Leila Christenbury's Retracing the Journey to Receive Award
Retracing the Journey: Teaching and Learning in an American High School has been chosen to receive the 2008 James N. Britton Award. The award is sponsored by the Conference on English Education (CEE) of the National Council of Teachers of English. The James N. Britton Award is given to encourage English Language teacher development, consistent with the major goal of CEE, by promoting reflective inquiry in which teachers raise questions about teaching and learning in their own teaching/learning settings. It is given annually to exemplary studies published in any format.
VATE Conference 2008
In today’s global community, where the longest distance is that between an index finger and the send button on a computer, and where anyone can post practically anything on the Internet, how do we teach kids the fine line between truth and fiction? To what extent is nonfiction truth? And what elements of truth allow fiction to be realistic? More information
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Dr. Sara B. Kajder, an assistant professor of English Education at Virginia Tech and a nationally-known consultant and speaker, she is author of Bringing the Outside In: Visual Ways to Engage Reluctant Readers and The Tech-Savvy English Classroom. She will share her expertise with technological tools that engage writers and readers. Dr. Kajder will speak at the Saturday luncheon. |
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Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Award winner for Hitler Youth, and Orbis Pictus Award winner and Sibert Award winner for Black Potatoes, will share insights about her research process to record history and to make that history accessible to students. Ms. Bartoletti will speak at the banquet on Saturday evening. |
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K.K. Bruno, author of Mischiefs and Miseries: A Novel of Jamestown 1607, which stems from her interest in the history of the Williamsburg and Jamestown areas, will address the balance of fact and fiction in historical fiction. An interpreter for Historic Jamestowne, Ms. Bruno volunteers at the archeological dig. Ms. Bruno will speak at the Saturday breakfast. |
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Sara Holbrook, author of Practical Poetry and Outspoken: Improving Communication Skills through Poetry Performance, as well as numerous poetry collections, will perform her own poetry and share insights about teaching and performing poetry. A former teacher, Sara writes about, :what I know and what I wonder about" Ms. Holbrook will speak at the Sunday brunch. |
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