2011 MCTE Spring Conference Friday, April 15 & Saturday, April 16 |
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Conference Registration form ~ Deadline: April 1 hotel reservation form ~ deadline: March 14 |
Conference Schedule
| Friday, April 15 | ||
| 8:00 ~ Registration and continental breakfast ~ Vendors available (also available during breaks) | ||
| 8:45 ~ Welcome and introductions | ||
| 9:00 - 9:45 ~ Keynote: Frank Sentwali, performance poet and spoken word artist | ||
| 10:00 - 10:50 ~ Session 1 | ||
| Lindsey Nelson Orono Intermediate School Mike Borka CSB/SJU |
Elementary | It’s Elementary: Essay Writing in the Elementary Classroom |
| Brian Lewis Century College Laura Lykken Century College Jeff Stephenson Anoka Technical College |
General | Speaking Up with Online Avatars: A Workshop on Using Vokis in Writing Classrooms |
| Sandra Russell St. Cloud State University |
General | The Vocabulary Album: From Text to Cognition The Vocabulary Album is an interactive activity used to promote language acquisition and vocabulary development. Research shows that a prerequisite for successful reading comprehension is adequate word knowledge. Participants will be given a vocabulary album and will participate in a sequence of seven steps that will enhance their learning of vocabulary. |
| Amy Koskela Heidi Dresser Kerrie Speer New York Mills High School |
High School | How the Center for College Readiness Can Improve Your Students' Writing The Center for College Readiness programs can aid teachers in preparing students for life-long writing. By using the rubrics that focus on good writing traits, students can get different ideas/perspectives on improving their writing without a grade. |
| Julie Stauber Proctor High School |
High School |
Creative Inspirations with Photostories |
| Jeff Johnson Central Lakes College/College of St. Benedict |
High School | How to Host a Great American Poet Are you curious about how cool it would be to have Jorie Graham, Li-Young Lee, Billy Collins, W.S. Merwin, Marie Howe, Charles Simic, Robert Hass and Major Jackson (among others) to your home and school? Come to this session for the low-down, and let’s remember together how important poets and poetry are in our magical English teaching lives. A brief presentation will give way to spirited discussion. |
| 11:00 - 11:50 ~ Session 2 | ||
| Scott Alger Beth Pearson |
Elementary | Deconstructing the Standards: Developing Essential Learning Targets |
| Tess Bademan South View Middle School, Edina Maria Theissen Concord Elementary, Edina Elizabeth Barniskis Eding High School |
Elementary Middle School High School |
Adventures in Digital Writing: Voice Threads, Book Trailers, and Nings |
| Joanne M. Larson Ilene Christian Kathy Steffen |
Middle School High School |
Assessment With and Without Technology in the Literature Classroom |
| Deborah Appleman Carleton College John Schmit Augsburg College |
High School College |
Literary Theory as Liberatory Pedagogy: Classroom Applications This interactive presentation contests the notion that literary theories only serve college-bound students; in fact, they can be particularly meaningful for students who are marginalized or disenfranchised. Using a workshop approach, the presenters will engage participants in specific applications of contemporary theories and will provide classroom materials for diverse settings. |
| William D. Dyer, Anna Brovold, Justin Erickson, Joseph Finn, Haley Hamilton, Christopher McCarthy, Kyle Milliron, Nathaniel Wagner University of Minnesota, Mankato |
High School College |
From Theory to Practice: Some Fresh Ways to Assist Students into Ownership of Shakespeare's Plays |
| 12:00 - 1:15 ~ Lunch & Speaker ~ Lorna Landvik, author and performer | ||
1:30 ~ 2:20 ~ Session 3 |
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| Lindsey Neumann | Elementary | Spelling in the Elementary Classroom Rote memorization and weekly spelling lists do not promote the learning of spelling or support word knowledge. In this session, participants will learn how to develop a word study program in their elementary classroom based on students’ developmental levels. Teachers will learn the process of teaching students how to spell words in ways that help students develop word knowledge. |
| Candance Doerr-Stevens Minnesota Writing Project, University of Minnesota |
Middle School High School College |
Radio and Film Documentaries in the English Classroom: Promoting Engagement and Finding Voice through Media Production |
Linda Lein |
Middle School High School College |
Writing Leads: Action, Dialogue, Reaction, and Place Students often say that the hardest part of writing a story is getting started. This workshop is designed to provide English instructors with four ways to help students write a lead for a story. During the workshop, instructors have a first-hand experience in writing action, dialogue, reaction, and place leads for a story, and they will learn how to use cooperative groups to determine which lead works best. |
| Karen Lennan UST/Minneapolis Public Schools |
High School
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Best Practices for Rubrics: In and Out of the Box I will show educators of writing literacy how to take a "box" out of the top of the rubric, and make an action plan for students to achieve and learn the steps toward scoring the highest on the rubric for the state writing test. Everyone can increase their students' scores. I have students scoring at college level writing every year. |
Corinne Ehrfurth |
High School College |
E-Term: Academic Risks and Articulation |
2:30 - 3:20 ~ Session 4 |
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| Terry Johnson |
Elementary | Making Connections: Discovering the World with Picture Books and Google Earth |
| Susan Ardoff Steve Tuytschaevers |
General | Using Podcasts to Improve Writing St. Cloud State University’s Writing Center uses video podcasts to build writing skills and engage students on an ongoing basis. This workshop explores innovative uses for podcasts in teaching, and offers hands-on instruction on how to create effective podcasts with easy to use technology. Laptops are encouraged. |
| Sandy Hayes Becker Middle School |
General | Fair Use: Using Images and Music in Multi-media Writing |
| Anne O'Meara Jacqueline Arnold William Dyer University of Minnesota, Mankato |
High School College |
Online Tools to Inspire Literacy This panel will demonstrate uses of several online technology tools that foster improved literacy and communication. These tools—such as Google.doc, Camstasia, Jing, streaming MP3s files and YouTube clips—help engage students and facilitate their interaction in shared writing, presentations, and discussions. |
| Susan Perala-Dewey University of Minnesota, Duluth Barb Perushek University of Minnesota, Duluth Julie Stauber Proctor High School |
High School College |
College in our Schools & Teachers in our College: Exchanging Perspectives |
| Suzanne Kaback St. Catherine University |
General | An Eye for Information: How to Recognize Notable Nonfiction Literature When You See It |
| John Banschbach University of Minnesota, Mankato |
Middle School | Using Picture Books to Teach Literary Concepts Topics include the relationship of illustrations and texts, picture books that exemplify literary concepts such as juxtaposition, irony, and mood, and the evaluation of picture books for this kind of use. |
| Kristin Bergsagel Anthony Middle School Molly Vasich Roosevelt High School |
Middle School High School |
Input/Output: Critical consumption and Production of Media in Middle and High School Language Arts We believe the need for media literacy is apparent in 21st century classrooms. Come explore how to incorporate Minnesota’s new common core standards for media literacy. A sixth grade language arts teacher and a twelfth grade media teacher testify to the success of media analysis and production in the classroom. |
| Kathryn Campbell St. Paul Academy and Summit School |
High School | Memoir: Tell a Little Personal Truth in Your Classroom Walk into any bookstore and the shelves will be bursting with personal nonfiction. Memoir is a popular form to read but rarely do we take time in high school classrooms to write it. Come to this session to write, read, share, and explore this fantastic genre and collect resources to add more memoir to your classroom. |
| Maria Burnham Becker High School |
Middle School High School College |
Diigo: Online Notecards for Research The presentation would be a demonstration of the online software Diigo. I would show what the software looks like, how my students used it with their History Day/research project, and discuss the advantages/disadvantages of the software. While students research, Diigo keeps track of highlighted and noted information which helps students with bibliographies, annotated bibliographies, and organizing researched information. |
4:30 - 5:30 ~ Annual Meeting & Social Hour (appetizers and cash bar) |
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| Saturday, April 16 | ||
| 7:30 ~ Early Bird Coffee: Common Core Standards with Charon Tierney, MDE language arts specialist | ||
| 8:00 - 8:50 ~ Full breakfast | ||
| 9:00 - 11:30 ~ Jim Burke Workshop | ||
| 11:30 - 12:30 ~ Lunch ~ Letters About Literature Award Winners | ||
| 12:30 - 12:00 ~ Jim Burke Workshop | ||