Digital tools offer new possibilities for literacy learning, but meaningful technology integration requires more than simply adding a device, platform or application to instruction. In this research-to-practice session, participants will explore four strategic considerations for making intentional decisions about technology in literacy learning: connecting digital technology to instructional goals, adding tools strategically, building on students’ existing knowledge and allowing them …
College of Community Innovation and EducationThe College Distinguished Lecture is a platform designed to inform, inspire, and connect UCF’s research community — and the broader public — with today’s most urgent and impactful topics. Each lecture spotlights cutting-edge research that influences education, community development, and policy at both national and global levels. Distinguished Lecturer Tan Yigitcanlar, Ph.D., Professor, School of Architecture and Built Environment & …
College of Community Innovation and EducationThis presentation will cover a professional development (PD) in the form of a summer institute and student camp with the aim of helping teachers reach rural students, especially a high multilingual student population, through literacy initiatives. We will discuss translanguaging as a lens for teachers to view the writing instruction in their classrooms, how this entails skills of speaking, listening, …
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