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.

History: On November 24, 1997, Will Muir created this site, later moving it to Geocities. After Will resigned from the Oklahoma Writing Project Governing Board, that board decided that the website should be managed by someone on that board. Sandra Effinger took over the site, temporarily housing at an Internet Oklahoma address. As of May 25, 1999, the Oklahoma Writing Project has this home at the University of Oklahoma. Shelbie Witte took over this website on August 1, 2001,to May 13, 2003. Sandra Effinger then served website manager from May 2003 until May 2008.  Suzie Sells is the current website manager.