

Writers at Work: Making and Connected Learning
In July 2013, the National Writing Project hosted a series of webinars and twitter chats at Connected Learning TV called Writers at Work.
In that series, we tapped into a variety of ways that Connected Learning principles provide a powerful framework for innovating practice in and across a range of learning environments and are being explored and embodied in schools, after-school programs, and informal learning situations.
Writing as Making/Making as Writing When we think of the current Maker Movement, we often picture robotics, crafts, or digital fabrication. What happens when we push ourselves to think about writing, media-making, and the arts too?
What Does “Interest-Driven” Look Like? How can educators—in school and out—support youth to pursue and document the ideas that matter to them, while simultaneously helping them to use a critical lens?
Learning Pathways What do learning pathways look like as young people move across learning contexts in pursuit of their interests in school, at home, in libraries, community centers and online?
From Expression to Impact: Youth Civic Engagement Enacted How are educators fostering civic engagement in Connected Learning environments? How are principles of youth organizing adapting to the new literacies of connected learning?
We invite you to continue to participate in these conversations and have uploaded the webinar archives to a “video dialogue” tool called Vialogues to support you in doing so.
Writing as Making/Making as Writing
When we think of the current Maker Movement, we often picture robotics, crafts, or digital fabrication. What happens when we push ourselves to think about writing, media-making, and the arts too?
Below is an interactive version of the webinar (thanks to Vialogues), which allows you to add your own comments to the conversation. Feel free to jump in here and/or browse the various related resources below.
Note: Play the video in the browser below and/or click on “Discuss in Vialogues” to add comments directly.
List of Hangout Participants
- Elyse Eidman-Aadahl – National Writing Project
- Nichole Pinkard – Digital Youth Network
- Bud Hunt – Colorado State University Writing Project
- Andrew Sliwinski – DIY.org
- Jeff Brazil (Moderator/Host) – Digital Media and Learning Research Hub
What Does “Interest-Driven” Look Like?
How can educators—in school and out—support youth to pursue and document the ideas that matter to them, while simultaneously helping them to use a critical lens?
Below is an interactive version of the webinar (thanks to Vialogues), which allows you to add your own comments to the conversation. Feel free to jump in here and/or browse the various related resources below.
Note: Play the video in the browser below and/or click on “Discuss in Vialogues” to add comments directly.
List of Hangout Participants
- Paul Allison – New York City Writing Project
- Mimi Ito – Digital Media and Learning Research Hub
- Nicole Mirra – UCLA Writing Project
- Stephanie West-Puckett – Tar River Writing Project
- Paul Oh (Moderator/Host) – National Writing Project
Learning Pathways
What do learning pathways look like as young people move across learning contexts in pursuit of their interests in school, at home, in libraries, community centers, and online?
Below is an interactive version of the webinar (thanks to Vialogues), which allows you to add your own comments to the conversation. Feel free to jump in here and/or browse the various related resources below.
Note: Play the video in the browser below and/or click on “Discuss in Vialogues” to add comments directly.
List of Hangout Participants
- Kris Gutierrez – University of Colorado at Boulder
- Anna Smith – New York University
- Paul Allison – New York City Writing Project/YouthVoices.net
- Vanessa Gennarelli – Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU)
- Elyse Eidman-Aadahl (Moderator/Host) – National Writing Project
From Expression to Impact: Youth Civic Engagement Enacted
How are educators fostering civic engagement in connected learning environments? How are principles of youth organizing adapting to the new literacies of connected learning?
Below is an interactive version of the webinar (thanks to Vialogues), which allows you to add your own comments to the conversation. Feel free to jump in here and/or browse the various related resources below.
Note: Play the video in the browser below and/or click on “Discuss in Vialogues” to add comments directly.
List of Hangout Participants
- Ellen Middaugh – Civic Engagement Research Group at Mills College
- Jo Paraiso – Oakland Unified School District
- Nicole Mirra – UCLA Writing Project
- Cindy O’Donnell-Allen – Colorado State University Writing Project
- Antero Garcia (Moderator/Host) – Colorado State University Writing Project