Massachusetts Secondary School Reading Grant Program

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Network Meeting

March 11, 2009

AGENDA

8:30-9:00           Welcome & Overview of the Day

9:00-10:00         How Do Reading and Learning Change on the Internet?
                            Responding to New Literacies


            Dr. Julie Coiro, Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island

            Dr. Donald J. Leu, NEAG Chair in Literacy and Technology,
                Director of the New Literacies Research Team
                University of Connecticut

            J. Greg McVerry, NEAG Fellow & Member
                New Literacies Research Team
                University of Connecticut

            W. Ian O’Byrne, NEAG Fellow & Member
                New Literacies Research Team
                University of Connecticut

            Lisa Zawilinski, NEAG Fellow & Member
                New Literacies Research Team
                University of Connecticut
                                                      
10:00-10:15       Break

10:15-11:30       Concurrent Breakout Sessions I

11:30-11:45       Break

11:45-1:00         Concurrent Breakout Sessions II

1:00-1:45          Lunch

1:45-2:45          Cross Team Sharing Activity

2:45-3:00          Closing Remarks & Evaluation
 

 

Concurrent Breakout Sessions (10:15 - 11:30) & (11:45 - 1:00)

Strategies for Critically Evaluating Online Information  
(Salon A)

This session will provide a brief overview of findings from recent research about how readers respond to different aspects of critical evaluation as they read for information on the Internet.  Seven online reading challenges will be paired with a corresponding set of comprehension strategy lessons that support students as they learn how to evaluate the relevancy, accuracy, reliability, and potential bias of information texts that they encounter while reading online.  Participants will walk away with several online reading comprehension activities that can be immediately used in their classrooms.

Presenter:  Dr. Julie Coiro


Wikis and Blogs and Google Docs, Oh My!:
Online Writing Tools to Support Literature Study in Middle and Secondary Classes
(Salon B)

Participants will experiment with a variety of Internet writing tools including blogs, wikis & Google Docs.  This session will examine how these tools can support and extend literature study in the English/Language Arts classroom.  Websites, online writing tools, and Internet Reciprocal Teaching resources will be shared through actual classroom examples and video.

Presenter:  Lisa Zawilinski
 

Oh, The Places You’ll go:
Where Literacy, New Literacies and History/Social Studies Intersect
(Salon C)

This session will examine ways to effectively integrate skills and strategies needed when working with Internet and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a Social Studies classroom.  The planning, implementation, and assessment of an inquiry-based lesson will be the focus.  This lesson will involve objectives deemed appropriate by ELA and Social Studies frameworks, but accelerated through the use of ICTs.  Participants will leave with tools and tips necessary to build the expertise needed to teach this type of lesson in their classroom.

Presenter:  W. Ian O’Byrne


Linking Science and Numeracy with Literacy in the Classroom
(Salon D)

This session will examine how online resources and new literacies skills can support the acquisition of both science and numeracy in secondary classrooms.  Central sites, online projects, animations, and skill practice resources will be shared.  Participants will leave with effective ways to embed science, numeracy, and literacy in the technologically equipped classroom.

Presenter:  J. Greg McVerry


Internet Reciprocal Teaching and Internet Project:
Two Instructional Models for Integrating The New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension Into the Secondary Classroom
(Salon E)

In this session, participants will learn how to integrate Internet Reciprocal Teaching and Internet Inquiry into any content area classroom, thus preparing students for the 21st century.  Online resources, instructional strategies, and sample lessons will be shared from all of the major content areas:  English Language Arts, Math, Science, and History/Social Studies.  Implementation and scale-up strategies from the Maine Professional Development Collaborative, a professional development project that is taking place throughout a state with 1-1 laptop classrooms, will also be discussed.

Presenter:  Dr. Donald J. Leu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

                     

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