{"data":{"ID":696,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1478818687,"CreatorID":5112,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Reimagining School Writing: Literacy, Agency, and Voice","Handle":"reimagining_school_writing--literacy-agency-and_voice","ShortDescription":"There is a sad truth about the way that most students learn to write: They become boring writers. To write with clarity and insight involves struggle (regardless of age). When faced with this challenge, many students are taught to detach from content, to analyze with sterile language, and to develop ideas within a narrow formula. In this conversation participants and SLA students will share ideas and strategies to make school writing focus on reclaiming the joy and power of developing a unique, insightful writing voice.","Description":"There is a sad truth about the way that most students learn to write: They become boring writers. To write with clarity and insight involves struggle (regardless of age). When faced with this challenge, many students are taught to detach from content, to analyze with sterile language, and to develop ideas within a narrow formula. In this conversation participants and SLA students will share ideas and strategies to make school writing focus on reclaiming the joy and power of developing a unique, insightful writing voice.","Link":["http:\/\/mrjblock.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Discussion. Participatory activity.","Presenter":["Joshua Block & SLA Students"],"PresenterAffiliation":["SLA"],"PresenterEmail":["jblock@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":86,"ScheduleLocationID":5,"SubmitterID":5112,"AdditionalComments":"I will need to present on Saturday. On Sunday I fly to New Zealand! Thx.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":6}}