Writing Fellows Training

Writing Workshop Venues

There are a few main areas you should bookmark and visit frequently. These include the master schedule (Google Doc), Blog, Writ 999 NG conferences, writing fellows training area (here), and online classrooms you are assigned. My email address is michelle.bowman@umuc.edu.  David's email address is david.taylor@umuc.edu. 

Please Note: If you ever have difficulty opening the master schedule in Google Docs, I also send the updated schedule every week in a PDF form or Word document. I also email you all individually with assignment instructions from professors. Knowing the assignment instructions before you begin a workshop is essential so that you know what materials to choose and what goals the professor has for the students. 

Please see the links below and take some time to visit each venue and familiarize yourself with each. One of the most important areas to study is the NG conference area, where all the workshop materials are. David created these materials for a variety of workshops.

• Sometimes a workshop has already been created for the class and assignment you are covering.
• Other times you may need to pull materials from different areas.
• Finally, you may need to ask David to create materials to fit a specific assignment.

Read through some of these to get a good idea what we accomplish in our workshops, especially paying attention to the end of each thread. Students are most often given a small exercise to respond to the thread. The student's response to the mini-assignment is what you will most often be responding to.

Writing Workshop Schedules
https://docs.google.com/a/umuc.edu/?tab=mo#home

GL Blog
http://umucewcguestlecturepage.blogspot.com/