Exciting things are happening with the Upstate Writing Project! Past and upcoming events ranging from retreats across the country and visiting authors to hosting various professional opportunities and community education outreach initiatives, the UWP has been busy!  We invite you to read all about our exciting programs, and we hope that you take advantage of the plethora of opportunities that we offer.

The Fall issue of the Upstate Writing Project Newsletter is now available online!

Learn how to use Facebook to stay connected to your favorite professional organizations.  Also, we will show you how to catch your student's interests with Ning!  We will model how to make reading and writing part of your students' profiles.  Finally we will demonstrate how to create word clouds to help your students collaborate and brainstorm on any topic in the classroom.

http://www.wordle.net/

November 12, 2009

Encourage students to collaborate with peers by creating a writing community online.  We will show you how to use voice threads as well as how to create a Greenville County Approved Blog to get your class writing, reading and working together!

Blogging

http://blog.greenville.k12.sc.us

http://ipuffer.blog.greenville.k12.sc.us/

NWP's 2009 Annual Meeting is held in conjunction with the NCTE Annual Convention .

Blog here on the National Day of Writing!