NCTE offers consultants and services on 21st Century literacies instruction that when used together, provide extended learning opportunities for teachers and makes a positive impact on learning. These opportunities include the ELL Pathways Program, Web Seminars and ELL books for study groups. Consultants are available to present one-day or multi-day presentations or provide year-round consulting. All workshops and presentations can be customized to meet your specific needs. Make your request today!
New Literacies in Action
Consultant: William Kist
Audience: Teachers (Grades 5-Adult), Administrators, Literacy Coaches
Building on over ten years of research in classrooms, Dr. Kist will demonstrate a variety of strategies for engaging adolescents in a time of broadening literacies. Collected from classrooms across North America, these strategies can be implemented in a wide range of classrooms, from the technologically barren to the technologically advanced. Assignments and assessments will be demonstrated that can be used in conjunction with: Blogging, Video Sharing, Sound File Sharing, Instant Messaging, Text Messaging, Podcasting, Using Games, Graffiti, Visual Art, Drama...
Multimodality and the Art in Curriculum Design (Grades K-12/ESOL)
Consultant: Peggy Albers
In this workshop, teachers experience the Harlem Renaissance curriculum from a multimodal perspective. They see, feel, hear, and sense this literary movement as writers and authors created it. Teachers will learn how to create a variety of multimodal engagements using PowerPoint, art, drama, and music, along with their language texts, and learn how to integrate multimodality into curriculum.
See an example of how Peggy integrates reading, writing, art, and technology as her k-12 teachers create their version of Uptown by Bryan Collier which they entitle, A-Town.
See a photo of Peggy working with teachers from all over the nation in the NCTE Reading Initiative Summer Institute.
/Hamming it up in the Classroom: Working with Drama and the Oral Language Arts (Grades K-12/ESOL)
Consultant: Peggy Albers
In this workshop, teachers will learn how drama and the oral language arts can generate strong engagement from students and elicit deeper levels of comprehension of written texts. Teachers will learn the basic elements involved in working with drama and speech (voice, movement, body position), and how to move written text into readers theater, oral interpretation and short plays. They will understand the important link among speaking, listening and performing engagements that encourage their students to consider text from multiple perspectives.
See examples of how Peggy works with Readers Theater and Langston Hughes’s poetry, and how she adapts a young adult novel into a Readers Theater.
Media Literacy 101
Consultant: Frank Baker
Audience: Teachers, ELA Supervisors
Most teacher/educators have never been trained in media literacy. This workshop introduces the core concepts/key questions and positions media literacy within that state’s teaching standards and frameworks. Extremely interactive and hands-on.
Media Education in a Digital Information Age
Consultant: Frank Baker
Audience: All educators
Similar to Media Literacy 101, except new media and technology are emphasized here.
The Role of Writing in Media
Consultant: Frank Baker
Audience: All educators
Writing is the key to all media messages, whether they be advertising, commercials, TV, or film. Participants will explore all media with many hands-on activities.