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 21st Century Literacies Pathways Program, Web Seminars, Resource Kits and 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.
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.
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.
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.
Youth Poetry and Media Production in 21st Century Classrooms
Consultant: Korina Jocson
Audience: Grades 6-12 teachers, teacher educators, literacy coaches
Focus: Teaching poetry and writing across media platforms
This workshop will provide an overview of youth poetry and spoken word in relation to hip-hop and new media culture. Participants will be introduced to a pedagogical stance that treats poetry as a democratic medium with possibilities for artistic and political empowerment among historically marginalized populations. Participants will read, view, and discuss contemporary poems, including the works of emerging and established youth poets. Building on writing as process, participants will also write their own poems to incite or further develop innovative ideas for media production in their own settings. Included in the workshop will be a look at existing youth programs, community-based organizations, and other related resources.
Media Literacy Education and Global Citizenship
Consultant: Korina Jocson
Audience: Grades K-5, 6-12 teachers, teacher educators, administrators
Focus: Teaching media literacy and global citizenship
This workshop will provide an overview of the media literacy education movement and wrestle with the possibilities of teaching media literacy and global citizenship in the classroom. Participants will have an opportunity to tease apart concepts and examine classroom-based scenarios. Sample questions that will guide the workshop are: Why should educators consider youth’s interaction with various media? What does media literacy have to do with education and globalization? Why is it critical for 21st century teachers and teacher educators to take into account global citizenship as a part of their pedagogy? What are the implications for students at various levels?
The New Literacies Movement and Web 2.0: Roadblocks and Opportunities
Consulant: William Kist
Building on over ten years of research in classrooms, Dr. Kist will provide an overview of the “new literacies” movement, from its genesis in arts-based education (focusing on film), to the beginnings of the uses of the Internet in the classroom, to today’s struggles with how to integrate Web 2.0 into the K-12 classroom.