Appalachian Writing Project
Year-Round Workshops
Our Year-Round Workshops are exciting opportunities to learn more about the OUAWP and to meet other committed teachers in Appalachian Ohio. They are open to any teacher in the ten counties we serve (Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Lawrence,Vinton, and Washington) and beyond.
We gladly accept all types of teachers from all different schools to our workshops. Note that you do not have to participate in the Summer Institute to join us for these year-round activities.
During the 2010-2011 school year, OUAWP will offer the following workshops:
Using Glogster to Create Online Posters will take place on the Ohio University campus in Athens and will be led by Teacher Consultant Susan Hagerty, an AWP Fellow who also serves as the AWP Technology Liaison.
Do you love having students make posters in class, but hate the prep work and clean-up? If you said yes, then the Appalachian Writing Project Glogster Workshop is for you! Learn how to create online posters using Glogster, an online poster-making website. Glogster is easy to set up, fun to use, and best of all, it?s free. In this workshop you will: •Navigate the Glogster website and master the design tools •Create your own online poster and learn how to register your students •Discover how Glogster can encourage student writing and creative abilities •Understand how to collaborate with your technology coordinator to allow Glogster through the maze of Internet filters and blockers. •Stop the mess and frustration of poster making!
Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010; 10 AM - 2 PM Registration Deadline: September 24, 2010 Registration Fee: $35 (includes lunch; refundable through September 24) Number of CEUs Awarded: 3 [click here to register]
Transitioning to the New English Core Standards This past June, The State of Ohio adopted new teaching standards for English Language Arts. The new standards, called “Common Core,” come from a collaborative effort of 48 states to create true national standards. This workshop will examine these new standards to help teachers and administrators understand how the Common Core Standards differ from the standards they are replacing and to discuss the best approaches for teaching these standards to students. Leading this workshop is Don Dudding, who brings both expertise from a Ph.D in English in Composition and Rhetoric and experience from more than a quarter of a century teaching in a public high school in Southeast Ohio. As typical of workshops hosted by Ohio University Appalachian Writing Project, participants can expect to learn and share from each other their “best practices” in teaching literacy skills that will help all of our students succeed in the 21st century.
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011; 6 PM - 9 PM at Ellis Hall
Registration Deadline: February 24, 2011
To register, email awp@ohio.edu.
Registration Fee: $30 (refundable through February 24th)
Number of CEUs Awarded: 3
Technology Night (mini conference) Join the AWP and learn about using technology in your classroom--no matter what your skill level.
Gmail & Google Tools You Can Use with Chad Griffith (beginner)
Blogging & Glogging with Susan Hagerty (intermediate)
Digital Storytelling with Don Dudding (advanced)
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011; 6 PM - 9 PM
Registration Deadline: March 24, 2011
To register, email awp@ohio.edu.
Please specify which session you would like to attend. Registration Fee: $15 for one session; $20 for two; $25 for all three (refundable through March 24)
Number of CEUs Awarded: 1-3