OCTELA presents: the Speaking and Listening podcast! Thanks for joining us as we delve into discussions about all things Language Arts with some of the best thinkers in the field!
In this interview, we'll hear from podcaster and radio host, Dan Simpson. One of his many productions is a popular podcast called Writer's Routine. In it, Dan interviews authors to unpack the secrets to their successes. Whether it's how they plan their day or what fonts they prefer, Dan's heard it all. In this interview, Noah talks to Dan about what he's learned from his discussions with authors that we might translate into our ELA classrooms. Check out Writer's Routine: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5hY2FzdC5jb20vcHVibGljL3Nob3dzLzhkYmI0Y2FlLTFiMGUtNDAwMS1iOTg2LWJkOTU2NTYwYzZiOQ You can also follow Dan's work at https://itsdansimpson.com/ Follow Dan on Twitter: @itsdansimpson or @writerspod If you have an interesting way that you teach students to engage in a more authentic writing process, we'd love to hear from you. Reach out to Noah at noah.waspe@gmail.com or hit him up on Twitter @MrWteach Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu
Artificial Intelligence models can now write a nearly flawless 5-paragraph essay, and educators everywhere are worried about how this could affect the profession. In addition to producing essays, people can use AI models, such as ChatGPT, to write poetry, lesson plans, and even podcast intros-–as you'll soon find out. In this episode, Noah talks to TJ Wilson about his recent blog post, from which we cribbed our episode's title. In this conversation, they get into whether AI should worry Language Arts teachers. They also discuss how the current AI controversy should encourage us rethink how and why we teach Writing. Check out TJ's blog: https://thomasjosephwilson.com/ Follow TJ on Twitter: @wilsonthomasjoseph Follow TJ on Mastodon: @TJWilson@universeodon.com If you have an interesting way that you teach students to engage in a more authentic writing process, we'd love to hear from you. Reach out to Noah at noah.waspe@gmail.com Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Tim Reisert about the confluence between his loves of music, writing, and teaching. Tim was recently signed to Sofa Burn Records, and he has an album coming out in January, 2023 (available now for pre-order). This conversation is all about how we can leverage our own writing lives into meaningful classroom instruction. Tim and Noah get into all kinds of other things as well, ranging from mentor texts to John Hattie and teacher credibility. Of course, they also talk music. As a special treat, Tim even performs the single, “Grand Prairie,” from his upcoming album! Follow Tim Reisert on Instagram: @timreisert Check out the single from the upcoming album now at https://timreisert.bandcamp.com or at sofaburn.com (@sofaburn_records) Follow Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Follow OWP on Twitter and Instagram: @owpmu The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Abbie Rudibaugh about teaching students a more meaningful way to approach revision. Abbie has slowed the pace of her Writing units to introduce students to revision strategies that real authors use. In this strategy-packed conversation, Abbie explains the way she lays out revision processes for each piece of writing her students complete–and where she has students go with their revision work by the end of the school year. If you have an interesting way that you teach students to engage in a more authentic writing process, we'd love to hear from you. Reach out to Noah at noah.waspe@gmail.com Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Betsy Woods, Erin Vore, Ben Vore, and TJ Wilson about how being writers informs the way they teach Writing. Find today's guests on Twitter: @BetsyLWoods @erinbeersvore @voreben @mrtjwilson If this episode's conversation sparked a teaching idea–or if you are already working on ways to make Writing instruction more authentic to the process, we'd love to hear from you. DM Noah on Twitter @MrWteach or reach out via email: noah.waspe@gmail.com Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Cris Tovani about ways of thinking and tools teachers can use to improve student engagement! Check out Cris Tovani's newest book, Why Do I Have to Read This: Literacy Strategies to Engage Our Most Reluctant Students at https://www.stenhouse.com/content/why-do-i-have-to-read-this The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. Learn more about OWP's upcoming Credit Workshops: https://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/credit-workshops/index.html?_ga=2.77005781.1786759835.1660330958-1027542627.1660330958 The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about OWP's Master's Degree Program: https://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/teaching/index.html Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find Cris Tovani on Twitter: @ctovani Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to poet Laura Van Prooyen about writing, teaching writing, and what went into her newest book, Frances of the Wider Field (Next Page Press). Find Laura Van Prooyen on Twitter: @lauravanprooyen Find Laura's work: https://lauravanprooyen.com Check out Laura's publishing press: https://nextpage-press.com/ See Laura perform a reading in person at Miami University's low residency MFA celebration: https://events.miamioh.edu/event/mfa_summer_residency_readings_and_talks Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.
In this episode of Write Answers, Angela Stockman talks about her recent work with multimodal writing! She discusses a variety of topics from tips to setting up multi-modal writing with students to doing the inner work that goes into helping resistant writers. Follow Angela on Twitter @AngelaStockman https://angelastockman.com Check out OWP's upcoming Summer Credit Workshops for Teachers: https://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/credit-workshops/index.html?_ga=2.256982158.40594715.1651616698-47476299.1651616698 The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Submit a a question, topic, or poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Dr. Kim Parker about her new book, Literacy is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching. We also get into how teachers can navigate communities in which certain politicians have manipulated the term “Critical Race Theory” to cause trouble for teachers who try to advocate for a more culturally relevant approach. Dr. Kim Parker's book: https://www.ascd.org/books/literacy-is-liberation?variant=122024 Dr. Parker's website: https://drkimparker.org Follow Dr. Parker on Twitter: @TchKimPossible The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Submit a a question, topic, or poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu
In this episode, we talk to author and artist, Alfred Depew (winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction), about writing, teaching writing, and what it was like to be in Don Murray's writing workshop. Look for Alfred's award winning book, The Melancholy of Departure, at your local bookstore, or you can order it here: https://ugapress.org/book/9780820344607/the-melancholy-of-departure/ The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ The Ohio Writing Project features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu
Episode Description In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Adrienne Gear to break down some of the teaching strategies she shares in her books (Reading Power, Writing Power, Powerful Writing Structures, and more). Adrienne also explains how teachers can use a versatile tool called "Brain Pockets" to help students generate and develop their own writing ideas. This episode also features an epilogue in which Adrienne breaks down her writing process! Where you can find Adrienne's work: US: https://www.stenhouse.com/authors/adrienne-gear Canada: https://www.pembrokepublishers.com/bio.cgi?id=81 readingpowergear.com Find Adrienne Gear on Twitter: @AdrienneGear Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.
Episode Description In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Katlyn Bare about all that goes into going gradeless! The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast. Find Katyln Bare on Twitter: @katbare Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu “Trauma: a reverse poem” By Renée Vander Veen Your trauma beats against my love child if you hide under the bed in the dark when my hands reach out to hug you to say I love you I believe that no matter what a barrier rises because fear is more powerful than love I know it's time to talk about what the counselors say Love is a choice but this is not true for me Adoption is impossible Unless I choose to reverse my perspective and believe that Adoption is impossible but this is not true for me Love is a choice The counselors say it's time to talk about what I know Love is more powerful than fear A barrier raises because no matter what I believe that to say I love you when my hands reach out to hug you in the dark if you hide under the bed child my love beats against your trauma (modeled after “Lost Generation” by Jonathan Reed) “Lost Generation” https://www.ncps-k12.org/cms/lib/CT01903077/Centricity/Domain/638/Poem%20-%20Lost%20Generation%20-%20Text.pdf How to write a reversible poem guide: https://penandthepad.com/write-reverse-poem-8556361.html
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Beth Rimer (again!) about how we can be the change we wish to see in our Professional Learning Communities. We discuss what we should hold on to, what we should let go of, and where we might empathize to better understand the struggle. Beth also talks about a really cool teaching practice called "Breather Routines"! Find Beth Rimer on Twitter: @BethRimer Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter and Instagram: @owpmu If you are interested in starting a student-led writing center in your high school, Betsy Woods from Milford High School in Milford, Ohio is hosting a small group for an informal discussion and tour on Monday, December 6 from 12:00-1:00 at Milford. If you are an educator in southwest Ohio who can get release time from your school on December 6, contact Betsy at woods_b@milfordschools.org to join the small group. The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. If you have a great idea that we should feature in a future episode, email Noah at noah.waspe@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Beth Rimer about what we've learned from this strange time of pandemic teaching--and we push back on the idea of "Learning Loss". As we jump into season 3, we'll be exploring ways we can leverage the progressive teaching that came from this moment of necessity to transform the profession. Stay tuned! The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. OWP also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find Beth Rimer on Twitter: @BethRimer Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Tanny McGregor about mindfulness, deceleration, and the thinking that went into her most recent book, Ink and Ideas! Find more of Tanny's work here: https://www.heinemann.com/authors/4292.aspx Follow Tanny on Twitter: @TannyMcG This episode is shared in partnership with the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA). To find out more about OCTELA, visit octela.org or follow them on Twitter: @OCTELA Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Penny Kittle about Book Love and the work that went into cowriting 180 Days with Kelly Gallagher!. The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find Penny Kittle on Twitter: @pennykittle Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell (@allisonmarchett + @rebekahodell1 + @movingwriters) about their writing process and how they use mentor texts with students! Allison and Rebekah have a new book called A Teacher's Guide to Mentor Texts, which you can find here: https://www.heinemann.com/products/e12003.aspx You can also follow their work (along with their fabulous team of teacher-writers) at www.movingwriters.org! This episode is shared in partnership with the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA). To find out more about OCTELA, visit octela.org or follow them on Twitter: @OCTELA Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
In this episode, Noah chats with Shawna Coppola about Renew! ...and about the work that led to her most recent book, Writing Redefined. This episode is a rebroadcast of an episode of OCTELA's Speaking and Listening podcast from a few years ago. This summer, OWP has partnered with OCTELA to share interviews with some of the biggest names in the field! Follow Shawna Coppola's work: Twitter: @ShawnaCoppola shawnacoppola.com Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Follow OCTELA's work: Twitter: @OCTELA octela.org Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.
Episode Description In partnership with OCTELA (Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts), we are excited to share this interview with Lester Laminack! A few years ago, Noah talked with Lester about a book he co-wrote with Reba Wadsworth called Writers Are Readers: Flipping Reading Instruction into Writing Opportunities. They also discussed Lester's important ideas around “Best Friend Books”. Follow Lester Laminack on Twitter: @lester_laminack Check out Lester's books for teachers: https://www.heinemann.com/authors/4175.aspx https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/the-ultimate-read-aloud-resource-2nd-edition-9781338594942.html Lester has also written numerous picture books: https://peachtree-online.com/portfolio-items/lester-l-laminack/ Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.
In partnership with the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA), we are releasing episodes from the Speaking and Listening podcast as part of our summer series! In this episode, Noah interviews Smokey Daniels about his book The Curious Classroom! This discussion is all about inquiry work for the time-strapped teacher. Here's where you can get yourself a copy of The Curious Classroom: https://www.heinemann.com/products/e08990.aspx The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu “Victim to Victor” by Heidi LaMarr Victims of deadly Violence of all kinds leads to Voices shouting in the streets, Vehement crowds coming together to sing, Songs sung about the fight. It I'm proud of who I am today, Woman, mother, daughter, teacher, friend, Strong, brave, sensitive, unique Not always right, Not always wrong. But always one Who loves another. Who fights for the weak with my words not my fists, Who stands in support of those who feel invisible, A victor. Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast. Find Smokey Daniels on Twitter: @SmokeyLit Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Find OCTELA on Twitter: @OCTELA www.octela.org
In our season finale, Stacey Reeder and Liz Prather join us to discuss the challenges to developing student writers--and to share strategies that both boost learning and fight an unfair system. The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu “You Met” by Erin Delk That handshake was an earthquake. Melted welder’s hands embraced by soft computer keys Shaking my heart into taking a portrait stored next to the memories of pine trees and hide and seek. You were fragile, but strong, like glass that hadn’t quite cracked, holding on, longing to say goodbye as I hid my teary eyes and treasured the gift I would remember the rest of my life. Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast. Find Liz Prather on Twitter: @pratherliz Find Stacey Reeder on Twitter: @staceyreeder Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
Episode Description In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Jason Palmeri (Author, Educator, Co-director of the Ohio Writing Project) about multi-modal/multigenre instruction! Link to interview transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XwuT-oE55Ou6JqI6WhfeJGDP8dNYbvhx7e642zvrOGw/edit?usp=sharing Follow Jason’s Work: https://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/100-years-of-new-media-pedagogy/methodologicalplay-datavizandthindescription.htm https://www.amazon.com/Remixing-Composition-Multimodal-Pedagogy-Rhetoric/dp/080933089X The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu A Winter Hike by Christina Scheckel Cold crisp air, warm sun Crunchy squishy feet, serene silence Dry mouth, sweet water No smell, fresh air Dips and dives of hills, winding path of creek Weight of the world lifts, neck pain dissolves Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast. Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter and Instagram: @owpmu
In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Celeste Hopkins and Kerry Crotty about Place-based Learning! For more information on OWP’s summer offerings (including the Place-based Learning Credit Workshop), check out our digital flyer: https://www.smore.com/52hsq and/or email: ohiowritingproject@miamioh.edu. The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find Kerry and Celeste on Twitter: @laxcrotty @celestehopkins Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Transcript of this episode’s poem: The Cold Snap by Courtney Shuman The sterile surroundings come through in her voice. The words, impossible to understand as I watch you. Baby A and Baby B she says. Not knowing that you are named and loved. She must not see you so full of life, like the renewal of spring. As you squirm in black and white Like a bloom on a tree Promising bright flowers for tomorrow. As she moves the magic wand that gives us a glimpse We see you, next to each other. Together from the start. One beginning that formed two hearts. How could this promise of life be false? Like a brief cold snap That brings the return of a cruel and punishing winter While ice settles on the blooms. We wait. We hope. We pray. And then, the thaw begins As you two arrive and the world is again bathed in sunlight. Those lingering words are gone, As the doctor beams at you both. But the words are never forgotten. Frozen in the memory of two parents mangled from the cold. Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Nicole Stellon O’Donnell (Heinemann Fellow, Teacher, Author, Poet, Instructional Coach) about writing process and teaching from a place of defiance. https://nicolestellon.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Nicole-Stellon-ODonnell/e/B007PVI6JO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find Today’s Guest on Twitter: @SteamLaundry Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this episode, we chat with co-director of the Ohio Writing Project, Beth Rimer about all things OWP! As we dig into OWP’s summer offerings, we cover a wide range of topics...from OWP’s famous 4-week workshop to place-based writing--and even grammar! Link to OWP's Summer Offerings: www.smore.com/52hsq The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: miamioh.edu/cas/academics/depar…io-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu “Retriever” by Sara L. Godwin There are spaces within me I keep blank. Thoughts I push out. Ideas my right and left brain use to play keep-away from my consciousness. I rearrange the furniture to cover up spots of recollection. I hang pictures to hide events. I dig holes, deep and dark, to bury, to forget. But memory is a dog. It hunts what I hide, plays fetch, lays at my feet all things I secret away, like an offering. Then he happily waits, tail wagging, to start the game all over again. A short story of Sara’s, “Afternoon Tea,” can be found in the September 2020 issue of www.brilliantflashfiction.com Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast. Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer Find Sara Godwin (today’s contributing poet) on Twitter: @SGodwinDP Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
Child-centered! Inquiry-based! Progressive! In this episode of Writer Answers, we explore Reggio-based teaching practices with Elizabeth Farris! The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu “Gone Too Soon” by Heidi Wehrmann LaMarr I look at her and think of you. Flourishing in the moment, Surrounded by an ocean of sky and clouds. Strength beyond size. Wisdom beyond years. She smiles, Innocent and bright. You smile, Secrets hidden behind your eyes sadness, loneliness, emptiness. I look at her and wonder if she will make a similar choice and be, before we know, without a warning, gone too soon. In memory of L.J., N.W., D.R., J.E., B.B. and all the others who were gone too soon. Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast. Find Elizabeth Farris on Twitter: @createplayteach Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this episode, we talk to Sara Godwin about how she’s approached student choice using Liz Prather’s Project-based Writing process. Pandemic teaching has been nothing short of overwhelming, but Sara leveraged the uncertainty of these times into opportunities to experiment with her teaching practice--with great success! The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Kelly Taylor about shifting away from bells and whistles to focus on simple, high impact teaching practices. The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram: @owpmu Find Kelly Taylor on Twitter: @taylorkelly4601 Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Celine Thomas about how she decided to be the change she wished to see in her world by creating a popular and meaningful elective class at her high school...completely from scratch! The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu “Moth Silver Shimmer” by Tim Reisert The night we packed the car a moth fluttered around the bright kitchen, had slipped inside before the screendoor flap. I followed in chase with open but slow palms and when I swooped underneath it and closed my hand, felt its wings against my fingers now held tight not tight enough for it flew again, up by the cupboards and the fruit bowl, its flight crooked, its moth silver shimmer on my hand. Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast. Find Celine Thomas on Twitter: @Ms_Thomas22 Follow Celine Thomas on Instagram: @miss_thomas22 Find Tim Reisert on Twitter: @tdreisert Follow Tim Reisert on Instagram: @timreisert Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Lindsay Bruggeman about how she builds community whether teaching in person, virtually, or both! Our wide reaching conversation includes big ideas as well as practical teaching strategies that you can use in your own classroom to enhance connectivity with--and between--your students. Find Lindsay Bruggeman on Twitter: @MrsBruggemanLHS The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast. Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Ivana Farrar about how she has used culturally responsive teaching practices with great success during this whirlwind year of teaching. Ivana also has a nifty lesson idea that involves the music of J. Cole! The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast. Find Ivana Farrar on Instagram: @starrfarrar Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this mini-series, Noah will be chatting with educators about "What's Working" in this weird year of pandemic-teaching. This episode features an Ohio teacher named Stephanie Pearson who uses her writing workshop approach to help students become better researchers during her inquiry units. Whether you're looking for writing workshop ideas, inquiry-based teaching moves, or managing a classroom during the pandemic--this episode is for you! Looking to get involved with the Ohio Writing Project? Here's a link to the OWP's page within Miami University's website: https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ The Ohio Writing Project offers professional development for teachers and teacher-leaders alike! You can enroll in an OWP Credit Workshop, enlist OWP to lead PD in your district, or you can level-up through OWP's transformative Masters Degree program. There are so many ways you can find your professional home with the Ohio Writing Project. What's holding you back? Connect with us at: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Follow OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Find weekly writing invitations and mentor text activities on our Instagram, which is also @owpmu! Follow Stephanie on Twitter: @MrsPearsonTSD Follow Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Meghan Lawson is a kindness ambassador, teacher, and instructional coach. In addition to all that, Meghan has led professional development for the Ohio Writing Project, both as a consultant and as an instructor in OWP’s masters degree classes for teachers. In this episode, we discuss how sharing our teaching weaknesses can actually be a show of strength...and can make us better leaders, enhancing the conversations we have with colleagues--and with students. If you’re interested in teaching, leadership, professional development, or PLC work--this episode is for you! Follow more of Meghan’s Work: Meghanlawson.com Twitter: @Meghan_Lawson The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast. Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
In this episode of Writer Answers, Liz Reilly and Noah Waspe talk to Sarah Zerwin about the thought processes behind her new book Point-less: an English Teacher’s Guide to More Meaningful Grading. Find today’s guest on Twitter: @SarahMZerwin Order Point-less: An English Teacher’s Guide to More Meaningful Grading https://www.heinemann.com/products/e10951.aspx Sarah’s website: https://sarahmzerwin.wordpress.com/ ----- Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Submit a poem to be featured in a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find Liz on Twitter: @ms_liz_reilly_ Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer Find OWP on Twitter: @OWPMU
In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Traci Browder about what she learned as a writer from the process of completing a book + how it impacted her teaching. We also cover a wide range of topics from rocking remote learning to equity and even how interviewing her son for her podcast helped her see school through the eyes of a student. Find today’s guest on Twitter: @TraciBrowder Find more work from our guest: https://tracibrowder.com/ https://www.daveburgessconsulting.com/speaking/traci-browder/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intelligogy-the-podcast/id1493409417 Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Submit a helpful pandemic teaching practice to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer
In this episode, we talk to Nina Sudnick about how she uses writing to help students process their learning in Math class. Nina’s work has so many applications--writing across the curriculum, metacognition, formative assessment, action research, and more! Find today’s guest on Twitter: @SudnickNina Find more work from our guest: https://blog.heinemann.com/writing-to-learn-math Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer
In this episode, Noah speaks with Tammy Bundy, Tim Reisert, Kendra Herber and Abby Lund about habits and processes of writers, as well as how to maintain a writing life through the chaos. Find Tammy Bundy’s writing anywhere books are sold! And at www.tamarabundy.com Interested in Tammy conducting free Zoom calls with your creative writing class? Contact Tammy at Authortamarabundy@gmail.com You can also follow Tammy on Social Media: Twitter: @TamaraBundy Facebook: Tamara Bundy Find Tim’s music at Tim’s Bandcamp: https://tdreisert.bandcamp.com/ Follow Tim on Social Media: Instagram @timreisert Twitter @tdreisert Find Kendra Herber’s writing at https://kendraherber.wixsite.com/mysite Follow Kendra on Social Media: Twitter @leg_up_on_life Instagram @kherber23. Find Abby Lund’s writing at www.movingwriters.org Follow Abby on Twitter @mrsablund Writing Group Sign-up: https://forms.gle/BwvbpYUPKZ56dyPw5 Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com If you care to hear the strange Milk Musical Noah talked about on this episode, you can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4Vv5gX60cXykKrhWMggC6U?si=7lwOL1JzTJeitTpx2rxneQ or wherever you stream music. “Light Shine” by Tim Reisert Wherever you think of the wisp of the willow and the trail of the wind toward the distant light shine, feel your way around the trunk of the maple, then ease into the shadow, the wing movement of a luna, the now-tired swell of locusts, to then rest in the pillow moss and dry leaves and hard root.
In this episode, we interview Lauren Olson, who teaches high school in Forest Hills, about how she chunks her class into segments. Through a conversation around this wonderful strategy, we dig into how a teacher can use their core beliefs and useful routines to anchor their teaching...even during a pandemic. Lauren Olson on Twitter: @coacholson11 @owpmu on Instagram--which is run by Lauren! @owpmu on Twitter Want to know more about the Ohio Writing Project:?https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ Beth Rimer: @BethRimer Noah Waspe: @MrWteach
Julia Torres joins us to discuss her work with Disrupt Texts and to talk about her work as an English Teacher-Librarian. Links from today's discussion: www.disrupttexts.org https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55039/how-the-disrupttexts-movement-can-help-english-teachers-be-more-inclusive https://www.educolor.org/educolor-summit-2020/ --- Also... Moving Writers, a website for writing teachers started by Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell, is looking to diversify it's group of columnists to include K-12 BIPOC writing teachers! Find out more at www.movingwriters.org
In this interview, Liz Prather digs into what it means to be a writer and a teacher of writing. We also delve into her newest book, Story Matters, which is available through Heinemann. https://www.heinemann.com/products/e08980.aspx https://tinyurl.com/y9dyxtnm https://teachlikeeveryoneislistening.wordpress.com/ @PratherLiz --- To inquire about credited workshops and staff development, you can find Ohio Writing Project at https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ Or contact Beth Rimer at rimerba@miamioh.edu
In this episode, Noah Waspe and Beth Rimer talk with Betsy Woods (@BetsyLWoods)about what we should take with us from this online-teaching experience into next year!
In this episode, we build on the ideas we shared last time about the “Create vs. Complete” mindset, and this time (tip of the hat, once again to Lindsay Bruggeman), we dig into what’s essential as we move into new ways of teaching and learning. Email noah.waspe@gmail.com if you'd like to be part of our next OWP chat! Conversation Participants: Beth Rimer @BethRimer Lexie Withrow Lindsay Bruggeman Katie Bills-TenneyStacey Reeder Megan Rodney Liz Dooley Becky Fellers David Tarr Noah Waspe @MrWteach Kate Bauer Karen Long Renee Arnold TJ WIlson Luke Wiseman “Four Hinterland Abstractions” by Ray Young Bear https://poets.org/poem/four-hinterland-abstractions
This special episode is a conversation a group of Ohio Writing Project teachers had around online education as COVID-19 shuts down schools across the United States. We plan to continue recording conversations around teaching through this pandemic as the situation develops, and in this episode, we got into current issues, we took stock, we brainstormed ideas, and we did some troubleshooting around a possible issue that could arise. Teachers who participated in this conversation: Lindsay Bruggeman, Katlyn Bare, Kate Bauer, Betsy Woods, Katie Bills-Tenney, Karen Long, Adrienne Brooks, Allison Robeson, Tim Reisert (contributed to online resources), Angela Faulhaber Below, you'll find a link to a document filled with online resources + teaching ideas (teachers in this conversation contributed to this document). You'll also find who you can contact to join our next online conversation during real time. Online Teaching Resources and Ideas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hfOf-xY-xvVLe3nRiy6Am2T0Czc4GcXP2LEIcNjuENw/edit?usp=sharing Contact noah.waspe@gmail if you'd like to participate in our next online discussion! "Good Bones" by Maggie Smith: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/good-bones
In this, the final episode of our Moving Writers at #NCTE19 mini-series, Paige Timmerman discusses how to leverage the workshop approach for writers who struggle; Kristin Bond discusses how to use workshop to prepare college-ready writers, and Rebekah O’Dell provides brief closing remarks! The Moving Writers Team: @AllisonMarchett @RebekahODell1 @TimmermanPaige @ReadWriteMore @MsJochman @MrWteach @ZigThinks @TeacherHattie @MeganKortlandt www.movingwriters.org Presentation Slides from “Workshop and Don’t Drop” at #NCTE19: https://movingwriters.org/2019/11/24/workshop-dont-drop-resources-from-ncte19/ Ohio Writing Project Spring 2020 Workshops: https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/credit-workshops/index.html Save the Date - OWP Summer 2020 -41st Annual Teaching of Writing Workshop - June 15 - July 10, 2020 -Youth Writing Camp - July 13 - 17 Connect with us on Twitter: @owpmu
Follow Stephanie Jochman @MsJochman Follow Noah Waspe @MrWteach For the slideshow that went with each presentation, you can find a link in this episode’s bio: https://movingwriters.org/2019/11/24/workshop-dont-drop-resources-from-ncte19/ For more information on the Ohio Writing Project:http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/
In part II of our Moving Writers mini-series, Mike Zigler and Hattie Maguire share tips and tricks around making time to confer with students and weaving in the magic of writing workshop, even when teaching AP courses, in which there is an rigid expectation of rigor. Follow Mike: @ZigThinks Follow Hattie: @TeacherHattie For more information and ideas: check out www.movingwriters.org Also, be sure to keep up with current OWP events by finding the Ohio Writing Project at miamioh.edu (or google: Ohio Writing Project). Follow us on Twitter: @owpmu @MrWteach @BethRimer Email your burning questions about teaching to noah.waspe@gmail.com, and your question might be featured on a future episode!
The next few episodes will share live presentations from the MovingWriters.org team! These presentations were shared and recorded at #NCTE19 in Baltimore Maryland. In the first part of our MovingWriters.org mini-series, author and Moving Writers co-founder, Allison Marchetti, and contributing writer, Megan Kortlandt, will share some tips on setting up and managing Writing Workshop. @MeganKortlandt @AllisonMarchett www.MovingWriters.org @owpmu @BethRimer @MrWteach
"How do you plan? How do you make decisions about what to put into your school year, week, and day?" "How do we make decisions on what to implement when we keep running out of time?" In this episode we work through ideas on how to make sure we plan for what's important, how to fit it all in, and how we an use structures for our school day in ways that maximize our teaching impact. To tackle these big ideas around questions of planning, we enlisted the help of OWP stalwarts, Megan Rodney, Megan Moore, and David Tarr. Want to know more about OWP? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @owpmu Facebook: www.facebook.com/OWPMU
In this episode, Dr. Tom Romano answers Beth's and Noah's questions including, "What do you want teachers to know" and "What would you like to see when it comes to the role of narrative in writing instruction?" Of course, we also spend a big chunk of time discussing multi-genre research...and more! Want to know more about OWP? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @owpmu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OWPMU
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