Keynote speaker Harvey Daniels will focus on best practices in teaching and learning with an emphasis on writing. He will demonstrate practical strategies for all grade levels and discuss what literacy education means in today’s classrooms. He will then lead separate breakout sessions throughout the day for elementary, middle, and high school/college strands.
Daniels’ work includes A Community of Writers, RethinkingHigh Schools, Subjects, Mini-lessons for Literature Circles, Best Practices, Content-Area Writing and his most recent, Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action.
Concurrent sessions will run opposite these sessions featuring grade-level presentations from many of Appleseed’s teacher consultants who will address a variety of best practices for twenty-first century literacy. The Appleseed Writing Project will offer breakout sessions that address issues of literacy, including the use of technology in the writing classroom, diversity, addressing ELL, and using writing to learn. The program will feature strands in primary/elementary, junior high/ middle school, high school, and college/university. Presentations will connect theory to classroom practice and community, including audience interaction and model collaboration among different subject and grade levels.

No refunds will be given after Wednesday, September 23, 2009.
Pre-registration is highly recommended as Appleseed cannot guarantee food or conference materials for those registering the day of the conference.
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Sept. 26; Saturday, 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Full-time educators........................... $75
Part-time educators.......................... $35
Conference presenters...................... $35
Pre-service teachers/students........... $20
Continental breakfast and lunch provided.
The conference is sponsored by the IPFW Appleseed Writing Project (a collaboration between the Department of English and Linguistics and the School of Education) and the Division of Continuing Studies.
To register:
Click here. https://learn.ipfw.edu/ShowSchedule.awp?~~GROUP~.AWP~Appleseed+Writing+Project
Please indicate your home school. If you would like to have an invoice sent to your school for payment, please call Continuing Studies at 260-481-6619.
Contact Karol Dehr at 260-481-6074 or dehr@ipfw.edu for more information.