National Day on Writing

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For more information contact:
Linda Best, lbest@kean.edu, 908-737-0377


Announcing "Mapping the Frontiers of Writing"
A Local Partner Gallery in the National Gallery of Writing
The Kean University Writing Project


Students, faculty, and staff of Kean University will join thousands of writers throughout the nation to display their compositions in "Mapping the Frontiers of Writing" a Local Partner Gallery in the National Gallery of Writing (http://www.galleryofwriting.org), hosted by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).

Their compositions will be unveiled with the opening of the Gallery on October 20, 2009, the National Day on Writing.


Gallery curators, Dr. Charles Nelson and Miss Erica Holan, invite and encourage submissions to the Kean University Writing Project’s Gallery site (http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/204380). In celebration of the National Day on Writing, the KUWP will be hosting a writing fête at Liberty Hall, located directly across from Kean’s main campus. Additionally, there will be two satellite sites in the Center for Academic Success on the main campus that will incorporate writing in the technologies and spontaneous writings via a writing wall. This event is sponsored by the Departments of English, Education, and Communications; Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Tenure Track Faculty Network, and the Center for Professional Development.

 

As a Local Partner Gallery in the National Gallery of Writing, "Mapping the Frontiers of Writing" will join NCTE (http://www.ncte.org) in celebrating composition in all its forms and demonstrating how integral writing has become to daily life in the 21st century.


All sorts of writers—students, teachers, parents, grandparents, service and industrial workers, managers, business owners, legislators, retirees, and many more—and all forms of composition from kindergarten picture messages to YouTube videos to short stories, emails, journal entries and more will be featured in the National Gallery of Writing (http://www.galleryofwriting.org).


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The National Council of Teachers of English, with 50,000 individual and institutional members worldwide, is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.  For more information, please visit http://www.ncte.org.



Invitation to Participate in "Mapping the Frontiers of Writing"
The Gallery of the Kean University Writing Project


You are invited to participate in the National Day on Writing on October 20, 2009!


"Mapping the Frontiers of Writing ", we're collecting writings of all styles, genres, and subjects—stories, poems, recipes, emails, blogs, even audio, video, and artwork — for an online Gallery. On October 20, National Gallery of Writing, including this gallery, will open to the world.


You can be a part of it! Whether you're a parent, a business owner, a retiree, a carpenter, we invite you to pick a piece of writing that matters to you and contribute it to the "Mapping the Frontiers of Writing " Gallery at http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/204380


For those having trouble getting started, NCTE has created Tips for Writers. For the curious, some sample writings are available. For those needing inspiration, popular authors and celebrities, such as Sarah McCoy who tells us "a day without writing is like a day without food, " talk about writing. 


Established by NCTE, the National Gallery and the National Day

  • highlight the remarkable variety of writing we engage in today;
  • provide a collection for research on whether writing today has risen to new highs or sunk to new lows; and 
  • help us help others to write.

EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT LIBERTY HALL 


9:30-10:45am – Visitor’s Center 
Writing a Beginning Philosophy of Education  
Using the SPECTRUM Model as the framework and the COE Assessment Rubric for the Philosophy Statement as a guide.  
Presenter: Dr. Diane Bloom  
Sponsored by the College of Education 

11:00-12:15pm – Visitor’s Center  
Writing for Publication  
Developing ideas for research, following a typical Research Publication Template and seeking appropriate journals for publication.   
Presenter: Dr. Susan Polirstok  
Sponsored by the College of Education 

11:00-12:15pm – Carriage House  
Poetry Writing Workshop  
Come join poet Lisa Sisler, MFA- New England College, for an interactive Poetry Writing Workshop. Students will practice a variety of poetic styles through a series of writing exercises and leave with several poem drafts. Optional sharing if time permits. All skill levels welcome.

12:30-1:45pm – Visitor’s Center  
Student Writing Room  
Quiet space for students to write without distraction – Feel free to head over to open mic with any creative pieces you develop during this time!!!

1:00-3:30pm – Carriage House  
Open Mic  
All students, faculty, and staff are invited to read their work or pieces of writing that have inspired them, though preference is for the first.    
Sponsored by the College Composition Program

3:30-4:30pm – Visitor's Center  
Author Spotlight  
Critically acclaimed author Jayanti Tamm will be reading and presenting on her memoir "Cartwheels in a Sari"  
Sponsored by the English Department


EVENTS TAKING PLACE ON THE MAIN CAMPUS


9:30-5pm – 1st Floor CAS WINDOWS   
Writing Wall  
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to write a short message, signature, etc, on the chart paper lining the windows of the CAS, in celebration of writing in the most freeing of formats.


12:00-1:00pm – CAS 404
For Writing Out Loud:  Convergence in Current Media & Film Writing, including a look at Script Writing, Radio Copy, Broadcast News, Blogs, Podcasts, Digital Stories, Portfolios, and more
Presented by Dr.Kristine Mirrer, Professor Brian Oakes, Dr. Cathleen Londino, and Dr. Scott McHugh
All are invited to participate in this interactive workshop.
Sponsored by the Department of Media and Film 

 

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