Chippewa River Writing Project
A site of the National Writing Project at Central Michigan University
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, recently completed her master’s degree program at Central Michigan University. CRWP team members joined Meister in the celebration during their annual […]
Continue ReadingIt 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 music and other media, CRWP teacher consultants have been sharing their innovative teaching practices with audiences of their peers. […]
Continue ReadingShannon 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 innovative and user-friendly program that allows students to develop and publish their own unique webcomics. For Powell, Bitstrips offers students the […]
Continue ReadingAn article by Tracy Burton featuring CRWP is now up and available on the News@CMU website: ‘Teachers teaching teachers’ focus of National Writing Project site at CMU After 29 years of teaching high school English, Kathy Kurtze returned to her classroom this fall with a set of fresh ideas and resources she gathered from her […]
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