Tar River Writing Project

This year's fall NCETA (North Carolina English Teachers Association) fall meeting will  see two sessions conducted by TRWP Teacher Consultants!

Jonathan Bartels, Mica Pierson, and Jennifer Sharpe-Salter  will present "Twitterific: Web 2.0 Technologies for Better Communication" on Friday, November 2 @ 10:30 a.m.  This session demonstrates why a lot of teachers  (and students) are getting "twitterpated" with  Twitter, Pownce, and other Web 2.0 technologies. Not to be missed if you're going to NCETA!

At 1:30 p.m., Mike Flinchbaugh will share his writing demonstration "Writing to Believe".  This demonstration takes advantage of NPR's "This I Believe" segment and encourages the writers in  the audience to think through their own "beliefs" and how they would write micro-essays modeled after the ones found on  NPR.

On Saturday, November 3, Jonathan Bartels will offer an 8:00 a.m. session on "The Social Student".  Jonathan will explore the ways that students in rural settings make use of social networking technologies and will offer teachers pragmatic methods for incorporating such  technologies in their classes.