Free Webinar ‘Exploring Writing Across the Content Areas’

Dede Dodds and Dona Herweck Rice are having a free webinar on ‘Exploring Writing Across the Content Areas’.

According to Dede and Dona, this webinar will teach strategies to engage and motivate students in content-area-materials by infusing writing into your existing curriculum.

As per Dede and Dona, “What you'll learn:
-Strategies to engage and motivate students in content-area materials by infusing writing into your existing curriculum
-How to create authentic writing tasks to develop higher-level thinking and improve comprehension
-Understanding and using rubrics to keep expectations reasonable, challenging, and clear
-Teaching students to recognize and use various forms of writing as a communicative tool
-Adding “Writing to Learn” activities to your instruction
-Bonus! FREE extensive handouts to take back to your classroom and immediately implement”.

Webinar Details:
Key Persons: Dede Dodds and Dona Herweck Rice

Webinar Topic: Exploring Writing Across the Content Areas

Date and Time: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1.00 P.M. – 2.00 P.M. PST.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3.00 P.M. – 4.00 P.M. PST.

Register at: http://www.shelleducation.com/webinar-registration.php?publisher=tcm&name=exploring-writing