Students' writing skills were in the spotlight in early April, as a new report suggested that an increasing number of U.S. students understand the basics of writing. And one of several possible reasons for this trend could be the growing use of writing software tools among educators.
Read about it in this E-News article.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
NWP SITE Bulletin and Announcements
Hi! I wanted to share this NWP Site Bulletin with you all. I also have a question. Have you each read the NWP book, Because Writing Matters? I want to order copies for our site, if not, or if some of us have. I think each new institute that comes through should read that, but not necessarily buy it.
Please comment and follow up on anything you think we should address here!
You can comment by e-mail, of course, and/but, you might like to try commenting on our Lehua Writing Project blog. It might be a nice place to share our messages and ideas with each other. When you join this blog, you can check to have an e-mail notification sent to you when someone posts a message. The address is http://lehuawritingproject.blogspot.com.
It might also be a nice place to share our writing as well as our messages and ideas. Just a thought.
We have had over twenty inquiries about the Advanced Summer Institute and we have 10 people signed up. Yeah!!!! I'll share the spread sheet with you all so you can see who signed up!!!
Do each of you want to help in writing our grant to become a formal site this summer? Shel has set money aside for us to go on a 2 day retreat to do do. Merle, is going to let us know about her vacation plans. Do the rest of you have vacation plans for the week after the summer institute? Could you do a two day writer's retreat? If so, know of any good B&B's we could go to? Would you rather write somewhere else and not do an overnight? Just let me know in the next week so I can let Shel know and make reservations!
I'm so looking forward to our work this summer.
Thanks!
Jeannine
Please comment and follow up on anything you think we should address here!
You can comment by e-mail, of course, and/but, you might like to try commenting on our Lehua Writing Project blog. It might be a nice place to share our messages and ideas with each other. When you join this blog, you can check to have an e-mail notification sent to you when someone posts a message. The address is http://lehuawritingproject.blogspot.com.
It might also be a nice place to share our writing as well as our messages and ideas. Just a thought.
We have had over twenty inquiries about the Advanced Summer Institute and we have 10 people signed up. Yeah!!!! I'll share the spread sheet with you all so you can see who signed up!!!
Do each of you want to help in writing our grant to become a formal site this summer? Shel has set money aside for us to go on a 2 day retreat to do do. Merle, is going to let us know about her vacation plans. Do the rest of you have vacation plans for the week after the summer institute? Could you do a two day writer's retreat? If so, know of any good B&B's we could go to? Would you rather write somewhere else and not do an overnight? Just let me know in the next week so I can let Shel know and make reservations!
I'm so looking forward to our work this summer.
Thanks!
Jeannine
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Twitter.com
Remember those long, leisurely summer days in summer institute when you actually had the freedom to write? Don't you miss the cameraderie that came from shared writing and response? When reality hits, do you find yourself having to do everything BUT write for your own pleasure?
Join Twitter.com and keep up with old friends, meet new friends, network and WRITE again.
Twitter is a forum for free speech in 140 character chunks, so everyone has time. You can twitter on your computer, or you can even twitter on your phone.
Follow me on twitter http://twitter.com/cathy_ikeda
Join Twitter.com and keep up with old friends, meet new friends, network and WRITE again.
Twitter is a forum for free speech in 140 character chunks, so everyone has time. You can twitter on your computer, or you can even twitter on your phone.
Follow me on twitter http://twitter.com/cathy_ikeda
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Spring Writer's Workshop
The Hawaii State Writing Project on the Big Island is pleased to announce that
Newberry Award Winning Author, Cynthia Kadohata, will lead a Writer's Workshop on the Big Island at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, April 15, 2008 at the University Campus Center from 5-8 PM. All Hawaii Writing Project alumni and teachers interested in learning more about the craft of writing are invited. The registration deadline is March 21, 2008.
Please send registration information via e-mail to hirtle@hawaii.edu.
Registration:
Name
E-Mail
School
Phone Contact Number
Newberry Award Winning Author, Cynthia Kadohata, will lead a Writer's Workshop on the Big Island at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, April 15, 2008 at the University Campus Center from 5-8 PM. All Hawaii Writing Project alumni and teachers interested in learning more about the craft of writing are invited. The registration deadline is March 21, 2008.
Please send registration information via e-mail to hirtle@hawaii.edu.
Registration:
Name
School
Phone Contact Number
Lehua Writing Project
This is the home project for the Lehua Writing Project at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
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