Welcome to WordPlay, the newsletter of the UCI Writing Project. I hope that you will enjoy our latest issue, and that you may perhaps be inspired to contribute to future issues. Our goals are to provide information that may be useful and informative to our Writing Project community, as well as to maintain that community by providing a space in which we may connect through writing.
Here are some highlights from our latest issue. To read more, click on the link to the February 2023 Newsletter below.
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From the Editor
Dear Writing Project Friends, Welcome to the February edition of WordPlay, the newsletter of the UCI Writing Project. I trust that you all had a welcome Winter Break, and that you are finding the energy and inspiration you need for the remainder of the school year. Spring is around the corner, and soon the hillsides, green from the recent rains, will be bursting into a riot of color with the arrival of poppy season. I hope that you may also find inspiration in this edition of WordPlay. Our Director, Michael Hebert, presents us with a list of ways in which we can all contribute to making our community even stronger and more vibrant. Please consider getting involved in one or more of the opportunities he describes… You may send submissions to mrsharrington@gmail.com, and I look forward to hearing from you. From the Director Dear UCI Writing Project Community, In a seemingly quiet part of the year for the WP, things are bustling behind the scenes. We’re planning amazing programming, and we’d love to get you involved. Here are some ways you can help: Nominate Teachers for our Summer Institute Do you have colleagues who would make great WP fellows? Nominate them! This year’s theme is “Adventures in Teaching.” We’d especially like to recruit some elementary and special education teachers. Teachers will be paid a $2,000 stipend. Teach in our Summer Youth Program We’re planning great Virtual and In-person Programs, with sites in Irvine, Tustin, and Aliso Viejo. We pay $1,425 for 3 weeks (30 teaching hours) and you can teach in more than one. We already have 34 applications. Secure your spot now! Open the newsletter to read about more opportunities to get involved |
Spotlight on a Classroom
Teaching Thinking by Cale Kavanaugh
I admit it, upon occasion I indulge in the mind-dulling brain sugar that is short form digital content. It usually starts with my wife showing me a funny dog video and then somehow after twenty minutes pass, we’ve mindlessly laughed at dozens of short video clips that illusively blur together. For many of my students, this is how they pass the time when they have a few minutes–or hours–to kill. Among raising societal concerns greater than the scope of this piece, mindless digital consumption has dialed up the need for educators to equip students in the process of thinking rather than simply being dopamine-dragged through algorithmically curated content…
Read the rest of this article in the February '23 Newsletter.
Read the rest of this article in the February '23 Newsletter.