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Plugged-in Webinar Series: Formative, Summative, Authentic and High-Stakes: We’re Talking Assessment
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Presented by Anne Cobb
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Podcasting for Education
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Presented by Lee Ann Spillane
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Teaching Students about the World through the Word: Effective Vocabulary Strategies
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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Digital Story Telling
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
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Beyond Independent Reading: Growing My Students toward Independent Literacy Exploration
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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Review-O-Matic
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Presented by Lee Ann Spillane
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Archived Webinars

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Yours, Mine, and Ours: Literacy in the Summertime
June 24, 2010
Hosted by Anne Cobb
The typical cry of our students exiting the building on the last day of school might be: “No more school, no more books!” While many educators might count themselves among those making the same end-of-year cry, we know that with the incredible gains they’ve achieved, our students need to avoid the summer slump in literacy. The research is clear. When students return to us in the fall, we often see decreases in fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. We spend the early weeks of school trying to reclaim, reinvigorate and reeducate our students just to get them back to the achievement levels they’d realized last school year. Let’s talk great titles, effective strategies, and authentic discourse for teachers and students alike.
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Dealing with Diverse Learners: Differentiating Instruction
June 9, 2010
Hosted by Anne Cob
One-size fits-all educational approaches have not proven to be a panacea for student achievement. The reality of today’s classroom, one filled with unique and diverse learners, doesn’t lend itself to such approaches. With readers ranging in readiness across multiple grade levels, whose experiences cross multiple cultures and exposures to language, we recognize the need to differentiate for these diversities. The rub comes with the HOW of it. How do I organize a classroom where these diverse learners can all LEARN? Classroom structures, communications, and responsibility for learning provide effective tools for differentiating the learning environment.
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Our Students Can’t Read Their Textbooks! Literacy Across the Content Areas
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Hosted by Anne Cobb
“Go home and read chapter 10 in your science textbook. Come to class tomorrow prepared for a class discussion.” Sound familiar? How many students read the chapter? What will that class discussion look like? Research shows that when asked to read chapters in their content area textbooks, students focus primarily on linear text. Learn strategies that will not only give your students better access to the text, but have them forming their own questions as they engage with the study of your content area. From building background knowledge to creating advanced projects, watch your students become scientists, mathematicians, and historians through best-practice literacy strategies.
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Empower Students with Power Strategies: Approaches for Nonfiction Literacy
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Hosted by Anne Cobb
How can we support student achievement in reading & writing nonfiction text? Dr. Janet Allen, leading adolescent literacy authority, outlines eight Power Strategies necessary for student achievement in nonfiction literacy. Learn how to focus on nonfiction literacy strategies that will increase students’ critical thinking in the areas of fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary acquisition in nonfiction literature.
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Reading to Raise Test Scores: Beyond the Leveled-Text Approach
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Hosted by Anne Cobb
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