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Friday morning in Atlanta, Georgia. I can't tell you what the weather is like because I haven't been outside yet today. No, I am not a slacker lying in bed and watching movies. It's just typical convention habits, running from workshop to another, living in hotel conventionland, forgetting entirely, or almost entirely, about the wonderful city beckoning from outside. Tomorrow I will spend some time exploring the rich cultural heritage of this very important place.
Today it is giving and attending workshops with other Writing Project folks from across the country who have gathered here for the National Writing Project's annual meeting and the National Council of Teachers of English Teachers Convention.
This morning Caorl Tateishi and I conducted a workshop entitled Keep the Home Fires Burning about the site based teacher research model for urban schools that BAWP has been "growing" over the last few years.This afternoon, Pirette McKamey and Lynn Scott will talk about their work with the Teacher Research Collaborative, a national network of teachers working on developing leadership for teacher inquiry with equity at its center. We all know how whenever we do a workshop, we realize both how much we have learned and what new stuff we want to discover. And, when we are far from home, we can most appreciate the tremendous resources and riches of our own contexts.
This is just a little hello. We will have a fuller report back with everyone either on line or in person after we return.
Peace,
Marty
Posted by marty williams on 12/2/02; 9:45:23 AM
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