YWP February Hello!

We've had a busy start to the new year and are looking forward to Vermont Writes Day on February 7, 2012.  Have fun with that.  All the specifics are under YWP Announcements on the upper left of the ywp digital classroom. 

Please help us out in the next few weeks by having your students complete the winter survey and winter prompt.  This will provide valuable information about student writing and about their use of the sites.  More information is also at YWP Announcements.

TEACHERS,

Young Writers Project has been excited to be working with you this year. This is a reminder of what the sites have to offer.  Consult your teacher coaches for any questions and concerns: Darcie Jensvold Abbene, Nick Brooks, Cindy Faughnan and Kathy Folley.

• Teachers can now grade individual posts and comments.
• Teachers can leave private 'annotations' on student posts that only the student author can see.
• Images can be placed inside the text of a post.
• A new editor, spell checker and a few other changes make the site move more quickly.
• The Direct Record option is now available. 

STUDENTS,

While this is a 'school' project, we hope you will use this space to share your ideas, creativity and work. As with all YWP projects -- and your school -- there is one primary rule: be civil and respectful. You are also encouraged to participate in youngwritersproject.org or respond to the prompts on that site for potential publication in newspapers around the state or on Vermont Public Radio.  Send us that thought-provoking writing and art!

-- Geoffrey Gevalt, YWP Director, 802-324-9537