21st Century Literacy Conference

February 27th at UAB

 
 

Kylene Beers, a former middle school teacher, assumes a new position as Senior Reading Advisor to Secondary Schools with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Columbia University, effective summer 2007. She's the author of When Kids Can't Read/What Teachers Can Do (Heinemann, 2002) and is the co-editor with Robert Probst and Linda Rief of the forthcoming Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice (Heinemann, spring 2007). A respected authority on struggling readers who works with elementary, middle school, and high school teachers across the nation, Kylene is currently the President of the National Council of Teachers of English.

from Heinemann’s Website



 

Keynote Speaker:

Heinemann’s website about Adolescent Literacy

Conference Information

The conference will feature a number session conducted by well known English/ Language Arts educators from Birmingham and abroad. The range of topics will span from pop culture to


Registration

Early Registration will remain open from October 19th to February 12th

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Presentation submissions: December 1st- January 15th

Topics Requested (not limited to the list below)

  1. BulletPop Culture

  2. BulletFilm

  3. BulletDeep Reading Techniques

  4. BulletExploration of Specific Literature

  5. BulletSkills-based Sessions

  6. BulletTechnology in the Classroom

  7. BulletGraphic Novels

  8. BulletVisual Rhetoric

  9. BulletElementary Level

  10. BulletMiddle School

  11. BulletSecondary

  12. BulletCollege

  13. BulletCross-curricular Literacy/Strategies