FableVision Educational

Inspiring Writing with Young Children

Workshop Description	Children naturally love to write, create, and ‘make stuff’. Learn how to create a writing workshop in your classroom. Well thought out writing workshops that include mini lessons, independent writing time, sharing opportunities, and the right tools of the trade encourage students to use writing as a one of the most wonderful and powerful ways of communicating. Be part of an actual writing workshop and use a variety of tools, books, and resources that support the writing workshop concept. We will also introduce you to FableVision’s Stationery Studio®, an easy-to-use software program that lets students and teachers customize and print motivational writing paper for stories, letters, reports, shape books, mini-books, and countless other creative projects.
Designed for:	Classroom teachers preK-5, reading/language arts teachers, library/media staff, pre-service teachers and educators.
Duration	Six hours, includes an hour for lunch.
Educators will...	Investigate the elements of a strong writing program and a rich writing environment:: what does it look, feel, and sound like? Explore the components of the writing process: setting, writing tools, prompts, index cards, rubrics, free writing, peer editing, teaching editing, time for reflection, writing across the curriculum. Learn how to use Stationery Studio and start using your own copy today! Shapes and Borders organized by themes Line styles: no lines, three styles of lines, primary lines, standard lines Line width and line color Layouts: whole page, top of page, bottom of page, columns, business letter, friendly letter, envelope How to enter text, change font size, align text, and change color. How to choose a variety of stationery, and explore print options. Explore a variety of classroom activities and sample projects. Import digital pictures or images from the Internet Create projects from the Photo Gallery Learn about other resouces.
Correlates to:
National Educational Technology Standards for Students	Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity. Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity. Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works. Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.
National Standard, List the major standards:	Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts. Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and non-print texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).
Workshop Strands	This workshop will be divided into three strands during the day dealing with Imagination, Discovery, and Sharing.
Imagination:	Discuss the varied elements of a rich and authentic writing progam where kids write in different ways and for a variety of purposes throughout the day.
Discovery:	Discover the creative possibilities when using Stationery Studio to make writing paper tailored to your specific lessons and individual students.
Sharing:	Create and adapt writing paper, notepads, invitations, etc. that you can use right away with your students to support your own classroom curriculum.
Everyone will take home:	A single user license of Stationery Studio and a variety of things they make during the workshop.
Certificates for Professional Development	Certificates of completion will be handed out at the end of the session. Those requiring additional hours can make indivdual arrangments with the presenter.