ITW Fall Conference Highlights

"This is like a transfusion.  I'm getting a professional transfusion."--TC, Mary McGann

"It's okay to play."  Keynote speakers Beth Berghoff and Lawrence Baines encourage ITW teachers to meet young writers in the spirit of play, rather than the spirit of work. See clips of the speeches.

After the speech, TC Kevin McNulty interviewed Beth Berghoff.  See the whole interview.   

The Indiana State Senate has recognized ITW for its leadership in the instruction of writing across the state.  Linda Hanson, Indiana site Coordinator, reads the commendation. Watch the video.

ITW News and Announcements

Check out the Michiana Writers Center headed by ITW teacher, Kathy Higgs Couthard.  She and other ITW consultants like Erica Vitale Mary Anne Moore are offering adult writing classes to the northern Indiana region. Read on.

Penn High School teacher and ITW Co-director, Mary Nicolini, has been named one of 25 National Teachers of Excellence by the Secondary Section of the National Council of Teachers of English. Congratulations, Mary!

ITW participant and Indy-based record label owner, Mark Latta, has a new and interesting project underway.  Read more.

IPS teacher & ITW Teacher-Consultant, Nikia Garland and her classes are publishing letters to the 2008 presidential candidates.  Watch the video here. 

ITW North on the University of Notre Dame was featured in the South Bend Tribune.  Read the article.

Resources (Coming Soon: Blogs)

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Items of Interest

Saturday, October 25th., Cynthia Furlong Reynolds will speak in South Bend on the topic of getting your writing noticed by publishers and agents.  Get more details.

9 September, Hortense Spillers, Professor of English at Vanderbilt University will be speaking at McKenna Hall on the University of Notre Dame. Her talk will examine the cultural complexities of the African Diaspora. Read more.

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