2nd Annual Mount Teacher Institute
Launching New Literacies:
Strategies to Maximize Student Engagement

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 8:30 to 4 pm. 

Mount St. Mary's University's Frederick Campus
Center for Professional & Continuing Studies
5350 Spectrum Drive, Suite A, Frederick, MD  21703
Directions

Registration is now open - click here to register with a major credit card. 

Don't miss this rewarding day of professional updating, skill building, and enrichment, sponsored by
The School of Education and Human Services
Mount St. Mary's University   
MSDE and PA ACT 48 credits are available for this event. 

All registrants will receive the featured book:

The Socially Networked Classroom:
Teaching in the New Media Age by William Kist

Keynote Presenter: Julie Coiro, Ph.D.
Session:  Teaching the New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension

Julie Coiro is an assistant professor of reading in the School of Education at the University of Rhode Island. Previous to that, Julie worked as co-director of the New Literacies Research Lab at the University of Connecticut. Her research interests include reading comprehension strategy instruction, the new literacies of the Internet, and effective practices for technology integration and professional development. She is currently co-investigator on a four-year federal research project to develop valid and reliable assessments of online reading comprehension.

In 2009, Julie was a distinguished finalist for the International Reading Association’s Dissertation Award and, in 2011 she received the Early Career Achievement Award from the Literacy Research Association. Julie is a former middle school and elementary school teacher and has provided professional development to teachers around the country for the past 20 years. Her work appears in venues such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Journal of Literacy Research, Educational Leadership, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and the 2nd Edition of the International Handbook of Literacy and Technology. She is co-author of the 4th edition of the book Teaching with the Internet K-12: New Literacies for New Times (2004) and co-editor of the Handbook of Research on New Literacies (2008). 

Featured Speaker:  Sarah Lohnes Watulak, Ph.D.
Session: Beyond Technology Skills: Beyond Technology Skills: Designing Through Critical Digital Literacies

Sarah Lohnes Watulak is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Technology and Literacy, College of Education, Towson University (MD). She earned her Ed.D. in Communication and Education from Teacher's College, Columbia University. Sarah also has several years' experience in faculty technology professional development. At Towson, Sarah teaches instructional technology courses at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels. Her research primarily focuses on undergraduate students' new literacies and technology practices. Her most recent work has focused on the development of critical digital literacies among pre-service teachers, the results of which will be published in a forthcoming edited volume from Peter Lang.  

Featured Speaker:  William Kist, Ph.D.
Session:  My Journey to the Socially Networked Classroom
Featured Book: The Socially Networked Classroom: Teaching in the New Media Age by William Kist

William Kist, an associate professor at Kent State University, has been researching classroom uses of new media for over a decade.  His profiles of teachers who are broadening our conception of literacy were included in his first book, New Literacies in Action and have been expanded in his book, The Socially Networked Classroom, focusing on the uses of Web 2.0 in the classroom. Remaining active in video production work over the years, William Kist is the recipient of an Ohio Educational Broadcasting Network Commission Honorable Mention for the documentary The Learning Age and a regional Emmy Award nomination for outstanding achievement in music composition for the documentary series Our Family.  To link to Bill Kist's videos, CLICK HERE. 

Location

Mount St. Mary's University's
Frederick Campus
Center for Professional
& Continuing Studies
5350 Spectrum Drive, Suite A, Frederick, MD  21703
Directions

Schedule
(subject to change)

8:30–9:00:
9:00 -10:30:
10:30-11:00:
11:00-12:30:
12:30-1:30:
1:30-2:30:
2:30-2:45:
2:45-3:30:

3:30-4:00:

Registration and Refreshment
Welcome/Keynote Speaker: Julie Coiro 
Break
Break-out Sessions
Lunch
Featured Speaker: Sarah Lohnes Watulak
Break
Skype Session with William Kist
Evaluation and Closing
MSDE/PA ACT 48 Information Session

Cost

Teacher Rate:  $85.00 per person

Disounted Student Rate For pre-service enrolled in initial certificaton education programs:  $40.00 per person

Includes event registration, box lunch, and copy of the book, The Socially Networked Classroom: Teaching in the New Media Age by William Kist

MSDE Credit

1 credit.  Additional readings and personalized project to meet 15 required hours. Available for an extra $15 fee.  CLICK HERE for the syllabus.

PA ACT 48 Credit

4.5 hours of continuing credit available for an additional $5 fee.

Pre-Reading Material

Click here to download pre-reading material in preparation for the day.

Registration

Registration is now open - click here to register with a major credit card.  

Registration Deadline: June 22 by Noon. Registrations after that time will be on a walk-in basis only.  Walk-ins are welcome. Walk-in registration will not include a box lunch.

If you have questions about registering, call the Mount Summer Office at 301-447-8329, or email Angie Hamlin at summer@msmary.edu.

Questions about the program content or speakers? Contact Carolyn Cook for more information- cook@msmary.edu. 

Participants Should Bring

Please bring your fully charged laptop or tablet for use during the sessions.

Promote It!

To download a full-color, printable flyer (PDF format), CLICK HERE

Cancellations and Refunds

Full refund if you cancel by Friday, June 22.  If you cancel after June 22, you will receive a full refund minus $10 administrative fee. Please contact us right away at 301-447-8329 if you need to cancel.