Radio, we will hear from Writing Project site leaders about some innovative approaches to educational partnerships that are working in their places.2013-11-1500 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—An Online Summer(Originally Aired August 8, 2013): We know that summer typically means face-to-face summer institutes occurring around the country. This summer, we also saw an explosion of NWP-related activity in two online spaces: the E-Anthology and the Making Learning Connected Massive Open Online Collaboration (#clmooc). In this episode site leaders explain the work at the center of these two spaces and describe their participation, and the participation of their site colleagues, in these robust communities.2013-08-0900 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Administrators" Roles in Successful Professional Development(Originally Aired July 11, 2013): It is a truism that supportive school administrators are critical to successful professional development. But what does "supportive" mean on a daily basis at the school? NWP Radio hosts three pairs of Writing Projects and their school administrators to talk about the variety of ways that school administrators help make professional development effective.2013-07-1200 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—NWP and the Summer of Making and Connecting(Originally Aired June 13, 2013): Summer is here and that means that the Summer of Making and Connecting is heating up! In this episode of NWP Radio, hear about the summer"s line-up and the various ways that educators around the country are writing, making, and sharing while putting Connected Learning principles into practice. Guests include Paul Allison (NYCWP), Karen Fasimpaur (P2PU), Cindy O"Donnell-Allen (CSUWP), Paul Oh (NWP), and Stephanie West-Puckett (Tar River WP).2013-06-1900 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Creating a Culture for Learning in High-Need Schools(Originally Aired May 30, 2013): Join National Writing Project site leaders on a two-part, special edition of NWP Radio as they reflect on lessons learned from a year of offering professional development in high-need schools. This show—and its partner show which aired on June 6, SEED 3 Professional Development Program Designs—provide food for thought for site teams planning professional development in 2013-14.2013-06-0700 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—SEED 3 Professional Development Program Design(Originally Aired June 6, 2013): Join National Writing Project site leaders in part two of this two-part, special edition of NWP Radio. Our guests reflect on lessons learned from a year of offering professional development in high-need schools. This show—and its partner show which aired on May 30, Creating a Culture for Learning in High-Needs Schools—provide food for thought for site teams planning professional development in 2013-14.2013-06-0700 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—From Newsroom to Classroom(Originally Aired May 9, 2013): Join Matthew Green and Matt Williams of KQED, along with Chris Sloan of the Wasatch Range Writing Project and Kirsten Spall of the Area 3 Writing Project, as they discuss the various dimensions of Newsroom to Classroom, a pilot project in which pairs of NWP teachers from around the country develop resources and curriculum packages that focus on news topics. We"ll also hear a student perspective on this opportunity to use digital tools to weigh in on the issues of our times.2013-05-1700 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Living History: Reading, Writing, and Learning in a National Park(Originally Aired April 25, 2013): What happens when an NWP site teams up with a nearby National Park to create a learning experience for young people? Guests on this episode of NWP Radio talk about engaging summer youth programs for elementary and secondary students inspired by the rich treasures available inside a National Park.2013-04-2600 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—NWP and Digital Learning Day(Originally Aired: January 24, 2013) Special guests Kim Doulliard, Janet Ilko, Jeremy Hyler, and Joe Dillon share what they have planned in their classrooms and at their Writing Project sites for the 2013 Digial Learning Day. Our guests also talk about their varied approaches with technology in their own instructional practice year-round.2013-01-2900 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Back to School: A Conversation with Mike Rose(Originally Aired December 13, 2012): In this episode of NWP Radio we spend an hour with Mike Rose—a professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies—discussing his newest work Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education, a look at nontraditional students, community colleges, and why everyone deserves a chance at an education that ignites the mind.2012-12-1700 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Exceeding the Core(Originally Aired: 10/25/12): In this episode we talk with Michael Smith, Jeff Wilhelm, and Jim Fredricksen, authors of three recently released books about teaching writing in ways that help students exceed the Common Core State Standards. Smith, Wilhelm, and Fredricksen, who were also the 2012 NWP Annual Meeting keynote speakers, talk about their work and the role of the standards in educational policy and practice.2012-11-0600 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—NWP and the National Center for Literacy EducationThe National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE), of which NWP is a founding stakeholder organization, aims to provide support to and compile evidence about how educators working in cross-disciplinary teams design and implement plans to support literacy learners in every classroom. Listen to this episode to hear about the National Center for Literacy Education and learn how you can get involved through the Literacy in Learning Exchange.2012-09-2100 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Thinking About Web Literacy, Making, and Sharing with MozillaIn this episode, join members of the Mozilla Foundation (the folks behind the Firefox web browser) and NWP teachers as they explore what it means to be "web literate" and the tools and opportunities that have been created to support web making practices in schools and communities today.2012-09-1400 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Teachers Leading Teachers: Seeing Need and Making ChangeThis NWP Radio focuses on teacher leadership. Listen to teacher-leaders from several Writing Project sites reflect on their work as leaders of other teachers in their schools, districts, and beyond, and why they are passionate about what they have chosen to do.2012-08-1300 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—NWP Connect: Building Communities of PracticeListen to a conversation with several site leaders who are building NWP Connect spaces that support, enhance, and develop communities of practice, both online and face-to-face.2012-07-1800 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Writing on the BusIn this episode of NWP Radio, we spend the hour talking about the relationship of writing to athletic performance and learning. We are joined by Rich Kent—director of the University of Maine Writing Project and author of Writing on the Bus: Using Athletic Team Notebooks and Journals to Advance Learning and Performance in Sports—as well as several teachers, coaches, and athletes.2012-07-1800 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—What Teaching MeansIn this episode of NWP Radio, join the editors of What Teaching Means: Stories from America"s Classrooms, as well as several teacher-consultants/authors whose essays are featured in the text. We discuss the book, hear some essays from it, and talk about its audiences and uses in writing project work.2012-07-1800 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio—Fundraising Tools and Strategies for Your Site: Reaching Out and Making Your CaseThis special edition of NWP Radio features site directors Jessica Early, Central Arizona Writing Project, and Matt Luskey, Western Pennsylvania Writing Project, who talk about recent fundraising successes. They are joined by Susan Freundlich, NWP"s Director of Advancement, who shares how to craft a persuasive presentation about Writing Project site work, and tools and resources available online.2012-07-1800 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio--Poem in Your Pocket DayIn celebration of Poem in Your Pocket Day, this NWP Radio episode featured Joshua Mitchell, a youth poet at Figment.com and Katie Robbins, Director of Educational Programming at Figment; Bud Hunt, teacher-consultant with the Colorado State University Writing Project; Chris Tsang and students from his Boston middle school; and Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of the Office of Letters and Light.2012-05-0200 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio: Exploring the New NWP Resource: The Model at WorkThe 2012 Review of NWP Site Reports captured promising practices and thinking from sites to produce The Model at Work, a resource of ideas from across the network. In this episode of NWP Radio, we hear from site leaders who are exploring this new resource and considering its implications for the work of their sites and for the NWP network.2012-03-2300 minNational Writing ProjectDigital Writing Matters on NWP RadioIn the lead-up to Digital Learning Day on February 1, NWP educators from around the country—including Troy Hicks of the Chippewa River Writing Project and Janelle Quintans Bence from the North Star of Texas Writing Project—discussed why digital writing matters for themselves as professionals and for the students they teach.2012-02-0600 minNational Writing ProjectScaling Up Youth ProgramsNWP sites across the country offer a wide range of programs for youth authors. This broadcast of NWP Radio features a look at youth programs at three Writing Project sites, including a discussion of how sites can think about expanding youth programs to increase visibility, build partnerships, and raise funds.2011-12-1600 minNational Writing ProjectRural Solutions to Rural ProblemsThrough an array of site practices, programs and partnerships, NWP sites provide teachers with opportunities to explore the strengths and challenges that define rural education in America. This episode features what NWP has learned from its member sites about teaching and learning in rural schools.2011-08-3000 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio--Challenges and Opportunities in Leading a NWP SiteDirectors from various NWP sites unpack the complexities of transitioning a writing project site from one leader to the next and share honest insights about what they learned through the process.2011-03-1800 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio -- Writing and Healing On Veterans Day and BeyondNWP Radio takes a look at the issues faced by returning servicemen and women, many of whom are now entering universities and community colleges or resuming their places in the families of children in schools. We take a particular look at their experiences as we think about writing and healing.2010-12-1600 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio -- Sondra Perl and Charles Schuster Talk About New BookNWP Radio makes a quick visit to Sondra Perl and Charles Schuster to hear about their new freshmen reader, "Stepping On My Brother"s Head" and Other Secrets Your English Professor Never Told You.2010-12-1624 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio -- Making the Most of the 2010 NWP Annual MeetingThe Annual Meeting, held every year in November, is the largest NWP gathering of the year. As sites begin to prepare for the 2010 meeting in Orlando, listen to some of the highlights and learn how site leaders plan ahead to make the most of this annual continuity opportunity.2010-10-0400 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio -- After The Summer Institute, What"s Next?This episode of NWP Radio features a discussion of how teacher-consultants can connect to NWP through online opportunities and national events after the invitational summer institute.2010-10-0400 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio -- A Glimpse into Summer Institutes Through NWP"s E-AnthologyHalfway through the 2010 NWP Summer Institute season, NWP Blog Talk Radio checks in with the E-Anthology E-Team to hear what trends and delights they are seeing in the writing they"ve been reading in the E-Anthology.2010-07-2800 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio -- A Visit With the Alliance for Young Artists & WritersThe Alliance for Young Artists & Writers identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Join us as we visit with the Alliance and some of the NWP sites working with the Alliance to identify our most talented young writers.2010-07-0800 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio -- Writing in the Summer Institute: Foundational Practice and Emergent OpportunitiesWriting and reflecting on writing are at the core of the summer institute model. But what does that mean in practice? In this episode of NWP Radio, site leaders talk about how they are thinking about writing in their institutes, including with online tools such as the E-Anthology.2010-07-0800 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio -- What"s Next: Possibilities for Literacy and Content Area LearningListen to a post-conference discussion with NWP leaders about the Writing Project"s work with content-area teachers and disciplinary literacy. This program follows up NWP"s "What"s Next: Possibilities for Literacy and Content Area Learning conference" held in March 2010 in New Orleans.2010-06-0959 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio -- Invitational Summer Institute: What Will Your Site Be Reading in the 2010 Summer Institute?Moderator Elyse Eidman-Aadahl discusses with NWP site directors Lil Brannon, Faye Peitzman, and Troy Hicks their ideas about appropriate and relevant readings for the invitational summer institute and how they can best be used.2010-06-0958 minNational Writing ProjectNWP Radio -- Why School? A Conversation with Mike RoseWith so many policy prescriptions pointing to alternatives to the model of public education, it is a good time to ask the question: Why School? Scholar and author Mike Rose responds to this and other questions at the heart of his new book in two episodes of NWP Radio.2010-06-0959 minNational Writing ProjectJacqueline Jones Royster speaks at the 2009 NWP Spring Meeting.In her keynote speech at the 2009 NWP Spring Meeting, Jacqueline Jones Royster, professor of English at The Ohio State University, discusses how teachers have the responsibility of being agents and enablers of both stability and change.2009-06-041h 01