Reading Conference
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Overview
Senate Resolution No. 70 created the Task Force on Reading Curriculum and Instruction to conduct a study to gain data on the teaching of reading and the Reading Sufficiency Act (RSA).
Based upon its findings, the task force recommended that the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, in conjunction with higher education institutions, offer an annual reading conference for school teachers, administrators and higher education faculty that is focused on substantive reading professional development and curriculum alignment, effecting emergent and conventional reading.
Past conference literacy topics have included literacy development, technology, culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, tools and practices.Resources
2012 Conference Overview: Writing Across the Curriculum
Literacy is the CORE of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) – the new education standards that 48 states, including Oklahoma, have adopted.
The Partnership for Assessment Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessments will measure P-12 students on their knowledge of the CCSS beginning spring 2014. Assessments in mathematics, English language arts, and sixth- through 12th-grade literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects will determine the degree and depth to which students are able to formulate arguments and write informative/explanatory essays.
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, in partnership with Cameron University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation, Oklahoma State University, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, is gearing up for the CCSS and PARCC assessments by inviting you to join the conversation at the fifth annual Reading Conference, appropriately tagged "Writing Across the Curriculum."
Learn more about what the nation’s leading scholars are saying and doing to facilitate and fortify 21st-century learners to become college and career ready in today’s global marketplace. The conference will be held Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, at the PHF Conference Center in Oklahoma City.
Writing Across the Curriculum is a CORE collaborative and transformative experience – moving forward with Oklahoma’s future in mind!
2012 Conference Speaker Information
Dr. Nell Duke
Professor of Educational Studies
University of Michigan
Dr. Nell K. Duke is one of the nation’s leading experts on early literacy development of children living in poverty. The Harvard graduate’s research focus is in the areas of development of informational reading and writing of young children, the comprehension development and instruction in early schooling, and the issues of equity in literacy education.
Duke’s most recent book entitled "Reading and Writing Genre with Purpose in K-8 Classroom" is one of many of her publications. The accomplished author and co-author has written a number of journal articles and book chapters, including the following "Reading and Writing Informational Text in the Primary Grades: Research-Based Practices," "Literacy and the Youngest Learner: Best Practices for Educators of Children from Birth to Five" and "Beyond Bedtime Stories: A Parent’s Guide to Promoting Reading, Writing, and Other Literacy Skills from Birth to Five."
Adding to her list of literary achievements, Duke currently serves as the editor of the textbook series "The Research-Informed Classroom" and is the co-editor of the book "Literary Research Methodologies."
Duke also has a long-standing history as an author and has been a consultant on a variety of educational programs, namely Buzz About IT, iOpeners, National Geographic Science K-2 and the DLM Express.
This past fall, Duke assumed the position of professor of educational studies. She previously served as professor of teacher education and educational psychology, affiliate of the program in school psychology and co-director of the Literacy Achievement Research Center (LARC) at Michigan State University.
Duke teaches preservice, in-service and doctoral courses in literacy education at MSU, speaks and consults extensively on literacy education, and is an active member of several literacy-related organizations.
Duke is a celebrated recipient of the American Educational Research Association Early Career Award, the National Reading Conference Early Career Achievement Award, the International Reading Association Dina Feitelson Research Award, the National Council of Teachers of English Promising Researcher Award and the International Reading Association Outstanding Dissertation Award.
Duke obtained a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and earned both master’s and doctorate degrees from Harvard University.
The literacy advocate remains strongly and passionately engaged in improving the quality of educational research training throughout the United States.
Conference Podcasts and Material Archives
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2011 Conference
Conference podcast (MP3, 182m)
"Academic knowledge," Doug Buehl (PDF, 45k)
"Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning," Doug Buehl (external PDF)
"Developing Readers In Academic Subjects," Doug Buehl (PDF, 465k)
"Linking Research to Practice in Disciplinary Instruction," Doug Buehl (PDF, 81k)
"Literacy and Sound Learning Strategies for Thoughtful Reading," Doug Buehl (PDF, 175k)
"Mentoring Students in Disciplinary Literacy," Doug Buehl (external PDF)
"Self-Questioning Taxonomy," Doug Buehl (PDF, 1m)
"Strategies for Boosting Vocabulary Learning Across the Curriculum," Doug Buehl (external PDF)
"Teaching To The 'Match,'" Doug Buehl (PDF, 49k)
"Expanding Literacies through Graphic Novels," Gretchen Schwarz (PDF, 1.7k)
Graphic Novels for the Curriculum/Multiple Literacies (PDF, 99k)
"Teaching Multiple Literacies through Graphic Novels," Gretchen Schwarz (PDF, 58k)
Mentoring Readers, Writers, & Thinkers in Academic Disciplines, Doug Buehl (PDF, 438k)
Multiple Literacies (PPT, 1.1m)
Multiple Literacies, Part 2 (PPT, 606k)
Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, March 2009 Article Abstract, "Linking Research to Practice in Disciplinary Instruction," Doug Buehl and David W. Moore (external link)
2010 Conference
Dr. Richard Beach Keynote Presentation (external link)
"Constructing Digital Commonplace Texts in the Classroom," R. Beach (PDF, 32k)
"Different Purposes for Using of Digital Tools to Teach Literacy in the College Classroom," R. Beach (PDF, 30k)
Richard Beach: Purposes for Using Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom (external link)
Moving at the Speed of Creativity (external link)
2009 Conference
ELL: Making the Match, Dr. Nancy Hadaway and Dr. Terrell Young (MP3,131m)
Panel Discussion With Hadaway, Young and State Experts (MP3, 63m)
Children's Book Bibliography (PDF, 18k)
2008 Conference
Dr. Cathy M. Roller's Keynote at the 2008 OTEP Reading Conference
Main Page (external link)
Direct MP3 Link (external link)
"Media Literacy as Literacy for the Information Age" Presentaton by Dr. Renee Hobbs at the 2008 OTEP Reading Conference
Main Page (external link)
Direct MP3 Link (external link)
Photo Gallery Archives
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2011 Reading Conference
2010 Reading Conference
2009 Reading Conference
2008 Reading Conference
