Tune your Practice with BAWP! "Cross Disciplinary Writing" workshop to be held on Saturday, April 30th, 2016, at Tolman Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.

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$20*
www.bayareawritingproject.org/weekendworkshop*Does not include $2.30 processing fee
Tune Your Practice
with BAWP
Cross Disciplinary Writing
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Tolman Hall, UC Berkeley
In this workshop we will see how project based learning
can engage students in science, writing, and technology
while also pushing their creativity and teamwork skills.
This workshop will engage teachers in research, collabo-
rative writing, and revision through rehearsal as we create
a newscast about a severe weather event.This workshop
will show how google docs and movie-making can be
incorporated into your curriculum to demonstrate content
learning.
We will practice classroom activities to develop a range of
responses to challenging situations.This workshop builds
writing skills by guiding students to expand perspectives,
think strategically about approaching a topic, and focus on
audience awareness.Teachers will participate in reading
and writing activities that show how careful listening and
empathetic response can lead to validation and construc-
tive outcomes.The workshop features reading selections
and writing models appropriate for all levels.
SESSION 2: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Bay Area is one of the most vibrant places in the coun-
try to integrate nature, as well as environmental themes,
into student writing assignments. Nature’sVoices is a
Berkeley-based project that empowers students to share
their perspectives about the environmental education
experiences they participate in and publish their stories-
-be they compelling narratives or engaging arguments
about an environmental issue. In this interactive workshop
you will learn of the many local environmental education
resources available to teachers and how to harness these
innovative programs to teach informative, narrative, and
argumentative writing.
Engineered Spaces: Right now, most students type their
writing individually on digital platforms and pass around
laptops through a lengthy drafting and revision process.
Let’s learn a new approach in this workshop: how to com-
bine the special features of these digital platforms with
collaborative writing strategies to more effectively teach
students how to talk, think and communicate as writers
for continuous drafting and revision and stronger writing.
In this workshop, you’ll engage in writing exercises that
creatively scaffold critical thinking and analytical and argu-
mentative writing by using Padlet, Google Docs and other
digital platforms
SESSION 1: 9:20 am - 10:50 am
Sign-in: 8:30 am
Common Core Writing -
In and About Nature
Presenters: Michelle Baptiste
and Susan Silber
Engineered Spaces: Digital Platforms &
Collaborative Writing
Presenter: Ari Dolid
Register
Online
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
Engaging students in Science, Writing and
Technology through Project Based
Learning
Presenter: Leah Wachtel
Supporting Resilience in Learners of All
Ages: Writing for Social-Emotional
Health
Presenter: Meredith Pike-Baky
Introduction: 8:50 am - 9:10 am