Literacy in the 21st Century (3-Hour)

$50.00

Presenter: Katherine McKnight, Ph.D.
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies 
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 3

Do you want your students to listen to the voices in their heads and carry around toolboxes? It sounds crazy, but active, independent readers do just that! Join trainer Katie McKnight, Ph.D., and learn how to fill those literacy-toolboxes with skills that will open up a world of meaning for your students.

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Description

The Google generation has more access to information than any generation prior, but how can they possibly make sense of the fire hydrant of text that greets each query? With the abundance of data available, it is essential that we teach them to decode and understand it. Get strategies to help students synthesize text and put it to good use.
In this course, you will learn:
  • To encourage visualization of text
  • Strategies to help students comprehend content 
  • How to build literacy through judicious vocabulary
  • How to shape active, independent reading

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162 reviews for Literacy in the 21st Century (3-Hour)

  1. Rozanne – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    It was an informative course.

  2. Arizbeth – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    This training is useful in giving great literacy strategies. It shows you examples of this strategies to put in place in the classroom.

  3. Nova – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Excellent course

  4. Hanna – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner)

    Great Course

  5. Kelsey – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner)

    This course if full of great strategies and ideas to incorporate into any classroom.

  6. Dina – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Great strategies. I would like to discuss this in PLCs with instructor within and out of my content area to better implement the strategies in my classroom.

  7. tina – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner)

    excellent ideas/ strategies

  8. Lindra – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner)

    It was a great course.

  9. Grizelda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    Great speaker. Very engaging

  10. Oneida – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Some of the strategies were new for me, I especially liked the postcard strategy. This is a good way of engaging the the students. I was hoping to see more strategies and less talk about research.

  11. Mary – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner)

    Great overview of ways to incorporate reading strategies into any content area.

  12. Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Informative course for teachers of all content areas; provides strategies that can be used to enhance comprehension and vocabulary.

  13. Anthony – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    There are some creative text strategies you will learn from this training.

  14. Tracy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    Very outdated.

  15. Karina – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    The course provided multiple strategies that are valuable to literacy in the classroom. All strategies that were discussed and demonstrated provided opportunities for differentiation, collaboration, engagement, and evaluation.

  16. Michele – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner)

    I liked the course. Module 3 seems to have some audio issues at the beginning.

  17. Elizabeth – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner)

    This was an informative course.

  18. Nancy – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner)

    The third module was the most interesting for me because I grabbed ideas to use in my class.

  19. Sarah – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner)

    I enjoyed it.

  20. Shanee – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner)

    Great ideas and strategies that I can implement.

  21. Elda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    great strategies

  22. Cassandra – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner)

    Entertaining, funny, and informative.

  23. Terry – SAN MARCOS CISD (verified owner)

    Very informative

  24. Jill – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner)

    Good Course….a lot of information

  25. Christopher – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner)

    None

  26. Cara – PLANO ISD (verified owner)

    Presenter was engaging and material is adaptable for any classroom.

  27. Tammy – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner)

    Very informative

  28. Christine – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner)

    Please be sure to have a quick video difficulty problem solving (sound at the beginning of the video not on, glad there was the notes to read as the sound was not working). Writing to the help desk is great if there is a major flaw, but some technology solutions would be helpful.

  29. LAUREL – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    informative

  30. Natoshia – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner)

    This has quite a few strategies to try out in classrooms. I am partial to Literature, but it can be applied to all courses.

  31. Shannon – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner)

    Very entertaining presenter. Good information. Geared more towards middle and high school. I am first grade, so not quite as applicable for me.

  32. Scott – MARION CITY (verified owner)

    Great course! I like the discussions, etc. The quizzes with the drag down answers–give me a break.

  33. Flor – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner)

    Extremely helpful and is something that can be easy to use in classs.

  34. Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    I thought the topic and instructional strategies presented were excellent and applicable to all classrooms (any subject, any grade level).

  35. Amberlie – Private Pay (verified owner)

    Great strategies!

  36. Deb – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner)

    Enjoyed this course as the presenter was light hearted and humorous. Content was not necessarily new to me but was a great reminder!

  37. Corina – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    very informative; lots of strategies and examples

  38. Sumeyye – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner)

    it was a very informative video but it is produced Years ago. You should replace with a current one.

  39. Rebecca – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Great strategies that can be implemented with little prepartion

  40. Xavier – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    excellent course with a very informed instructor.

  41. Timothy – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner)

    Great course

  42. Blanca – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    It was very interesting.

  43. Lorielle – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Good and informative

  44. Kelli – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner)

    Good info

  45. Jana – Region 17 ESC (verified owner)

    Interesting ideas. I especially like and will be using the Vocabulary Paint Chips and the Vocabulary Kick Me game.

  46. Patricia – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner)

    Great strategies

  47. Criselda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    This video is more geared to middle school and high school teachers , however the strategies can be used in the elementary level.

  48. Dett – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    It was helpful and it gave me ideas that I can implement in my classroom

  49. Rhonda – CONROE ISD (verified owner)

    Easy to follow and well-organized. The presenter goes beyond buzzwords and gives concrete examples of reasonable and practical strategies.

  50. Roxanne – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    I really enjoyed the strategies and activities other teachers use.

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