Episodes

Aug. 24, 2020

Manageable Online Teaching with the KonMari Approach—An NWP CoLab with Deanna Mascle

Join 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). Related Resources Blogs that discuss particular practices referenced ...
Aug. 24, 2020

Manageable Online Teaching with the KonMari Approach—An NWP CoLab with Deanna Mascle

Join 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). Related Resources Blogs that discuss particular practices referenced ...
Aug. 24, 2020

Manageable Online Teaching with the KonMari Approach—An NWP CoLab with Deanna Mascle

Join 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). Related Resources Blogs that discuss particular practices referenced ...
Aug. 18, 2020

What's the Buzz About Hyperdocs?

It's a document—likely, but not necessarily, a Google Doc—that has hyperlinks. Simple, right? But that simple definition doesn't explain why there is so much buzz about them. Perhaps there's more to it. In 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. Related Resources Hyperdocs (core website) Cult of Pedagogy Intervi...
Aug. 18, 2020

What's the Buzz About Hyperdocs?

It's a document—likely, but not necessarily, a Google Doc—that has hyperlinks. Simple, right? But that simple definition doesn't explain why there is so much buzz about them. Perhaps there's more to it. In 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. Related Resources Hyperdocs (core website) Cult of Pedagogy Intervi...
Aug. 18, 2020

What's the Buzz About Hyperdocs?

It's a document—likely, but not necessarily, a Google Doc—that has hyperlinks. Simple, right? But that simple definition doesn't explain why there is so much buzz about them. Perhaps there's more to it. In 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. Related Resources Hyperdocs (core website) Cult of Pedagogy Intervi...
Aug. 14, 2020

Beyond Storytime, An NWP CoLab—Awesome Author Visits when Everyone is on Zoom

About 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.” The 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. Ja...
Aug. 14, 2020

Beyond Storytime, An NWP CoLab—Awesome Author Visits when Everyone is on Zoom

About 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.” The 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. Ja...
Aug. 14, 2020

Beyond Storytime, An NWP CoLab—Awesome Author Visits when Everyone is on Zoom

About 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.” The 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. Ja...
Aug. 13, 2020

Becoming Anti-Racist English Teachers: Taking Action Steps

How can middle and high school English Language Arts (ELA) teachers work towards becoming anti-racist educators? Michelle Falter, Chandra Alston, and Crystal Chen Lee, former English teachers and current ELA teacher educators at North Carolina State University, share actionable steps and curated resources that work particularly well for middle and high school ELA teachers. About Our Guests Michelle Falter is a former middle and high school English teacher and a Red Clay Writing Project (Athens...
Aug. 13, 2020

Becoming Anti-Racist English Teachers: Taking Action Steps

How can middle and high school English Language Arts (ELA) teachers work towards becoming anti-racist educators? Michelle Falter, Chandra Alston, and Crystal Chen Lee, former English teachers and current ELA teacher educators at North Carolina State University, share actionable steps and curated resources that work particularly well for middle and high school ELA teachers. About Our Guests Michelle Falter is a former middle and high school English teacher and a Red Clay Writing Project (Athens...
Aug. 13, 2020

Becoming Anti-Racist English Teachers: Taking Action Steps

How can middle and high school English Language Arts (ELA) teachers work towards becoming anti-racist educators? Michelle Falter, Chandra Alston, and Crystal Chen Lee, former English teachers and current ELA teacher educators at North Carolina State University, share actionable steps and curated resources that work particularly well for middle and high school ELA teachers. About Our Guests Michelle Falter is a former middle and high school English teacher and a Red Clay Writing Project (Athens...
Aug. 11, 2020

Libraries as Partners in the Year Ahead: A Conversation with Bud Hunt

In this short NWP Radio episode, CSUWP Teacher-Consultant Bud Hunt, now a library administrator, describes how libraries can assist (and want to assist) teachers in the school year ahead.
Aug. 11, 2020

Libraries as Partners in the Year Ahead: A Conversation with Bud Hunt

In this short NWP Radio episode, CSUWP Teacher-Consultant Bud Hunt, now a library administrator, describes how libraries can assist (and want to assist) teachers in the school year ahead.
Aug. 11, 2020

Libraries as Partners in the Year Ahead: A Conversation with Bud Hunt

In this short NWP Radio episode, CSUWP Teacher-Consultant Bud Hunt, now a library administrator, describes how libraries can assist (and want to assist) teachers in the school year ahead.
Aug. 1, 2020

NWP Radio: Making in Middle School

Can making and tinkering help us manage an uncertain return to school? We talk with Steve Fulton and Cindy Urbanski, both of the UNC Charlotte Writing Project, about their new book, Making Middle School: Cultivating Critical Literacy and Interdisciplinary Learning in Maker Spaces. The book grew out of the National Writing Project's Intersections project, which supported local Writing Project sites in partnering with local science and tech museums to co-develop programming.
Aug. 1, 2020

NWP Radio: Making in Middle School

Can making and tinkering help us manage an uncertain return to school? We talk with Steve Fulton and Cindy Urbanski, both of the UNC Charlotte Writing Project, about their new book, Making Middle School: Cultivating Critical Literacy and Interdisciplinary Learning in Maker Spaces. The book grew out of the National Writing Project's Intersections project, which supported local Writing Project sites in partnering with local science and tech museums to co-develop programming.
Aug. 1, 2020

NWP Radio: Making in Middle School

Can making and tinkering help us manage an uncertain return to school? We talk with Steve Fulton and Cindy Urbanski, both of the UNC Charlotte Writing Project, about their new book, Making Middle School: Cultivating Critical Literacy and Interdisciplinary Learning in Maker Spaces. The book grew out of the National Writing Project's Intersections project, which supported local Writing Project sites in partnering with local science and tech museums to co-develop programming.
July 30, 2020

The Write Time with Author Erin Stewart and Educator Esther Theodore

For this episode of The Write Time, we visit with author Erin Stewart. Erin uses her background in journalism to research and write fiction based on real life and her debut novel is Scars Like Wings. Leading the conversation is Esther Theodore, an English Language Teacher at Stamford High in Connecticut and a teacher-leader with CWP-Fairfield. Esther is originally from Haiti and believes that every individual carries with them a story that enriches the educational journey, stretching it beyond ...
July 30, 2020

The Write Time with Author Erin Stewart and Educator Esther Theodore

For this episode of The Write Time, we visit with author Erin Stewart. Erin uses her background in journalism to research and write fiction based on real life and her debut novel is Scars Like Wings. Leading the conversation is Esther Theodore, an English Language Teacher at Stamford High in Connecticut and a teacher-leader with CWP-Fairfield. Esther is originally from Haiti and believes that every individual carries with them a story that enriches the educational journey, stretching it beyond ...
July 30, 2020

The Write Time with Author Erin Stewart and Educator Esther Theodore

For this episode of The Write Time, we visit with author Erin Stewart. Erin uses her background in journalism to research and write fiction based on real life and her debut novel is Scars Like Wings. Leading the conversation is Esther Theodore, an English Language Teacher at Stamford High in Connecticut and a teacher-leader with CWP-Fairfield. Esther is originally from Haiti and believes that every individual carries with them a story that enriches the educational journey, stretching it beyond ...
July 25, 2020

Being Heard: Students Presenting Live to State Senators on Local Issues—Part 7 of The Nebraska Experience

The final episode of our seven-part series, The Nebraska Experience, explores an approach to teaching argument writing that involves students in researching local issues and presenting advocacy writing live to legislators at the state capitol. The project detailed here involved a semester-long collaboration between college and high-school students as part of the Husker Writers program, which sponsors secondary-university writing partnerships. High-school teacher Jessica Meyer and college profess...
July 25, 2020

Being Heard: Students Presenting Live to State Senators on Local Issues—Part 7 of The Nebraska Experience

The final episode of our seven-part series, The Nebraska Experience, explores an approach to teaching argument writing that involves students in researching local issues and presenting advocacy writing live to legislators at the state capitol. The project detailed here involved a semester-long collaboration between college and high-school students as part of the Husker Writers program, which sponsors secondary-university writing partnerships. High-school teacher Jessica Meyer and college profess...
July 25, 2020

Being Heard: Students Presenting Live to State Senators on Local Issues—Part 7 of The Nebraska Experience

The final episode of our seven-part series, The Nebraska Experience, explores an approach to teaching argument writing that involves students in researching local issues and presenting advocacy writing live to legislators at the state capitol. The project detailed here involved a semester-long collaboration between college and high-school students as part of the Husker Writers program, which sponsors secondary-university writing partnerships. High-school teacher Jessica Meyer and college profess...