Based on the insight that "places are everywhere," this NWP Radio show explores how educators are using place to support students in having authentic opportunities to learn, grow, and connect. Join this team of teacher-editors and -authors from Place-Based Writing in Action: Opportunities for Authentic Writing in the World Beyond the Classroomto explore what is possible when you tap into this "everywhere resource" to support writing in elementary through preservice classrooms.
Originally published on July 30, 2024
Amanda Montgomery, Editor and “Making Connections to the Past: Using Place-based Writing to Bring History to Life”
Robert Montgomery, Editor and “Introduction to Place-Based Writing” (with Amanda) and “Touring the Place You Know Best: Virtual Tours as. Way to Teach Narrative, Argument, and Research Writing”
Cathie English, “Writing the Ecology of the Ozarks”
Clarice Moran, “In the Metaverse: Using VR as a Site for Place-based Writing”
Jeff Hudson, “The Sustainable Resource Project: Writing Towards Agency”
Rich Novack, “Mapping through Justice, through Padlet, and through the World”
This episode features Rob Cameron, a teacher, linguist, and writer who organizes the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers and founded the Constellations Mentorship program for the Octavia Project. Rob is interviewed by Max Limric, a pre-service elementary teacher who became interested in the power of children's and young adult literature, having grown up with speculative stories like Harry Potter and The NeverEnding Story.
Ellen Oh is an award-winning author of numerous middle grade and young adult books including The Spirit Hunters series and Prophecy trilogy, and is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books. Melissa Thom is a teacher librarian at Bristow Middle School in Connecticut with 22 years of educational experience and former president of the Connecticut Association of School Librarians.