The second week of February was a big one for the Minnesota Reading Association and its local councils. On Tuesday, LiRN completed its third and final event, with a focus on technology. And then on Saturday, the SRIC sponsored a free event to members for the winter symposium. Entitled Minnesota American Indian Perspectives, Literature and Lessons, the event drew about 100 educators and was highlighted by Dawn Quigley and John Bobolink.
We are proud to announce that our
Winter Highlights is now available. This issue includes updates from our local councils, news about our upcoming summer conference (keynoted by Cris Crutcher and Ralph Fletcher) and articles about technology, "Reading Well by Third Grade," and Content Area Reading to name a few. Of course, we are always grateful for the work of Maurna Rome and Vicki Palmquist who put it together.
Here is the Prezi presentation used by Dr. Scott Voss for the afternoon session entitled Technology to Engage and Motivate Readers presentation.
Here is the conversation from Cover it Live that was held throughout the presentation. It contains a number of helpful sites for digital resources.
Here is the full paper with the bibliography of sources listed in the presentation.
Here are two potential opportunites of interest to MRA members. The first is an author visit (Sara Vowell) at the College of St. Ben's. Find out more here. The second is an NEH grant for a summer study in Wisconsin. The program is designed for K-12 teachers.
Find out more about our local council activities, mentorship, and our summer conference in our latest Highlights Newsletter (Look for the Fall 2011 Link). Thanks to both Maurna and Vicki for the outstanding work once again.
The Minnesota Department of Education is offering a series of workshops to assist Minnesota school districts with the development of local literacy plans consistent with the requirements of the 2011 Education Bill, Chapter 2 and the Minnesota Blueprint for Literacy: Achieving Success for 21st Century Learners, our comprehensive Birth-Grade 12 Literacy framework.
Find out more about those workshops
here.
