Winter Celebration

Sat, 12/11/2010 - 14:46 — admin

Winter Celebration

 

The Three Bridges Writing Project will hold its Winter Celebration, the final event of the 2010 Summer Institute, on Saturday, December 18.

The event will be held in the lovely home of Co-Director Peggy Murphy. Click here for directions via Google Maps. (Be sure to change your starting location if you don't live in Huntington.)

The celebration will begin at 10:00 am and end at 2:00 pm. And, as always, be sure to bring something to write with and something to write on.

 

 

Video Editing Workshop Poll

Sat, 10/16/2010 - 08:32 — admin

Take 5 seconds to answer this quesiton to share with us about your experiences at the MUWP Video Editing Workshop.

http://polldaddy.com/s/B4105D79C0DC5BBD

Letter from Senator Rockefeller

Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns about the proposed consolidation of the National Writing Project with other programs. I understand how important this issue is to you, and I thank you for being in touch. I sincerely apologize for the delay in my response.


The National Writing Project seeks to provide teachers with access to summer institutes to improve their writing skills. West Virginia is fortunate to have three sites in our state. I gladly support this and other initiatives that address literacy in our country and promote constructive ways to encourage change and growth within our educational system. Because writing is required for learning and achievement in all disciplines, writing must be a priority throughout the grades.


The President's budget request for fiscal year 2011 proposes to consolidate funding for the National Writing Project with the funding for several other programs in order to create a new program, Effective Teaching and Learning: Literacy. Under the President's budget, the National Writing Project would be required to compete with other programs for federal funding. I believe that this would significantly hinder the ability of the National Writing Project to maintain its national infrastructure of more than 200 writing project sites that serve their local schools and communities with high-quality professional development for teachers. 


As I have in the past, I will continue to support dedicated funding for the National Writing Project. In fact, earlier this year I led a bipartisan effort to collect signatures from my colleagues in the Senate on a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education to urge $26.2 million in dedicated funding for this important program for fiscal year 2011. The Senate Appropriations Committee has recommended more than $25.6 million in dedicated funding for the National Writing Project for the upcoming year. You can be sure that I will work hard to maintain this funding as the appropriations process moves forward.

Thank you again for being in touch about this important issue. You should always feel free to get in touch with me about issues that are important to you. I wish you the very best.

 

With Warm Regards,


Jay Rockefeller

Marshall Young Writers' Anthology 2010

 Audio Anthology 2010

The recordings in this anthology are of original compositions written as part of the Marshall Young Writers' Camp during Summer 2010.

Multimodal Pieces

Collected here are some of the multimodal pieces Summer Institute fellows completed as part of their portfolios. Each piece is a revision of another piece of writing completed during SI and respresents translating a traditional document into the realm of multimedia literacy.

Adam

Spring Kickoff Audio Document

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 22:33 — admin

Three Bridges Writing Project's Summer Institute began earlier this evening with its Spring Kickoff dinner.

Click here to open an audio document of the writing created.

(Music licensed via Creative Commons from Kevin MacLeod.)

 

 

Chris Anson presents A Day on Writing: Enhancing Student Learning and Engagement

Thu, 04/15/2010 - 14:46 — admin

Chris Anson

The Marshall University Writing Project and MU Writing Across the Curriculum program are co-sponsoring a professional development opportunity for area teachers.
 
Chris Anson, a University Distinguished Professor, Professor of English, and Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University is presenting a series of workshops entitled A Day on Writing: Enhancing Student Learning and Engagement.
 
The program is April 30 at the Marshall Memorial Student Center (room BE5).
 
There are four individual workshops running from 9:00 to 4:00, and teachers may attend any number of the programs that fit into their schedules.
 
For complete information, please click here.

Summer Institute

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 19:37 — admin

Accepting Applications for Summer Institute

 

Three Bridges Writing Project is accepting applications for its invitational Summer Institute.

Applications are due by March 1, 2010. For more information about Summer Institute and to complete the online application, follow the links below. 

More information about Summer Institute.
 
Online application.

Summer Institute 2010

Sat, 01/09/2010 - 13:41 — Peggy Murphy

Applications for Three Bridges Invitational Summer Institute at Marshall University will be available online on February 1, 2010.  Below you will find information about the program.  If you have further questions please contact Peggy Henderson Murphy at murphderson@gmail.com.

 

 INVITATIONAL SUMMER INSTITUTE

FAQ
 
 
What is the writing project?
The National Writing Project's mission is to focus the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation's educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners.
The National Writing project is a network of 200+ sites supported by Universities, public schools and through federal grants.
 
What is the difference between Three Bridges and  Marshall University Writing Project?
Marshall University Writing Project is the site to which Three Bridges belongs.  MUWP holds two summer institutes one in Logan West Virginia and one on Marshall's campus.  In order to differentiate between the two summer institutes we call the one held on campus Three Bridges.   We thought this was appropriate because our summer fellows come from Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. It is part of our mission to create a bridge of communication and practice between the teachers within the tri-state area.
 
Do I have to be a creative writer to be part of this organization or its summer writing institute?
No. Teachers come to the Summer Writing Institute to share and learn with other teachers skills and strategies of teaching, writing and teaching writing.
 
 
What will be required of me as a MUWP Summer Writing Institute participant?
You will participate in an intensive workshop which will transform you as a person and as a teacher, and as a teacher of teachers. In the Summer Writing Institute, teachers share
 
(1)   their best practices of teaching,
(2)   their ideas about the profession of teaching
(3)   their student success stories
(4)   their reflections on the course readings and discussions
(5)   their professional and creative writings
  
 
What are the dates of the TBWP Invitational Summer Writing Institute?
The 2010 Summer Writing Institute will be held from June 16-- July 8 at Marshall University in Corbly Hall, Rm 467. The day begins at 8:30 a.m and ends at 3:30 p.m, Monday-Friday. You will be required to participate in an Institute Kick-off on the evening of  April 16 & for and all day session on April 17th.  We will also meet for a Technology day on May 8th and for five follow up activities in the fall. These activities combine to create a five week seminar.
 
Do I receive graduate credit for this work?
Yes. You must, however, be accepted into graduate school at MU in order to receive the credit.  All prior obligations to the university ( if there are any) must be taken care of before the end of the summer institute in order to receive credit for the course.  Particiapnts receive 3 graded hours for their summer work and 3 nongraded hours in the Fall.  You also receive a stipend of $500 if you are accepted into the program.  With tuition and books that is a $2000 reward for each of our participants.
 
 

Farewell Meeting

Wed, 12/02/2009 - 12:25 — ian

We will meet at Peggy's house at 10 am for our Summer Institute 2009 Farewell Meeting.

Click here for directions.

Be sure to bring something to write with and something to write on!

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