University of Illinois Writing Project

2009 UIWP Invitational Summer Institute

Welcome to the 2009 Summer Institute of the University of Illinois Writing Project. We hope that you will enjoy every moment at the 2009 institute.

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Blogs and Digital Portfolios:

Participants'  Blogs & Portfolios
2009 UIWP Summer Institute Blog


Resources:

General Schedules
Weekly Schedule: Week 1      Week 2       Week 3        Week 4
Demonstration Schedule
Food Schedule
Dates to keep in mind

Book Groups
Bibliography 2009
Organizing Book Groups
Book Groups Assignments
Book Sign-Up List
Writing in the 21st Century-Yancy

Demonstrations
Demonstrations of Approaches to Teaching Writing
Response to Demonstrations

Individual Writings
Individual Writings
Writing Groups

Portfolio
Technology
iMovie HD Tutorials:
Importing footage
Editing iMovie tutorial
Compressing iMovie tutorial
Archiving iMovie tutorial

Blogging with WordPress
Getting Started: Two Short Videos
Changing Themes
Add a Blogroll Link
Adding Media
WordPress: A Longer Tutorial by Abraham & Harris
 
iMovie 08 Tutorials:
About importing video into iMovie: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/11497.html
About Events and the Event Library: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/11415.html
Starting a new video project: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/10201.html
Publishing directly to YouTube: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/10338.html
iMovie Video Tutorials: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie
 
Web Editing Tutorials
Dreamweaver Trial
Using Web Design Templates Tutorial
SeaMonkey Tutorial

Embedding Videos
Dreamweaver CS4 (steps)

Planning Your Portfolio: Considering the Pieces

Podcast Series
Podcast Series.doc

Netfiles  Support
Information about CITES NetFiles: http://www.cites.illinois.edu/netfiles/

 

Useful Links

Audio
Creative Commons Licensed Work: http://creativecommons.org/audio
Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org
Free Film Music (Moby): http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music.html
356 Days Project: http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/index.shtml
Ubu Web: Sound Art: http://www.ubu.com/sound/
A simple sound: http://asimplesound.com/
SoundSnap (sound effects and loops): http://asimplesound.com/
Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/
Jamendo: http://www.jamendo.com/en/
Opsound: http://www.opsound.org/
Open Source Music: http://opensourcemusic.com/

iLife Tutorials
Includes tutorials on iMovie 08, iPhoto, GarageBand, and iDVD: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/

Open Source Office Applications
NeoOffice (for Mac): http://www.neooffice.org
OpenOffice (for PC and Linux): http://www.openoffice.org/

SeaMonkey (HTML Web Composer)
Downloading SeaMonkey: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
SeaMonkey Tutorial: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/itd/tutorials/SeaMonkey/

Storyboarding http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/

Video
Current TV Tutorials on Video Production: http://www.current.tv/make/training
Converting YouTube videos into saveable Quicktime files: http://vixy.net/
Writing with Video: http://writingwithvideo.net/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/

Shot Composition: http://current.com/make/training/section/shooting.htm

Web Design
Open Source Web Design: http://www.oswd.org/
Color Scheme Generator: http://ColorSchemeDesigner.com/

UIWP Calendar

Check out the UIWP Calendar for the latest information.


What is the UIWP Invitational Summer Institute?


The Invitational Summer Institute is the cornerstone of the UIWP and is designed for experienced teachers from all disciplines and at all levels of instruction. Participating teachers will

The first Invitational Summer Institute took place at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus from June 9 to July 3, 2008. You can watch a videoof participants who reflected on their experiences with the 2008 Invitational Summer Institute.

Who is eligible to participate?

Successful teachers from ALL subject areas who

How to apply

Learn more about the application process.

You may also fill out a nomination form if you wish to
nominate a talented teacher for the Summer Institute.

Summer Institute 2009 flyer                       Summer Institute 2009 brochure


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