Writing+Revolution

Instructional Resources
Writing Across the Curriculum (General) Writing Across the Content Areas (Subject Specific)

Workshop Materials

 * Powerpoint - [[file:writing revolution.pptx]]
 * Handouts - [[file:Colville handouts.docx]]
 * Departmental Writing Inventory - [[file:Department Writing Inventory.docx]]

Agenda
8:00 - 8:20 - Welcome and Introductions
 * Introduce myself
 * Which of these images best represents your department and why?
 * Online poll - This day will have been time well spent if . ..
 * [|Poll Everywhere]

8:20 - 9:15 - Classroom Writing Inventory
 * Types of writing - definitions
 * When and what are students writing in your class?
 * When and how are students writing in your department?

9:15 - 9:30 - Why write? >> Learning to Improve: Using Writing to Increase Critical Thinking Performance in General Education Biology >> enpub.fulton.asu.edu/mcneill/pdf_documents/journaling.pdf >> Statistical Evidence for Enhanced Learning of Content through Reflective Journal Writing (Engineering) >> Why Writing Matters - >> http://www.californiawritingproject.org/why-writing-matters.html >> Why Fiction Writers Should Learn Math >> http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/11/writers-should-learn-math.html >> Using Writing to Learn Mathematics >> http://louisville.edu/provost/wroffice/math72.html >> Writing in a Reformed Differential Equations Class >> http://www.math.uoc.gr/~ictm2/Proceedings/pap64.pd
 * Writing is thinking
 * http://metalearninghabits.org/
 * Writing helps you read
 * http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3126
 * Writing helps you learn
 * http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1885902/ -

9:30 - 10:15 - Writing and the Common Core
 * http://www.corestandards.org/
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zHWMfg_8r0&list=UUF0pa3nE3aZAfBMT8pqM5PA&index=12 - Literacy in Other Disciplines
 * Major shifts -http://www.readingrockets.org/article/51433/

10:15 - 10:30 - Break

10:30 - 11:00 - High-Mileage, Low-Maintenance Writing Ideas

11:00 - 11:30 - Online Treasure Hunt
 * General "writing across the curriculum" resources - http://gonzagateach.wikispaces.com/Writing+Across+the+Curriculum
 * Subject-specific writing resources - http://gonzagateach.wikispaces.com/Writing+Across+the+Content+Areas

11:30 - 12:15 - Collaborative Conversations

12:15 - 12:45 - Whole group sharing

12:45 - 1:00 - Closure and Evaluation