Events
- Annual Convention
- Great Teaching Round-up
- Leading from the middle
- fall conference for faculty leaders
- The Texas Network
"I think there is something more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision."
Events: 2011 Developmental Reading Schedule
Developmental Reading Summary
Friday, 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
"Assessment that Works for Students, Teachers, and a QEP"
Speaker: DJ Henry, Retired English Instructor and Author, Skilled, Effective, Master Reading Series
Saturday, 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
"Using Web 2.0 Media Tools to Promote Student Engagement and Instructor Presence in Online Classes"
Speaker: Risa Blair, Assistant Dean of Curriculum, Kaplan University
Friday, January 28th, 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
"Assessment that Works for Students, Teachers, and a QEP"
Speaker: DJ Henry, Retired English Instructor and Author, Skilled, Effective, Master Reading Series
Effective student self assessment lays the foundation for transformative and inspiring teachable moments. Effective self assessment calls for students to “move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision." The presentation “Calling Students to Action: Inspiring Self-Assessment” provides students and teachers with a systematic approach to authentic assessment that activates student metacognition, engages student motivation, and deepens student understanding of the connection between reading, writing, and knowledge. This flexible approach frames portfolio assessment into three phases: The Diagnostic Portfolio, The Working Portfolio, and The Display Portfolio. This framework develops critical thinking, active learning, and a student-driven individualized learning plan. Students reflect upon their needs as readers and writers, create a plan of action to meet those needs, monitor their progress, and display and reflect upon their mastery of course content. To stimulate an interactive discussion among participants, handout packets consist of ready to use (and easy to adapt) rubrics, reflective activities and questions, as well as reading and writing strategies. This portfolio system evolved over the course of twenty years of action research in the classroom, university sponsored research, and professional collaboration with reading, writing, and content-specific teachers.
Biography:
D. J. Henry is a veteran teacher with over 25 years of community college classroom experience and an acclaimed textbook author. During the course of her teaching career, D.J. Henry has served on several federally funded grants designed to infuse teaching and learning with sound pedagogies and technological supports. D.J. Henry has extensive experience in the standardized testing of literacy competencies. She worked with the State of Florida from 1982 to 2002 as an item writer, rubric writer, and reader for the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) and the State Developmental Reading and Writing Exit Exam. D.J. Henry also served as a reader for the Florida Teacher Certification Exam (FTCE) for over 15 years.
Saturday, January 29th, 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
"Using Web 2.0 Media Tools to Promote Student Engagement and Instructor Presence in Online Classes"
Speaker: Risa Blair, Assistant Dean of Curriculum, Kaplan University
Engage students, create an instructor presence, build community, and promote learning through the use of free Web 2.0 asynchronous video/animation tools. Free Web 2.0 video, video capture, video e-mail, animation tools, and free online repositories are available! Add some excitement, interactions, reinforce learning, and increase student engagement in the classroom through the use of technology!! How do you know which tool(s) to use in the classroom?
Biography:
Dr. Blair has over 15 years of teaching and experience in higher education, preparatory education, and online education. Working full time for a Florida Community College where she coordinates and trains faculty in the course development process, she additionally teaches for Kaplan University’s School of Information Systems and Technology. She has a strong background in technology and communications, business and management, instructional design, and online and traditional teaching. Dr. Blair is past president of Florida Distance Learning Association, the Florida affiliate of the United States Distance Learning Association, where she lead the organization in conducting technology training, state-of-the-art workshops, seminars, and webinars. She brings a wealth of knowledge in quality distance learning resources, as well as in Web Development, Presentation Graphics, Web Storyboarding, and Dreamweaver. Dr. Blair spent a semester in Israel as an assistant professor using state-of-the art telecommunication resources for her students to interact around the globe and learn in engaging online environments.
Developmental Reading Section Chair:
Ola George, Houston Community College