Indiana Writing Project

RESOURCES

Resources

Organizations

• National Writing Project
  This site explains the background of the National Writing Project and its connection to local writing projects. It is an excellent source for teachers' reflections on their institutes, their reseach, creative writing, and students' writing. This site also links to other project sites and participants. In addition, the site has general links to English teacher resources, especially links relating to technology in the classroom.
  
• NWP-Indiana Network
  This site provides links to all Indiana Writing Project sites.
  
• National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE)
  This site provides resources for elementary, secondary, and college teachers through classroom ideas, book excerpts and magazine articles. In addition, it describes the branches and services of the organization and their positions on issues related to the teaching of English.  NCTE also has helpful information on Literacy Coaching.
• International Reading Association
  This site explains the organization and describes some of its efforts advocating literacy.
• Ball State's English Department
  This site contains links and reviews for many scholarly and general interest sites. In addition, it explains the departments' courses and programs and lists its faculty

Literature

• Once Upon a Time: A Children's Literature Web Site
  This is an excellent collection of links to children's writers, poets, and illustrators. It also features links generally interesting to English educators. This site is maintained by Dr. Van Camp, an English Education professor at Ball State.
• Indiana Author's Project
  A comprehensive list of Hoosier authors complete with a bibliography and biography for each compiled by IWP for NCTE