Read.Write.Act 2nd Annual Virtual Conference

Posted by on October 26, 2009

Read.Write.Act 2nd Annual Virtual Conference
November 4-6, 2009
Registration Deadline – October 30th

We invite you to register to attend!
There is no cost for attendance.

Please complete the first part of the registration online:
http://uncodum.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_bEqhN5kV0cs4fs0&SVID=Prod

For 20 years, through a dynamic partnership between campus and community, SCALE has developed leaders who are agents of social change. As part of this commitment, each year SCALE hosts the Read.Write.Act. conference, which brings together people from around the country who are dedicated to creating a more just society by engaging young people in literacy education. SCALE will hold its second Virtual Conference this year on November 4-6, 2009, featuring web-based presentations on a variety of topics relevant to
literacy leaders, researchers, and students.

Following initial registration, we will send you information about signing up for individual workshops.  These will be scheduled between 10 am and 5 pm EST.

The conference will include the following workshops:

1. Deborah Wagner, Ionia County Intermediate School District
Literature as a Springboard for Service-Learning

2. Nicole Thompson, First Book
First Book – A Book Today. A Friend Forever.

3. Elizabeth Levene, Communities in Schools of Durham
Reversing the Summer Reading Loss through Durham READS

4. Julie Finn Byers, Old Dominion University
Our Stories: Youth Connecting to Community through Reading, Writing, and Interviewing

5. Corliss Brown, UNC-CH
Vygotsky Reexamined: More than ZPD Levels

6. Cary Gillenwater, UNC-CH
The Tyranny of Print Literacy: The Battle for Visual and Media Literacy in Education

7. Kate Allman, UNC-CH
Rebelling Through Words: An Obstinate Approach to Teaching Poetry

8. Abha Gupta, Old Dominion University
The Language Factor in Literacy Instruction

9. Tina Shantz, Concordia University Portland
Service-Learning and Literacy through Peer to Peer Mentorship

10. Gary Kosman, America Learns
Monitoring and Increasing Work/Study Tutors’ Impact with the America Learns Network

11. Todd Evans, ProLiteracy/New Readers Press
Thinkfinity Literacy Network: Using Free Online Resources for Professional Development

12. Terry Loerts, The University of Western Ontario
Meanings of Literacy and Acts of Empowerment

13. Kristen Breckenridge & Meredith Hatch
Learn and Serve America

14. Liberty Smith
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse