Congratulations to science teacher and MBWP TC Laura Amatulli of the Avondale Meadows Upper Elementary School. This summer Laura was named one of the second-place winners of a $7500 DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund for "Closing the Technology Gap in Education."
Congratulations also go out to Summer Institute Fellow and MBWP Teacher Consultant, Cornelia Pokrzywa who was awarded one of the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s (CCCC) Professional Equity Project Grants to support her attendance at the 2009 CCCC in San Francisco this spring.
The first Summer Institute Podcast, This Writing Project Life, has been posted on the MBWP website: http://www.oakland.edu/MBWP. The podcast features essays by Laura Gabrion, Rebecca Rivard, and Cornelia Pokrzywa.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Invitational Summer Institute, which will run from July 6 to July 31. Recommend exceptional teachers in your schools by sending their names and contact information to Marshall Kitchens (kitchens@oakland.edu) or direct these teachers to complete an application available online at www.oakland.edu/MBWP.
The MBWP Ning
We have a new social networking site in Ning. You should have already received an invitation to join the Ning, but if you need an invitation,
contact Lori Ostergaard at ostergaa@oakland.edu. We look forward to seeing you in the Ning: http://mbwp-michigan.ning.com
We need writers to share their stories from the summer institutes, discuss professional development activities they are performing in their schools, reflect on how they are applying their research from the summer institute to their classes, or share creative works with our community. If you have an idea for a short article or creative work for the Meadow Brook Writing Project Newsletter, please contact editor John Callaghan at jcallaghan9@comcast.net or Lori Ostergaard at ostergaa@oakland.edu.
If you'd like to share some news with the MBWP community, send your story to Lori Ostergaard at ostergaa@oakland.edu
Created by Lori Ostergaard (ostergaa@oakland.edu) on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Modified by Lori Ostergaard (ostergaa@oakland.edu) on Saturday, January 31, 2009 Article Start Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
