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American Reading Forum

December, 2008

 

Wednesday, 10

 

            Board Meeting

 

            Registration

 

Thursday, December 11

 

8:30-10:00 General Session Sundial

 

Welcome and Introductions

 

Beth Frye, ARF Chair

 

Conference Co-Chairs:

Mary Hendrix, Gary Moorman, Amie Snow, Appalachian State University

Julie Horton, Argosy University

 

Opening Address

 

Preparing Students and Teachers for Continuously New Literacies: Rethinking the Nature of Literacy Education in School Classrooms

 

Donald J. Leu, University of Connecticut
Douglas Hartman, Michigan State University
Ian O’Byrne, University of Connecticut
Greg McVerry, University of Connecticut
Lisa Zawilinski, University of Connecticut
Katina Zammit, University of Western Sydney

 

10:00-10:30 Coffee Break

 

10:30-11:45

 

Open Forum on the New Literacies

Facilitator: Donald J. Leu, University of Connecticut

 

11:45-1:15 Lunch on your own

 

1:15-2:25

                       

Problems Court:

 

Literacies for Difficult Times and Difficult Challenges

Kate Dailey, Bowling Green State University, Firelands

Deborah Kellner, University of Cincinnati

Missy Laine, University of Cincinnati

Ray Wolpow, Western Washington University

 

Reactor: Eunice Askov, Pennsylvania State University

 

Panel:

 

Youth and Popular Culture: From Theory to Practice

Jonathan Eakle, University of Georgia

Donna Alvermann, University of Georgia

Cheryl McLean, University of Georgia

Joanne Ratliff, University of Georgia

Amy Wilson, University of Georgia

 

Reactor:

 

Paper Session

 

Comprehension and the Internet: How Teachers Address the Challenge

JoAnne Vazzano, Northeastern Illinois University

Janalyn Meehan, Northeastern Illinois University

 

High Tech Research on Reading Comprehension

George Hruby, Utah State University

 

Reactor:

 

Paper Session

 

Using Shared Reading to Teach Phonics and Fluency in Preschool, Kindergarten and First Grade Classrooms

Melissa Schulz, Miami University

Barbara Honchell, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

 

The Grammar Dilemma: What is the Role of Grammar Instruction in Today’s Elementary School Classroom?

Linda Pacifici, Appalachian State University

Ellen Pesko, Appalachian State University

 

Reactor: David Koppenhaver, Appalachian State University

 

2:35-3:45

 

Extended Paper Session

 

At the Movies: Views of Reading in Contemporary Film

Michael French, Lourdes College

Jennifer Fong, Lourdes College

 

Reactor:

 

Panel

 

A Project Integrating Literacy, Spanish, ESL, and Technology to Improve the Performance of Elementary Teachers and ESL Students

Cassaundra El-Amin, Winston Salem State University

James Etim, Winston Salem State University

Madu Ireh, Winston Salem State University

Khadijah Evans, Konnoak Elementary School, Winston-Salem, NC

 

Reactor: Edwin Bell, Winston-Salem State University

 

Panel Session, ARF International Committee

 

                                    The New Literacies and International Connections

                                    Gary Moorman, Appalachian State University

                                    Bob Schlagal, Appalachian State University

                                    Alyce Lech, Appalachian State University

                                    Erin Kirby, Lees McCrae College

Constance Ulmer, Appalachian State University

 

Paper Session

 

An Examination of Treatment Intensity in Extant Vocabulary Instruction Research

James F. Baumann, University of Wyoming

 

Culturally Grounded Vocabulary Teaching and Learning in an

Eighth Grade Class: A Case Study

Elizabeth Edwards, Georgia Southern University

 

Reactor: George Hruby, Utah State University

 

 

 

3:55-5:05

 

Panel

 

“Suite” Ways for Teaching in a High Tech World 

Leslie Marlow, Berry College

Ruth Ference, Berry College

Amber Prince, Berry College

Duane Inman, Berry College

Bob Prince, Berry College


Reactor: Duane Inman, Berry College

 

Problems Court

 

Can the Use of Literacy and the Power of the Story Facilitate Graduate Educational Leadership Students to Better Understand Systems Thinking?

J.W. Good, Georgia College and State University

Ronny Green, Valdosta State University

Robert Smith, Valdosta State University

William Snyder, Florida State University

 

Reactor: D.W. Leach, Valdosta State University

 

Paper Session

 

Adolescents’ Developing Literacy: What’s the Use of Technology?

Joyce Fine, Florida International University

Lynne Miller, Florida International University

 

Reading the Script: How Struggling Adolescent Readers Understand Reading in a Scripted Intervention Class

Hope Davis, University of Cincinnati

 

Developing Economic Literacy Using Twin Texts

Sara Runge-Pulte, Northern Kentucky University

Kimberly Code, Northern Kentucky University

 

Reactor: Chet Laine, University of Cincinnati

 

Paper Session

 

Investigating Reflective Conversations in the Development of Community: Comparing Reading Teacher’s Reactions in Two On-Line Environments

Jacqueline Collier, Wright State University

 

Literacy Teachers’ Pedagogical Understandings of Metacognition

Nance Wilson, University of Central Florida

 

An Analysis of Affordances of Multimodal Texts in the Content Areas

Amy Wilson, University of Georgia

 

Reactor:

 

5:15-6:30 Spirit of the Times

 

Friday, December 12

 

8:00-8:50 Research Exchange

                  Moderator: Enrique Puig, University of Central Florida

 

9:00- 10:15 Morning General Session Sundial

 

Closing the Reading Achievement Gap for Boys: Engaging Texts, Engaging Practices

Dr. Bill Brozo, George Mason University

 

10:25-11:35

 

Panel

 

Envisaging Critical Media Literacy in Public Spaces

Arlette Ingram Willis, University of Illinois

Sydney Braker, University of Illinois

Dionne Brown, University of Illinois

Scott Cebulski, University of Illinois

Shauna Gough, University of Illinois

Darren Hibbard, University of Illinois

Mandy Williams, University of Illinois

 

Reactor:

 

Panel

 

Shape Shifters: Using “New Literacies” to Re-Shape Teacher Education

N. Suzanne Standerford, Northern Michigan University

Derek Anderson, Northern Michigan University

K.C. Holder, Northern Michigan University

Joe Lubig, Northern Michigan University

Laura Reissner, Northern Michigan University

Sue Szczepanski, Northern Michigan University

 

Reactor: Cindy Hendricks, Bowling Green State University

 

Paper Session

 

Online Literacy Intervention

Amy Williams, Appalachian State University

David Koppenhaver, Appalachian State University

Alan McGregor, University of Dundee

 

Struggling Readers, Novice Teachers, and the Clinical Reading Practicum: Examining the Nature of this Interaction and the Change that It Engenders
Devery Mock, Appalachian State University

Amie Snow, Appalachian State University

 

Delivering Family Literacy Programs through Non-traditional Providers

Eunice Askov, Pennsylvania State University

 

Reactor: Bob Schlagal, Appalachian State University

 

Paper Session

 

Exploring the Human Images in Children’s Magazines and Their Impact on Literacy

Kay Chick, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona

 

Explicit Instruction of Graphic Organizers as an Informational Text Reading Comprehension Strategy: Third Grade Students’ Strategies and Perceptions

Erin M. Fealy, Fordham University

Molly K. Ness, Fordham University

 

Reactor:

 

11:45-1:30 Luncheon and General Session

 

Around the World in Sixty Minutes: Adventures of an Intrepid Traveler

Marion Tonjes, University of New Mexico

 

1:40-2:50

 

Extended Paper Session

 

Painted Literacy from Tablets to Text Files: Technologies and Artifacts

Sarah Dowhower, Miami University of Ohio

 

Reactor: Marion Tonjes, University of New Mexico

 

Panel

 

On-Line Education: What We Know and Where We Go

Cindy Hendricks, Bowling Green State University

James Hendricks, Ball State University

Lessie Cochran, Bowling Green State University

Judy VandenBroek, Bowling Green State University

 

Reactor: Ellen Williams, Bowling Green State University

 

Paper Session

 

STAR Wars: Battling the Achievement Gap Due to the Summer Slide

Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Florida Atlantic University

Yash Bhagwanji, Florida Atlantic University

Eileen Ariza, Florida Atlantic University

Lynn Domino, Florida Atlantic University

Lauren Brown, Florida Atlantic University

 

Beyond the Text: Thinking Critically about Long-Term Change

Penny L. Beed, University of Northern Iowa

Victoria Ridgeway Gillis, Clemson University

 

Reactor: Janet Richards, University of South Florida

 

Paper Session

 

Research, Standards, and Trauma-Sensitive Approaches to Literacy Instruction

Ray Wolpow, Western Washington University

 

The Altered Image of Traumatized Individuals in the 21st Century

Deborah Kellner, University of Cincinnati

 

Three Models for Approaching Literatures of Trauma

Kate Dailey, Bowling Green State University Firelands

 

Reactor: Eunice Askov, Pennsylvania State University

 

3:00-4:10

 

Problems Court

 

Deconstructing the Construct of Struggling Reader: Standing Still or Transforming Expectations and Instruction?

Victoria Risko, Vanderbilt University

Marino Alvarez, Tennessee State University

Sonya Armstrong, Northern Illinois University

Laurie Elish-Piper, Northern Illinois University

Mona Matthews, Georgia State University

 

Reactor: Laurie Elish-Piper, Northern Illinois University

 

Panel

 

Broadening Definitions of Literacy, Authentic Literacy Events, and Literacy Learning Contexts: Making Movies and Making Art in Two Innovative Summer Community Projects

Janet C. Richards, University of South Florida

James King, University of South Florida

James Welsh, University of South Florida

 

Reactor: Susan Homan, University of South Florida

 

Paper Session

 

How Can Paired Reading Help Marginally Prepared College Students?

Victoria Appatova, University of Cincinnati

 

“Do I Have to Open Blackboard?” Encouraging Undergraduate Students to Use Online Chats while Creating Classroom Community and Finding Audience

Margot Fadool, Rollins College

 

Demand and Supply: The Relationship between Intellectual Demand and Authenticity in Teachers' Assignments and Quality of Students' Work
Kendra Sisserson, University of San Diego

 

Reactor: Missy Laine, University of Cincinnati

 

Paper Session

 

International Children’s Literature within a High Tech World

Sandra Imdieke, Northern Michigan University

 

Rarely Hertz, Mostly Avis: The Gender Gap in Caldecott Award Winning Illustrators

Jillian Magliaccio, The College of New Jersey

Lauren Senko, The College of New Jersey

Deborah L. Thompson, The College of New Jersey

 

                                    Reactor: Deborah Thompson, The College of New Jersey

 

4:20-5:30 Call to Forum

 

To Be a Boy, To Be a Reader, by Bill Brozo

Moderators: Sara Runge-Pulte, University of Northern Kentucky

Debbie Harrison, Wittenburg University

 

 5:30 Business Meeting

 

6:30 Shrimp Fest

 

Saturday, December 13

 

8:00-8:50 Graduate Student Mentoring

Moderators: Lynn Yribarren, Florida International University

Michael French, Lourdes College

 

9:00- 10:10 General Session Sundial

 

Literacy and Technology in a Cosmopolitan Age

Tom Bean, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Helen Harper, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

 

10:20-11:30

 

            Problems Court

 

Writing Information Poetry: Transforming Ideas through Instructional Scaffolding

 

Woody Trathen, Appalachian State University

Beth Frye, Appalachian State University

Katie Blackburn, Hardin Park Elementary School – Boone, NC

Kelley Wilson, Harding Park Elementary School – Boone, NC

 

            Panel

 

Exploring Literacy in the 21st Century: Preparing Novice Teachers to Collaborate with Intervention Specialists

Chet Laine, University of Cincinnati

Stephen Kroeger, University of Cincinnati

Barbara Hunter, Springer School and Center

Karen Troup, University of Cincinnati

 

Reactor: Michael French, Lourdes College

 

Problems Court

 

The Differences Between the Processing Speed of Middle School Teachers and their Students with Learning Difficulties

Mohammed Darabie, Bowling Green State University

Richard Oldreive, Bowling Green State University

 

Paper Session

 

            Sensorizing Literacy

Lawrence Baines, University of Toledo

 

Reaching the Hard to Reach: Using a Technology-Based Singing Intervention with Struggling Readers in Alternative Education and Juvenile Justice Sites. Can it Make a Difference?

Susan Homan, University of South Florida

Cindy Calderone, University of South Florida

Anne Chatfield, Hillsborough County Schools – Tampa, FL

Melissa Jay, Hillsborough County Schools – Tampa, FL

 

A Book Club Girl Becomes a Literacy Leader: Engaging At-Risk Adolescent Girls in Reading and Talking about Books

Elizabeth A. Frye, Miami University of Ohio

 

Reactor: Sarah Dowhower, Miami University of Ohio

 

11:40-12:50 Closing Session

 

Featured Presentation

 

Preparing Prospective Reading Teachers: Promising Practices and Possibilities for New Directions

Karen Douglas, International Reading Association

Alan Farstrup, International Reading Association

Victoria J. Risko, Vanderbilt University

Janet Richards, University of South Florida

Joyce C. Fine, Florida International University

Helen Robbins, Florida International University

Sara Pulte, Northern Kentucky University

 

12:50-1:00 Closing Remarks and Adjournment

 

Beth Frye, ARF Chair

 

Mary Hendrix, Julie Horton, Gary Moorman, Amie Snow (Conference Co-Chairs