Dakota Writing Project

Seventeen South Dakota educators signed up to participate in the DWP Study Group, a collaborative effort between the Dakota Writing Project and the ESA (Education Service Agency) 2. Leading this work are DWP teacher-consultants Cindy Nelson (Hayward Elementary), Sylvia Kroger (Harrisburg High School), and Anne Moege (Mitchell Middle School).

Teachers from the Sioux Falls School District and other schools in the ESA 2 region attend face-to-face sessions on Saturdays once a month, with follow-up activities online in Google.Docs, Tapped In, and Ning. Together, the participants explore issues related to writing, under a 21st-century-skills umbrella, such as  constructing an online identity; looking at student work; conferring with students about writing (revising, editing, and response); connecting writing and reading; writing to understand content; and digital storytelling.