TECH MATTERS 2006 - RECAP

What a great time we are having at TM06. Alot has been learned and just seeing this posted with pictures and a podcast should tell you just how much has been accomplished this week.

SHOUT OUT to Jason, David, and Brett...and my new friend Luis. Luis, could you stop laughing!:)

Jared's Podcast

Hello Teacher Consultants.

We have finally finished a portion of our website. The address is www.lsuwritingproject.org. Please come by and check out what we are working on. The Teacher Consultant tab will soon have current issues of the newsletter as well a calendar of upcoming events. I am also working on a section where writing can be submitted. for now, please submit your writing for others here at the BLOG.

Thanks,

Your technology team

Some pictures from this weekends Katrina inspired mini-Writing Marathon

Hello teacher consultants. Many of us gathered on September 17 at 9am on the 4th floor of the Shaw Center in downtown New Orleans. We met to hold a mini-writing marathon and write about the impact that hurricane Katrina has had on our community and life. We had a great time visiting and catching up with people we haven't seen since Summer Institute. We missed all who were not able to attend. Laura Jones, aka Emerson, planned a wonderful event which included a folder with writing prompts and area attractions for us to visit. Dr. Willis gave us a word of the day to start off the writing. The word was "querencia." You all will remember that as being the title of our Summer Anthology--yes it will be printed shortly and delivered to you! Querencia meant a feeling or place of home. We shared some great writings and had a spirited conversation on Katrina and the aftershocks of this historic catastrophe. After this, we split up and did some writing from the prompts that Laura had given us. We met together at noon at Poor Boy Lloyds for lunch. We had a great dinner and Shana met her next husband who was waiting on our table (Kidding)! A good time was had by all.

Latest News and Events

Just to update this blog and share some news with those of you who check in, the writing group Angeles de Ernesto met this Saturday for our first gathering and sharing since summer institute. You can read about it by clicking the link over in the links section titled "Jared's Angels Writing Group." I also wanted to give a friendly reminder that surveys will be coming to you soon. Please complete them and return them to me as soon as possible. I hope everyone has a great start to the school year. If one of you would be so kind as to be the first to post some writing here, I will be forever in your debt.

Welcome: LSU Writing Project Teacher Consultants!

This is a new site or "blog" dedicated to the writing of Teacher Consultants from the Louisiana State University Writing Project. We will be inviting the current group of 2005 Summer Institute Participants who have just graduated to Teacher Consultant status to post their writings here. We would like to include all Teacher Consultants from LSUWP as well. If you are a Teacher Consultant and would like to be a contributor to this blog, please email me at jwall3@lsu.edu and I will send you the necessary information to make it happen.

We look forward to any and all writings done by Teacher Consultants. Once posted, there will be links for posting responses to the writing. Please be respectful and constructive at all times.