District/School Resources PK-16 Program Support
Office of Literacy

SSR Network Professional Development Presentations

	How Do Reading and Learning Change on the Internet? - Responding to New Literacies Presenters: Dr. Donald J. Leu, NEAG Chair in Literacy and Technology, Director of the New Literacies Research Team University of Connecticut Dr. Julie Coiro, Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island J. Greg McVerry, NEAG Fellow & Member, New Literacies Research Team University of Connecticut W. Ian O’Byrne, NEAG Fellow & Member, New Literacies Research Team University of Connecticut Lisa Zawilinski, NEAG Fellow & Member, New Literacies Research Team University of Connecticut Date: March, 2009
	Effective Writing Instruction [1.7MB] Presenter: Steve Graham, Vanderbilt, April 7, 2008
	Content Area Literacy (2 presentations) [1.7MB] Presenter: Diane Waff, WestEd and Cathleen Kral, Boston Public Schools, March 10, 2008
	Helping the Struggling Adolescent Reader [5.3MB] Presenter: Donald Deshler, University of Kansas, January 29, 2008
	A Good Start is Not Enough: Improving reading achievement for older readers Presenter: Timothy Shanahan, University of Illinois at Chicago, April 2007
	Improving Literacy in Middle and High Schools: Research to Practice Presenter: Dorothy Strickland, October 2006
	Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy Presenter: by Jeremy Ayers, Alliance for Excellent Education, April 2005
	Powerful Vocabulary for Reading Success Presenters: Cathy Collins Block, Texas Christian University and John N. Mangieri, Institute for Literacy Enhancement, April 2005
	Assessment Overview Presenter: Pamela Hook of the Hanson Initiative for Language and Literacy, MGH, April 2005
	Overview of the Secondary Initiative in the Office of Literacy [1.3MB]