From: Ruth Quiroa <RQuiroa_at_nl.edu>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:24:05 -0500

National-Louis University's

Center for Teaching through Children’s Books

One-Day Summer Institute:

“Teaching Multiple Literacies through Children’s Books”

The Center for Teaching through Children’s Books (CTCB) will offer a on e- day Summer

Institute workshop for teachers, librarians, and children’s book author s and illustrators on

June 22, 2010 at the North Shore Campus of National-Louis University.

Visual literacy, information literacy, media literacy, digital literacy. Ou r students need all of

these in order to navigate the world of the 21st century. Candace Fleming, award-winning

author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary (2008) and man y other

titles, has perfected a scrap-book format that draws on and teaches multipl e literacies.

Featured speaker at the Institute, Fleming will share with participants her research process

for multiple literacies. Presenters include: Gail Bush (Information Literac y), Junko Yokota

(Visual Literacy), and Toby Rajput (Media and Digital Literacies).

Cost: $100 per person (includes the Institute registration fee and lunch). A reduced

registration fee is available for groups. Early bird registrants will recei ve a free copy of a

children’s book by Candace Fleming. CPDUs will be available.

When and Where:

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., June 22, 2010

National-Louis University

5202 Old Orchard Road, Suite 300, Skokie IL 60077-4409.

Course Credit Option: Participants who wish to earn course credit, can regi ster for

a 1 - 2 s.h. mixed delivery course taught by Junko Yokota. For course infor mation,

contact Professor Yokota at J.Yokota_at_nl.edu .

Registration: To register for the Institute, please contact Maria Dionne at

Maria.Dionne_at_nl.edu or 224-233-2390.

Institute Agenda

• 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Registration

• 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Presentations by Gail Bush (Information Literacy), Junko Yokota (Visual

Literacy), Toby Rajput (Media and Digital Literacies)

• 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break

• 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Candace Fleming, “The Research Process for Multiple Literacies: A Study

of the Scrapbook

• 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.

Lunch in rooms with small break-out discussions

• 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Whole group reconvenes: Sharing by small groups; Candace Fleming

responds to questions and comments

• 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Book signings and conversation

CTCB is dedicated to excellence in teaching with quality literature for

children and adolescents.
Received on Fri 04 Jun 2010 10:24:05 PM CDT