November 17th, 2010 marked the kick-off of the National Writing Project’s 2010-11 Annual Meeting, staged this year in sunny Orlando, Florida. Eleven members of the Chippewa River Writing Project’s leadership team traded chilly Michigan temperatures for the… Read moreCRWP Attends NWP 2010-11 Annual Meeting in Orlando
Nine years after completing her undergraduate degree in the English Education program in 2001, high school teacher Erin Busch-Grabmeyer still keeps Central Michigan University close to her heart. In her eighth year at St. Louis High School,… Read moreRenewing Her Passion For Teaching: A Profile of Erin Busch-Grabmeyer
It has been a busy fall for CRWP Teacher Consultants, as they have been presenting their classroom research at conferences around the state. From inspiring students to write their own novels, to engaging them with Shakespeare through… Read moreCRWP Teachers Share Ideas at Fall Conferences
Just released by the National Writing Project and published by Jossey-Bass, Because Digital Writing Matters features a number of NWP teacher consultants and was co-authored by Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, and Troy Hicks. Hicks, founding director of… Read moreBecause Digital Writing Matters
Monday, August 9th marked the opening events of the National Writing Projects of Michigan annual network retreat on the grounds of Central Michigan University’s Mt. Pleasant campus. The three-day retreat drew in NWPM members from all across… Read moreCentral Michigan University Hosts National Writing Projects of Michigan Annual Network Retreat
Shannon Powell, CRWP 2009, and teacher at Central Montcalm Middle School has found a way to breathe new life into classroom projects using a creative technology called Bitstrips for Schools. The online software acts as an… Read moreCRWP Teacher Livens up the Classroom with Bitstrips Comics
Friday, July 9th, 2010 marked the completion of another successful Summer Institute for the Chippewa River Writing Project, including its sixteen newest teacher consultants. For four weeks beginning June 14th, participants and leadership team members met daily… Read moreCRWP Celebrates Its Second Annual Summer Institute
It was a time for looking back and looking forward as the Chippewa River Writing Project team met with friends both old and new for its 2010 Spring Showcase event on Wednesday, April 21st. Members gathered at CMU’s Anspach Hall… Read moreCRWP Spring Showcase of Teacher Research
Announcing the Chippewa River Writing Project’s 2010 Invitational Summer Institute Participants On Monday, May 10, 2010, sixteen teachers — representing both local and out-of-state elementary, middle, and high schools as well as Central Michigan and Saginaw… Read moreCRWP Announces 2010 Teacher Participants
As one of three featured guests on the February 11, 2010, episode of the National Writing Project’s periodic web-based radio show, BlogTalkRadio, CRWP Director Troy Hicks talked about the ways in which writing project sites choose… Read moreCRWP Director Featured on NWP’s BlogTalkRadio