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Ways to Make as Difference in Content Area Teaching and Learning Open to all conferees interested in research-based effective ways of improving K-12 students reading comprehension of content areas materials. Session: 2 3/4 hour workshop;
will be presented on Tuesday, May 6, 2003. Participants will learn and practice strategies that facilitate the comprehension of content area materials that are read, listened to, and/or accessed through technology. After the keynote speaker, those attending may choose to participate in two of the concurrent, roundtable sessions. Organizer and Chairing: Mary W. Spor, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL and Reba M. Wadsworth, Woodmeade Elementary School, Decatur, AL Keynote Address: Jerry Pallotta, author, Children’s Books Roundtable Presentations: Technology: Reading to Learn Goes "TECH": Technology-anchored RTL Lessons in Content Classrooms Speaker: Judy S. Richardson, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Author of Read It Aloud, Using Literature in the Secondary Content Classroom and other reading methods textbooks. Creating a Web Presence in Minutes: A Sampling of Free and Simple Sites for Web Site Creation. Speaker: Chris Street, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA Integrating Technology into Content Area Reading, Grades 3-12 Speaker: Kali Reynolds, EBSCO Publishing, Ipswich, MA Social Studies: Making a Difference Through
Inquiry-based Projects in the Social Studies Classroom in Grades 6-12 Making It Different: Using
Picture Books to Build Background Knowledge and Facilitate Comprehension
in the 4-8 Social Studies Classroom Mathematics: Math…Missing in Action (MIA) Connecting Reading and Writing
to Teach Math Concepts Language Arts: Creating a Classroom of Nonfiction
Writers: Lessons and Strategies for Developing Nonfiction Writing Thematic Asterisks: Foundations
and Scaffolds, and Superstructures for Content Readers and Writers Creating an Interdisciplinary
Classroom with Nonfiction Children’s Literature Improving the Reading Ability
of Struggling 10th Grade Readers: Methods that Work Using Informational Text
to Introduce and Develop Expository Writing with Young Children Interdisciplinary: Translating Strategies from
Workshops to Classrooms – A Staff Development Plan peakers:
Peggy Hoffman-Schmidt, Department of Defense Schools, Kaiserslautern
District, Germany and Bill McBride, Educational Consultant and Author Increasing Comprehension
Through Cooperative Learning A Successful Collaborative
Content Area Reading Program at the Secondary Level During Reading Strategies
for Textbooks – Notetaking, Active Reading and Processing Teaching Comprehension of
Informational Text in the Primary Grades: It Makes a Difference Summary: Scientific
Research and Practice Susan Andrews-Salmond, English Teacher, Kent Meridian High School, 10020 SE 256th Street, Kent, WA 98031, sandrews@kent.k12.wa.us Barbara Dorn, Literacy Coach, East Hill Elementary School, 9825 South 240th Street, Kent, WA 9803, dbdorn@msn.com Kelly Ann Doyle, Reading Department Chairperson, Abington Junior High School, 84 East Rose Tree Road, Media, PA 19063, doyleskm@cswebmail.com R. Terry Graham, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Human Resources and Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 315 War Memorial Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, email: rgraham@vt.edu Margaret Hoffman-Schmidt, Ed. D. Language Arts/Reading Supervisor, Dept. of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS), Kaiserslautern District, Germany, PSC 3, Box 1437, APO, AE 09021, peggy_hoffman-schmidt@eu.odedodea.edu Ginger Henshaw, 6th grade teacher, Horizon Elementary School, 7855 Old Madison Pike, Madison, AL 35758, v.henshaw@madisoncity.k12.al.us Katherine Wiesolek Kuta, Maine East High School District 207, 2601 West Dempster, Park Ridge, IL 60068, kuta@maine207east.k12.il.us or katherinekuta@aol.com Lester Laminack, Ph.D., Professor, Western Carolina University, 395 Berry Hill, Sylva, NC 28779, laminack@email.wcu.edu Bill McBride, Ph.D., Educational Consultant and author, 432 Vicksburg Street, San Francisco, CA 94114, billmcbride@ionix.net James E. McGlinn, Ed.D., Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Asheville, 1032 Windsor Drive, Asheville, NC 28803, email: mcglinn@bulldog.unca.edu Meghan McGlinn, Teacher, 11th grade history, Northwest Guilford High School, 5856 #1410 Old Oakridge Road, Greensboro, NC 27410, email: mmmcglinm@yahoo.com Bobbye Morgan, Bushland Elementary Scvhool, P.O. Box 60, Bushland, TX 79012 bobbye.morgan@bushland.k12.tx.us Georgina Pipes, Reading Specialist, Discovery Middle School, Madison, AL, 6010 Doc Sandlin Road, Huntsville, AL 35811, email: georgina.pipes@prodigy.net Kali Reynolds, Program Manager, Education Technology, EBSCO Publishing, 10 Estes Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, email: KReynolds@epnet.com Robyn Rhodes, 3521 Rutson, Amarillo, TX 79109, Robyn.Rhodes@bushland.k12.tx.us Judy Richardson, Ph.D., Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842020, Richmond, VA 23233, email: jrichard@saturn.vcu.edu Marti Rizzuto, Ph.D., Director of Instruction and Special Education, 4307 Willow Bend Road, SE, Decatur, AL 35603, email: mrizutto@madisoncity.k12.al.us Sharon Schmitt, Reading Teacher, Kent Meridian High School, 10020 SE 256th Street, Kent, WA 98031, Sharona68@aol.com Barbara Kane Schneider, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Grand Valley State University, 200 Quail Roost Street, Deltona, FL 32725, schneidbgvsu.edu or BKSOH10@aol.com Sarah Schneider, Director of Cultural Arts, Ossining School District, 7 Mayflower Avenue, Stamford, CT 06906, sschneider@ossining.k12.ny.us Mary W. Spor, Ph.D., Professor, Alabama A&M University, 1533 Blackhall Lane, SE, Decatur, AL 35601, email: nomobama@aol.com Chris Street, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, California State Fullerton, EC 521, 800 N. State College, Fullerton, CA 92834-6868, cstreet@fullerton.edu Jeanne Swafford, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mississippi State University, College of Education, P.O. Box 9710, Mississippi State, MS 39762, JS331@colled.msstate.edu Gare Thompson, Author, National Geographic Society, contact: Antionette Fleming, 1145 17th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, email: afleming@ngs.org, GThomp1776@AOL.COM Robert H. Williams, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, English Education, Radford University, College of Arts and Sciences, P.O. Box 6935, Radford, VA 24142, email: rwilliams@naxs.com Reba Wadsworth, Ph.D., Principal, Woodmeade Elementary School, Decatur City Schools, 1400 19th Avenue SW, Decatur, AL 35601, rwadswo635@aol.com |
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