Chippewa River Writing Project teacher consultant, Jeremy Hyler, and Director Troy Hicks release a new book this week from Routledge — Create, Compose, Connect! Reading, Writing, and Learning with Digital Tools. The book’s description, from the Routledge… Read moreNew Book by CRWP Teacher and Director Released
The following letter, written by Ashley (Patton) Smolinski, CRWP 2009, demonstrates the lasting power of participating in an invitational summer institute. Years after graduating from the first class of the Chippewa River Writing Project, I am still… Read moreCRWP Teacher “Writes with Wings” at ALA Annual Conference
Most teachers attend a conference for professional development, many choose to go to local events, a few go to national, and even fewer present at a national level… Chippewa River Writing Project is present at all… Read moreSeven CRWP Teachers Present at National Conferences
Writing with cell phones and computers. Writing about bodily functions and war. Writing multigenre digital media projects. This is how Fulton Middle School language arts teacher Jeremy Hyler gets 7th and 8th grade boys to enjoy… Read moreCRWP Teacher Explores Multigenre/Multimedia Writing
At a glance, it may seem like just another classroom at Central Michigan University. A writer stands before an audience of half a dozen people, calmly walking her audience through a software that allows her to… Read moreYoung Writers Find New Ways to Grow at the Chippewa River Writing Camp 2011
Monday, June 2oth marked the kick-off of the Chippewa River Writing Project’s third annual Summer Institute on the Mt. Pleasant campus of Central Michigan University. For the team of nine teacher participants, the opening week has… Read moreCRWP Continues with its Third Annual Invitational Summer Institute
Focused on the broad theme of “Teaching Writing for Middle School and High School Students,” the Chippewa River Writing Project’s latest professional development partnership with the Clare-Gladwin RESD continues through the spring of 2011. Over the course… Read moreCGRESD Writers’ Series Continues Through Spring 2011
This past holiday season brought even more to celebrate this year for Chippewa River Writing Project team member Debbi Meister. Meister, a teacher at Fellowship Baptist Academy in Carson City and alum of the CRWP 2009 Summer Institute,… Read moreChippewa River Writing Project Teacher Spotlight: Debbi Meister
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
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