Literacy Blog

Important Announcement about FOR-PD

FOR-PD — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:21:52 +0000

Important Announcement about FOR-PD

We regret to inform you that registration for the FOR-PD Fall 2010 course is now closed, as a result of the Florida Department of Education releasing two memos which stated that due to budget shortfalls, the “ Just Read, Florida!” office will no longer be able to provide funding to support free online versions of our course.

For more information, please see the following memo:

Memo (July 20, 2010)

For more information on future offerings of the FOR-PD course, please contact Mr. Stuart Greenberg at 850-245-0503 and/or stuart.greenberg@fldoe.org.

FOR-PD’s services will remain open through August 15, 2010.

Thank you for your interest in our course, project, and services. We appreciate your understanding and wish you continued success with your professional development plans.

Sincerely,

Vicky Zygouris-Coe, Ph.D.
FOR-PD Principal Investigator/Director
forpd@mail.ucf.edu

How do we support texts?

Sharon Feinblatt — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:54:42 +0000

Readers struggle with textbooks and primary source documentation. Explicit attention to text features, prior knowledge, vocabulary, comprehension monitoring and processes need to become routine practices. What techniques and strategies do you use when students are faced with inconsiderate text?

Supporting Content Area Reading

Sharon Feinblatt — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:06:52 +0000

Adolescent learners need specific types of literacy support when reading in the content areas. What problems are your students facing reading in the content area and how do you support your students learning?

Transitions

Sharon Feinblatt — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:04:26 +0000

How do we foster the transition from “Learning to Read” to “Reading to Learn”?

New Audio Interviews Available: David Booth

FOR-PD — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:25:19 +0000

Check out our new Literacy Audio Interviews on the FOR-PD website. We’ve got some great new interviews that we know you’ll love!

Take a listen and let us know what you think!

Dr. David Booth, Adolescent Males and Literacy
David Booth discusses adolescent literacy and male students. Read or listen to this interview.
http://forpd.ucf.edu/resources/booth.html

Are you on Facebook? So are we!

FOR-PD — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:06:39 +0000

Keep up with the latest news and information. Visit our Chatterbox site to see all of the social media tools we use.

http://forpd.ucf.edu/newsletter/FLN201005/chatterbox.html

Children’s Book Week

FOR-PD — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:38:10 +0000

It’s Children’s Book Week from May 10-16.

How will you be celebrating?

http://www.bookweekonline.com/

Florida school bus driver controls chaos with books

FOR-PD — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:25:34 +0000

Local school bus driver controls chaos with
books—-Read more: http://www.bradenton.com/2010/03/26/2159959/local-school-bus-driver-controls.html#ixzz0n3twuTeM

Find out how Florida School Bus driver, Rosemary “Kookyi” Peterson, uses books to help her riders stay focused on the school bus.

What do you think of this idea?

Could you go a day without any cell phones, media, or online social interaction?

FOR-PD — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:24:26 +0000

Could you go a day without any cell phones, media, or online social interaction?

Read about some college students who were challenged to do so.

A Day Without Media Research conducted by ICMPA and
students at the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, University of
Maryland, College Park, USA

http://withoutmedia.wordpress.com/

April 29 is Poem in your Pocket Day!

FOR-PD — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:37:38 +0000

Celebrate Poetry! April 29 is Poem in your Pocket Day!
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/406

What’s your favorite poem? Why?