1. NWP Digital Is:
Going online with what we know while learning new
things everyday!
Christina Cantrill
National Writing Project
ccantrill@nwp.org
@seecantrill
and wonder about
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5. If digital is, what
does that mean for the
teaching of writing
and connected learning?

7. Core principles of teacher leadership:
•Advocating what’s right for students
•Opening the classroom door and
going public with teaching;
•Working alongside teachers and
leading collaboratively;
•Taking a stand; and
•Learning and reflecting on practice as
a teacher and leader.
How Teacher Become Leaders: Learning from Practice
and Research Ann Lieberman and Linda D. Friedrich

8. Core principles of teacher leadership:
•Advocating what’s right for students
•Opening the classroom door and
going public with teaching;
•Working alongside teachers and
leading collaboratively;
•Taking a stand; and
•Learning and reflecting on practice as
a teacher and leader.
How Teacher Become Leaders: Learning from Practice
and Research Ann Lieberman and Linda D. Friedrich

9. “... sharing one’s teaching, and the successes of one’s
students, serves as a powerful mode of teacher
leadership. ...
... going public with teaching means sharing one’s own
practice and inviting colleagues to share.”
- Lieberman and Friedrich

10. “... we can’t really expect young people to become
powerful learners if they are not surrounded by adults who
are powerful learners ... ”
- Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, National Writing Project on
Connected Learning TV

11. “As teachers, we don’t often
spend enough time exploring
the technology and writing
ourselves before bringing it into
the classroom. But I would
argue that this kind of
exploration is key to
understanding the possibilities
of learning and critical
thinking ...”
- Kevin Hodgson, Western Mass
Writing Project
from Because Digital Writing
Matters

12. “... A big piece of my job now is helping teachers to get
comfortable in new spaces and environments online ...
and in doing so, I spend a lot of my time getting them
comfortable ... sharing publicly.”
- Bud Hunt of the Colorado State University Writing
Project, personal interview

15. “Powerful idea, indeed - seeing and treating young
people as producers of text first as opposed to
consumers, and believing that their knowledge
production is worthy of not only publication, but
also of study.”
- Danielle Filipiak responding to pre-service teacher
Larryse Brown

19. “When students are given a choice and the option
to decide what they are going to do, it is
empowering and complicated at the same time.”
- Janet Ilko, San Diego Area Writing Project

26. “With increasing certainty, I think this kind of
inquiry-, play-, and maker-driven professional
development is essential for helping teachers find a
participatory role in students' learning. When we
simply accept pay to deliver content - when we work
as mail carriers for Big Curriculum - we aren't really
participating in teaching as civic engagement; we're
modeling civic disengagement ...”
- Chad Sansing, Central Virginia Writing Project

28. “It’s not about knowing everything about gaming in
the classroom. It is about constantly searching for
ways to best serve my students. It is about making
the most of the many resources that are available
and sharing my ideas to gain more. It is about taking
risks. It is about putting myself in the position of my
students.”
- Janelle Bence, Heart of Texas Writing Project

31. ... going public with teaching means sharing
one’s own practice and inviting colleagues to
share.”
“time getting comfortable ... sharing publicly”
“… exploration is key to understanding the
possibilities of learning and critical thinking
…”
“... we can’t really expect young people to
become powerful learners if they are not
surrounded by adults who are powerful
learners ... ”

32. If digital is, what
does that mean for the
teaching of writing
and connected learning?