It’s April. Time to update last year’s Igniting National Poetry Month post with some wonderful new resources: Updates: Update #1 -A year ago the New York Times Learning Network titled its poetry page as 11  Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month. They too have done some updating! This year you’ll find double the number of [...]

If you are connected in any way with the National Writing Project (NWP), then I bet the scenario below is a familiar one: On Tuesday I had an email from Skye Smith, a first grade teacher in my district, who wondered if I could offer her a bit of help using Movie Maker 2. In [...]

I often find myself at a loss for words when it comes to describing something I care deeply about. I am therefore pick-pocketing my way through the growing archive of National Writing Project bloggers who are sharing their thoughts on the impact and importance of a professional learning community that profoundly benefits teachers and, in [...]

The tag cloud in my right-hand sidebar basically sums it up: NWP (National Writing Project) is central to my professional life. In my 19 years in public education, the professional development I have received through the NWP is the single most important resource in my teaching toolkit. In case you are not familiar with the [...]