Site+Direction

We have a position in DRWP that is coming open - Tech Liaison. The person in this position is responsible for the website and leading/contributing to the leadership of technology at the site. At this point we are interesting in continuing and building on the work of the tech study group into next year and maybe do something over the summer with some sort of advanced institute. There may be other things that come up; the position is not well defined. The stipend for the position is $2000 a year. We would be honored if you would consider the position given your strength and depth of experience with technology. Let me know if you would like to talk more about the position. Give me a call at the office tomorrow 831-0722 or on my cell 354-1452. I look forward to hearing from you! The position does begin in the spring, but is EXTREMELY flexible. We would like to do an advanced institute over the summer for TC's in writing and technology (no more than 6-8 days). We are hoping that our tech liaison would take the lead with support from Christine and me. Other responsibilities include attending the Festival of Words (which you already are doing this year), the NWP Annual Meeting in November 2010 (DWP would pay for your travel), helping, if needed, with the summer digital story camp, maintaining the website, and other little projects and workshops as asked. The work is very flexible. We hope that you'll say YES! You'll do a great job! Dawn and I brainstormed some ideas for the Technology Initiative yesterday and we wanted to share them with you. The application is due February 1 ( [|http:www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/448] ). We thought you could take last year's application that Abby and Tricia wrote and basically use it and integrate the new ideas (plus any ideas that the two of you have.)

1. What roles(s) does each of you play at your writing project site? Describe each team member's role separately. How long has each of you been in the leadership position you hold and what are your responsibilities? 2. What is your sites' vision for its Web presence? 3. What elements are in place at your site that will support the development of the strategic plan your team creates for a Web presence? Do you think you two can get this written and submitted by Monday? We hope so! The letter of support from Carol isn't due until February 12. Good luck! My cell phone is 584-6313 if you need to call me over the weekend. Chris
 * Abby is our "new" Technology Liaison -- you can talk about that and the mini-institute you'd like to do
 * Jenna is instructing our Digital Story Summer Camp for students in grades 4-8 -- you can talk about that
 * Both of you can describe the work you do as part of the Technology study group and any ideas you have from your work in your classroom or in your district
 * Mention the economy -- developing the web presence is a less expensive way to get TCs together
 * We want our TCs to be more social, so we thought developing a facebook page and doing some social networking (family pictures, special events, etc.)
 * Add a link to our website that goes to the facebook page
 * A facebook page would increase the continuity of our site
 * We can upload powerpoints from our Tech Study Group to share on our website
 * We thought of adding a digital story link with a tutorial for teachers to learn how to create/use digital stories and also include samples from the summer camp
 * Add links to our website (or facebook page) for free downloads e.g. photostory, free music (pandora), free photos
 * Add a link for a "spoken word" site and sites where authors read their writing and talk about their writing process
 * We have a website ( [|www.drwp.udel.edu] ) and a webmaster (Chris McBride at the ERC)
 * We have a core group of tech people from the study group who are learning and experimenting with technology and writing

We had talked a while ago about a summer mini-institute on writing and technology. That has slipped through the cracks at this point. Instead, there has been interest among the current study group participants to continue the group into next year. So, as part of the tech liaison position, we wanted you to facilitate another writing and technology study group during the 2010-2011 school year. Chris and I are thinking about a similar format - upstate and downstate groups. Each group will meet 4 times with discussion in between on Class Chatter or whatever blog site you want. Then in May there would be a project conference where everyone shares what he/she did. We would not piggyback on the Festival of Words again. We have funding for $450 stipends for 10 TC's.    The book-study format worked well, but if you have other ideas, that would be OK as well. Let us know what you think!