Priscilla L. Griffith
Director of OWP
College of Education
820 Van Vleet Oval
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019

Telephone: (405) 325-1508
FAX: (405) 325-4061
pgriffith@ou.edu

Website
http://www.ou.edu/special/owp

OWP Web Log
http://blogs.writingproject.org/blogwrite24/

About This Site

The purpose of this site is to provide information and resources for writing teachers, our students, and colleagues within the Oklahoma Writing Projects. Features include:

• Writer's World Wide Web -- For featured writers from the Writing Out Loud PBS television series, we have provided a brief biography, illustrations, and an activity sheet specific to each program, courtesy of Teresa Miller, the program host. Offered in conjunction with the Oklahoma State Department of Education's Library Media/Instructional Television website.
• Downloads -- flyers, registration forms, powerpoints, databases, and other materials.
• Great Tools -- free online tools to help teachers construct classroom materials.
• Yummy Bytes -- materials for web page construction.
• In Other Words -- hundreds of quotes about writing.
• Anthologies -- Writing Contest Winners beginning in 1999.
• Contests -- links to state and national writing contests.
• Emailbox -- email addresses of OWP members.
• OWP Rationale -- basic assumptions upon which the Oklahoma Writing Project is based
• Catalogue of Inservice Descriptions -- categorized descriptions of presentations offered by Oklahoma Writing Project teacher consultants
• The Writer's Desk -- handouts, goodies, assignments (maintained offsite).
• Events -- Celebrations, initiatives, meetings, workshops, and conferences of special interest to writing teachers.
• Links and Resources -- annotated web addresses useful to writing teachers and teachers who write.

You will need to download two free software programs to access all the files on this website -- Adobe Acrobat Reader to read .PDF files and Apple QuickTime to hear sounds and view short movies. Microsoft Word can be used to read .doc files.