What Counts as Writing?During a mini-conference in 2019, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope addressed why communication and writing skills are more important than ever, how communication modalities have shifted enormously, and what the implications of these shifts are for students and our disciplines. 

This event was a joint effort from: UNH, C-WRET IWG, UNH University Writing Program, the NH Literacy Institutes, and the Community Literacy Center (CLC). 

 

 

How Can Multiliteracies Work for Teachers and Teaching?In this event, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis explored contempory literacies, highlighting the range of modes used in today's communications environment - written, oral, visual, tactile, and spatial. Also lead by Shawna Coppola, they considered how teachers can help students navigate reading and writing when identities, audiences, and writing contexts vary so greatly. The presentation engaged discussions of digital reading/writing in general terms and the practical experience of teaching in today's English language arts classrooms. 

This event was a joint effort from: UNH, C-WRET IWG, UNH University Writing Program, the NH Literacy Institutes, and the Community Literacy Center (CLC). 

 

National Day on Writing PartyWriting is an important part of life. It helps us communicate and work with each other, supports our learning, and helps us remember.

The National Day on Writing® celebrates writing—and the many places, reasons, and ways we write each day—as an essential component of literacy. Since 2009, #WhyIWrite has encouraged thousands of people to lift their voices to the things that matter most to them.

The 2019 National Day on Writing Party event was a joint effort from: UNH, C-WRET IWG, UNH University Writing Program, the NH Literacy Institutes, and the Community Literacy Center (CLC).