Digital Composing & the Common Core:

Using Pop Culture to Nurture Diverse Voices

How many times have you wondered just how influential popular culture is in the lives of your students? This Western Massachusetts Writing Project Technology Event will examine elements from popular culture as a means for connecting learning with the new Massachusetts/Common Core Framework. The focus will be on Anchor Standards for use of digital media in writing and in reading. Participants will explore cultural influences in meaningful ways and through various rhetorical lenses. Participants will also do hands-on work with technology to create examples of how to use pop culture for composition in the classroom.
To register for the event, visit the WMWP Website at

http://www.umass.edu/wmwp/
Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012 Time: 9 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Place: West Springfield Middle School
31 Middle School Dr. West Springfield, MA 01089 Cost: $35.00 PDPs: 3
This event is sponsored in conjunction with the national Digital Learning Day, which is designed to celebrate teaching practices that effectively use technology to advance the teaching profession and strengthen the teacher and student interface. More information about Digital Learning Day can be found at http://www.digitallearningday.org/ The National Writing Project is a sponsor of the Digital Learning Day initiative.

Featuring a keynote address by staff and students with the Amherst-based Video Vanguard after-school program that works on student-produced video projects.

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Please return this form and the $35 fee for the conference to:
Western Massachusetts Writing Project 258 Bartlett Hall University of Massachusetts 130 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9269 OR REGISTER AND PAY ONLINE! INFORMATION AT: http://www.umass.edu/wmwp/registration.html