Thank you for your patience and understanding while we have worked to make arrangements concerning the threatening weather.

With so many of our conference registrants traveling from throughout and outside the state of New Jersey, our chief concern is encouraging everyone to examine and evaluate the weather in your individual location before traveling anywhere tonight or tomorrow.

Whether or not the conference will continue to be held will be determined by Rutgers University officials.  If the New Brunswick Campus is closed, the conference is cancelled. 

If the New Brunswick Campus remains open the morning of the conference, the conference will run as scheduled and no refunds will be issued to registrants who fail to attend. 

The National Writing Project at Rutgers University will be offering a series of interactive, hands-on workshops exploring the use of Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.  Workshops will provide both tutorial and time to “play” with the technology and explore the possibilities of use within your classroom.  Participants are encouraged to bring classroom materials. Computers will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own personal laptops (with wireless access) if they choose.  Beginners to experienced users are welcome.

The National Writing Project at Rutgers University will be offering two interactive, hands-on workshops that explore effective practices in the teaching of writing.  Workshops will provide research, theory, and time to “apply” strategies as you explore the possibilities of use within your own classroom.  Participants are encouraged to bring classroom materials, student samples, ideas, and areas of “tension” you would like to explore during the workshop.

National Writing Project
Midwinter Writing Conference X

Saturday, February 6, 2010 * * * 9 am - 4 pm, registration begins at 8 am

Keynote Address:
The Habitual Surprise Party: Poetry in the Classroom
by BJ Ward, Poet and Author of Gravedigger’s Birthday

Over 20 practical workshops, six professional development hours earned

Workshop descriptions & online registration available at: www.gse.rutgers.edu/conferences

NWP@Rutgers Open Institute

July 12-16, 2010
New Brunswick, NJ
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Monday- Thursday), 9:00-12:00p.m. (Friday)
Cost: $350

The National Writing Project at Rutgers Open Institute is a five-day professional development experience designed to move teachers through a process of self-awareness as a writer into self-awareness as a teacher of writing. Critical to this process is reflection on one’s own experience as a writer. Participants will write, frequently! Teachers from all disciplines and grade levels are welcome to participate. The experience is enriched when teachers across grades and subject areas write together and share their writing. 

The Open Institute will assist you to:

Writing Our Families is a workshop designed to benefit not only the children we teach, but also their families, communities, & teachers who help them to engage, on a daily basis, in a variety of literacy practices. By collaborating with educators, Writing our Families empowers teachers to engage in activities that validate and strengthen these practices.