http://www.middletnwritingproject.org Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:57:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please make plans to join us Tuesday, November 10th for the third installment of our professional chat series on Writer's Workshop. The chat will be help from 8 to 9 pm and will focus on Conferences in the Writer's Workshop. You can access the chat room from the main MTWP ... http://www.middletnwritingproject.org/2009/11/09/professional-chat-series-conferencing-the-essential-element/   Today is a day to celebrate! On October 8, 2009 Congress passed a resolution officially naming October 20th as the National Day on Writing. Teachers and students across the country are planning celebrations for this day, ranging from writing marathons to guest authors to collaborative writing projects. What will you ... http://www.middletnwritingproject.org/2009/10/20/happy-national-day-on-writing/ School has started. Routines have been established. (Most) beginning of the year disruptions are over. Now that the hard work of getting the year started is over, the harder work of staying true to your goals begins. The summer is a time when teachers reflect and plan, and ... http://www.middletnwritingproject.org/2009/09/08/join-us-tonight-for-the-first-professional-chat/ Most people work off of multiple computers: one at work, one at home, maybe a laptop or Blackberry.  It never fails that the link you need at one time is saved in the bookmarks of a computer somewhere else.  You could Google it again, sure, but who has time for ... http://www.middletnwritingproject.org/2009/08/24/techknowtips-social-bookmarking/ The National Writing Project's eAnthology will close next Thursday, August 28th.  Hopefully you have continued to write since ISI ended; take a few minutes to upload it to the eAnthology and get some feedback while you still can! This is also a good opportunity to respond to any new works ... http://www.middletnwritingproject.org/2009/08/20/e-anthology-to-close-next-week/ Each year the National Writing Project asks us as sites to brag on ourselves and our TCs.  If you have won an award, received a promotion or had something published, please let us know so that you can be recognized by the NWP. Leave a comment on this post or  ... http://www.middletnwritingproject.org/2009/08/10/awards-and-recognition/ The 5th Annual Fall Conference sponsored by the Middle TN Writing Project and ACEI is scheduled for Saturday, September 19th. That's less than two months away! Barry Gilmore will be the keynote speaker.  Among his works is "Is It Done Yet?"--Teaching Adolescents the Art of Revision. This year we will ... http://www.middletnwritingproject.org/2009/07/20/fall-conference-preview/ Ever wonder what that orange icon you see on many websites means?  It signifies that the page has an RSS feed, and if RSS is a web tool you haven't used yet, you'll want to start. Think of RSS as TiVo for websites.  It stands for Really Simple Syndication, and ... http://www.middletnwritingproject.org/2009/06/30/techknowtips-rss/ You've found the Middle Tennessee Writing Project's blog.  Here you will find announcements about upcoming events, links to information to help guide your inquiry and teaching practices, technology tips, accomplishments of those involved with the writing project and much more. We want to make sure this is a helpful resource for ... http://www.middletnwritingproject.org/2009/06/23/welcome-to-the-mtwp-blog/