Welcome! This site is for teachers, librarians,
parents, and students interested in publishing students’ writing.
For more than twenty years, I have been working with students helping
them publish their writing in and out of the classroom. This site,
when up and running, will contain writing by students and advice by
teachers and professionals about publishing students’ work.
Also, I will include stories, advice,
photos, and information about trekking, one of my passions. It’s
important for teachers to reenergize themselves to continue publishing
year after year, and trekking is my way of recharging.
Happy publishing,
Chris Weber
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What’s New this week of
December 8, 2004:
 It's
Your World—If You Don't Like It, Change It: Activism for
Teenagers by Mikki Halpern
Give your students a chance to make a difference in the world.
Loan them a copy of this incredible, practical book, which is
a treasure trove of straight forward suggestions and activities
for our student activists. I love Mikki’s voice that connects
so soundly with our future citizens. Our students care about
major issues in the world today ranging from racism to war and
much more. Chapters in this book address the issues that teenagers
are concerned about and show them how to get involved. For example,
the chapter titled “Ending War,”describes how to be
a at-home activist, interview a war veteran, organize a teach-in
at your school, start a faith-based peace coalition, and go
to a big protest. This chapter includes a student’s powerful
account of her protest against the Iraq war and a list of resources:
web sites and books. It’s a book that will appeal to students
and help move them to immediate action. Make
a difference for your students and buy this student activist
handbook for them.
Mikki has kindly agreed to contribute
a chapter about student activism to my next book titled Bringing
Light into the Darkness: A Guide to Teaching Peace, Empathy,
and Understanding. I cannot thank Mikki enough.
Guest Appearances:
“Moving Out of the Comfort Zone”
by Kathi Appelt.
Find all the information you need to know
about r•w•t™
junior, the free online publishing program that helps students
learn more about writing skills and standards, the publishing
world, the Internet, and more.
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Your Site, Too
This site is yours, too, so please e-mail
me:
• Your input and feedback.
• Suggestions.
• Questions
• Information, anecdotes, ideas, reflections, and so on
pertaining to each and every webpage.
I will try to incorporate your ideas wherever and whenever possible
and post your writing as much as I can in Teachers’
Idea Exchange).
Together we will make this an incredible site filled with practical
information, which teachers can take back and use in their classrooms.
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Last
Updated: December 5, 2004
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Jim Stahl, founder of Merlyn’s
Pen notes “Your website is a hugely valuable service,
and the research you have gathered on the effects of student
publishing will help all of us in the field of teen writing
and literacy.”
Vermont
Community Works states, “Publishing with Students
is a wonderful site for teachers, parents, librarians, and students
interested in publishing students’ writing. Created by
veteran teacher Chris Weber, the site includes: practical advice
and tips on writing and publishing students’ writing; research
that describes the benefits of publishing students’ writing;
links to Web sites that focus on student writing and publishing;
and more.”
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In the near future,
www.publishingstudents.com will contain the following:
• Treasures anthologies.
• A monthly newsletter that gives
you practical advice and tips on writing and publishing students’
writing.
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Guidelines, advice, and student samples for our latest international
student publication project.
• Information
about staff workshops and school visits that Chris Weber gives.
• Books
on student publishing and writing.
• Stories,
advice, photos, and information about trekking. I enjoy trekking with
others. Maybe one day, you and I will be trekking above the clouds
in the Himalayas or the Andes Mountains.
| Thank
you for your patience. |
This site
is under constant polishing and redesigning as I hone my skills.
For other novices, I just began learning how to create websites
a few weeks ago. A huge thank you to Richard Barrow of Thai
Students Online for all of his incredible assistance and
expertise.
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“Publication
is important for all children. It is not the privilege of the classroom
elite, the future literary scholars. Rather, it is an important mode
of literary enfranchisement for each child in the classroom.”