National Writing Project
at Florida Gulf Coast University

Overview

This Technology Section will feature ideas and resources that past and present fellows recommend to support the teaching of writing with technology.

 
Technology-Based Projects
Connecting, Communicating, and Community-Building Across America and Beyond
A website that showcases the collaboration between NWP @FGCU site and Mark Twain Elementary students (California) using a Flat Stanley project format and a weblog.
 
The Villas Research Project: Exploring Technology Integration Practices in Elementary Classrooms
A website that showcases the work done in an elementary classroom on how technology can support the work of students especially writing.
 
Life and Times of Thomas Edison
A WebQuest activity about the life of Thomas A. Edison for middle/high school classrooms.
 
Resources

  NWP 2003 Annual Meeting: Walking San Francisco


A powerpoint presentation about the NWP annual meeting in San Francisco last November 2003 that was shown at the spring get-together of past and present writing fellows at  Florida Gulf Coast University. 
 

Electronic resources about the Japanese internment that include primary documents and teacher resources.
 
  NWP Speaks: 30 Years of Writing Project Voices

Writing project teachers and site leaders recount defining moments in their association with the writing project in this engaging collection of short personal essays.
 
Supported by a grant from the National Writing Project.
For more information, please contact Dr. Patricia Wachholz

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