Summary: In partnership with the Oakland School District, the Oakland (MI) Writing Project developed and hosted an online webinar series focused on revision. Links to all of the webinars, resources, and related readings for the 2015-16 series (Revision: the Heart of Writing) and 2014-15 (Reading and Writing in Digital Spaces) are available here. The strong line-up of presentations gives a deep look into both revision and digital literacy. Individual webinars could be great additions to professional development sessions that have a revision or digital literacy component. Additional workshops and webinars are also posted on this site.
2015-16 Webinar Series—Revision: The Heart of Writing
Dr. Jennifer Fletcher
Revising Rhetorically: Re-seeing Writing through the Lens of Audience, Purpose, and Context
Recommended Reading: Teaching Arguments: Rhetorical Comprehension, Critique, & Response
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Georgia Heard
The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques that Work
Recommended Reading: The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques that Work
Recording and Resources
Marc Aronson
Revising Nonfiction: Dowsing for Depth
Recommended Reading: Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Dr. Troy Hicks
Revising Digital Writing
Recommended Reading: Crafting Digital Writing: Composing Texts Across Media & Genres
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Dr. Nell Duke
Not Like Pulling Teeth: Revision in a Project-Based Context
Recommended Reading: Inside Information: Developing Powerful Readers and Writers of Informational Text Through Project-Based Instruction
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Penny Kittle
Revision: the Heart of Writing
Recommended Reading: Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing
Recording and Resources
Dr. Constance Weaver
Revising Sentences by Adding “Juicy Details”
Recommended Reading: Grammar to Enrich and Enhance Writing
Recording and Resources
2016-17 Webinar Series—Word Study, Vocabulary & Grammar: the Toughest Nuts to Crack
Dr. Tim Shanahan
Complex Texts, Complex Sentences: Grammar and Comprehension in the Time of Common Core
Recording and Slides
Dr. Laura Tortorelli
Words in the World: Transferring Word Study to Everyday Reading and Writing
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Dr. Jonathan Bush
Grammar in Theory; Grammar in Practice: Language Use in Culture, Society, and Our Classrooms
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Dr. Laura Tortorelli
Cracking the Code of Early Literacy: What Is Phonemic Awareness and Why Does it Matter?
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Dr. Troy Hicks and Jeremy Hyler
From Texting to Teaching: Teaching Grammar Beyond the Screen
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Dr. Margaret McKeown
Cracking the Vocabulary Nut Requires Rich, Interactive Instruction
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Dr. Dianna Townsend
Who Is Using the Vocabulary?: Engaging Students in Active Practice with New and Important Words
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Sarah Brown Wessling
Organically Integrating Vocabulary into the Secondary Classroom
Recording, Resources, and Slides
Related Resources
- Subversive Acts of Revision: Writing and Justice
- No Longer a Luxury: Digital Literacy Can’t Wait
- Professional Development in the Digital Age: A Virtual Conference on Digital Literacy
Original Source: Oakland Schools Literacy, http://www.oaklandschoolsliteracy.org/professional-learning/virtual-professional-learning/literacy-webinar-series/