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Webinar Series: Reading & Writing in Digital Spaces
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Title: Webinar Series: Reading and Writing in Digital Spaces
Date(s): October 16, November 19 and December 3, 2014 & January 20, February 16, March 24, April 15 and May 7, 2015
Pick the sessions you wish to attend!
Time(s): 7:00 - 9:00 PM EST, 8:00 - 9:00 PM is optional
Location: Adobe Connect Webinar
Cost: Free to attend, $10 with SCECHs. Prerequisite Knowledge: None
Grade Level: K-12
Audience: K-12 educators across the discipline and the administrators, curriculum coordinators, consultants, and university faculty who support and teach them are encouraged to attend; aspiring teachers will also find these sessions helpful.
SCECHs: You may earn 2 SCECHs per session attended. In order to be eligible for SCECH credit, you must attend at least 2 webinars and follow up discussions.
Pending. Check the status of this course at:
http://www.solutionwhere.com/mi%5Fsbceu/coursebylocation.asp
Questions? Please contact kim.adragna@oakland.k12.mi.us
 
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Event Description:

We inhabit a digital world with endless ways to access and create all kinds of texts. So what does this mean for literacy instruction? Join us for all or any of the FREE webinars facilitated by university faculty and education practitioners to think together about teaching our students to effectively read and write in digital spaces. All webinars will be interactive and followed by an hour of discussion. K-12 educators across the disciplines and the administrators, curriculum coordinators, and university faculty who support and teach them are encouraged to attend; aspiring teachers will also find these sessions helpful.

Session One: Small Bites: Research in the K-5 Classroom
Facilitator: Professor Kristin Fontichiaro, University of Michigan School of Information
Thursday, October 16, 2014 7-8pm (optional follow up discussion from 8-9pm)

Session Two: Small Bites: Research in the 6-12 Classroom
Facilitator: Delia DeCourcy, Secondary Literacy Consultant, Oakland Schools ISD, Michigan
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 7-8pm (optional follow up discussion from 8-9pm)

Session Three: Digital Technologies and Expectations for Writing in College
Facilitator: Professor Jeff Grabill, Michigan State University
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 7-8pm (optional follow up discussion from 8-9pm)

Session Four: Mixing Sources, Amplifying Voices: Crafting Writing in an Information Age
Facilitator: Professor Troy Hicks, Central Michigan University
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 7-8pm (optional follow up discussion from 8-9pm)

Session Five: How Student Blogs Support Literacy Learning & the Common Core
Facilitator: Stephanie Dulmage, Technology/Curriculum Integration Specialist, West Bloomfield, Michigan School District
Monday, February 16, 2015 7-8pm (optional follow up discussion from 8-9pm)

Session Six: Digital Media Offer Us
Facilitator: Professor Sara Kajder, University of Georgia
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 7-8pm (optional follow up discussion from 8-9pm)

Session Seven: How Social Media Supports Literacy Learning & the Common Core
Facilitator: Stephanie Dulmage, Technology/Curriculum Integration Specialist, West Bloomfield, Michigan School District
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 7-8pm (optional follow up discussion from 8-9pm)

Session Eight: Integrating Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in Secondary Literacy Learning
Facilitator: Liz Kolb, Professor, University of Michigan School of Education
Thursday, May 7, 2015 7-8pm (optional follow up discussion from 8-9pm)