The Power of the Pen
NCC 12th Annual IDEAS Symposium, Co-sponsored by the LIWP
The Power of the Pen: Writing and Connecting Across the Academic Disciplines
Modalities change, yet writing remains one of the most effective pedagogical tools. Writing is a means to access knowledge, forge ideas, and solve problems. We use writing to respond, question and comment. Writing enables students to apply, evaluate, and synthesize learning, develop strategies for study, and fulfill disciplinary specific demands. Both formal and spontaneous, writing presents in many shapes and designs. Writing motivates and engages. It fosters citizenship and wellbeing. It is thinking. It is voice. Writing enhances the learning environment of every classroom, across every discipline.
The keynote presenter will be Dr. Robert P. Yagelski, Associate Vice Provost and Director of Program of Writing and Critical Inquiry at the University of Albany.
Join us as we revisit the power and the promise of writing to learn.
NCC 12th Annual IDEAS Symposium
Friday, Nov 3, 2017, 08:30 AM
Nassau Community College, Education Drive, Garden City, NY, United States (CCB 252-53)
Registration Information
to register for the event.
Educators from Nassau Community College and/or the Long Island Writing Project, please use the Google form below to sign up.
The Long Island Writing Project
The LIWP comprises teachers from kindergarten through university. Our seminar leaders are outstanding educators from different grade levels and disciplines in local schools, and we have a strong, ongoing partnership with Hofstra University's Department of Literacy Studies. LIWP teacher-consultants keep up with research and changes in education and their work is grounded in practical classroom approaches. Through our model of teachers teaching teachers, participants in the LIWP strengthen the classroom strategies they already find effective in teaching writing and develop new ones.
One of the most important foundational beliefs of our Project is that teachers improve their knowledge of teaching writing by writing themselves. Another is that the best way to improve our own teaching is through sharing what works with other effective teachers. We welcome your inquiries, and look forward to writing, learning and teaching with you.
The Long Island Writing Project at SUNY Nassau Community College is an approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) pursuant to Section 80-6 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, New York State Education Department (NYSED).
Email: Darshna.Katwala@ncc.edu
Website: http://longislandwritingproject.weebly.com/
Location: Nassau Community College, Education Drive, Garden City, NY, United States
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