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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SKU MCK-295 Categories Creativity & Instructional Strategies, English, Gifted, Instructional Strategies, Katherine McKnight, Literacy, McKnight, Ph.D. Tags Creativity and Instructional Strategies, elementary, English, Gifted, GT, Literacy, secondary

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

Katie McKnight, Ph.D., is an author, educator, and consultant. Her career in education began as a high school English teacher in the Chicago Public School system. She received her B.A. degree from George Washington University, her M.Ed. from Northeastern Illinois University, and her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She currently serves as a Distinguished Professor of Research at National Louis University. Dr. McKnight travels worldwide as a professional development consultant and is a sought after speaker in the fields of adolescent literacy, inclusive classrooms, Common Core State Standards, interdisciplinary literacy, and integrating technology in the 21st century classroom.

Additional information

Core Area	Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Hours	3 Hours
Organization	McKnight
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Katherine McKnight, Ph.D.
Course Content	Gifted, Instructional Strategies, English, Literacy

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

Rated 5 out of 5

Michelle – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) – July 29, 2019

Love the speakers
Rated 5 out of 5

Eileen – Ashtabula Area City Schools (verified owner) – August 8, 2019

Excellent videos of teachers modeling strategies.
Rated 5 out of 5

Jacquelyn – Private Pay (verified owner) – August 14, 2019

As a history teacher with no formal reading background this was AWESOME!
Rated 5 out of 5

Susan – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) – September 13, 2019

Great ideas for literary content in other core subjects.
Rated 5 out of 5

Sandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – September 22, 2019

It was explained very well.
Rated 5 out of 5

Adriana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – October 20, 2019

Great Literacy Ideas!
Rated 4 out of 5

Pearl – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) – November 3, 2019

The content was great; however, the sound was off in the beginning of the course.
Rated 5 out of 5

Alexandra – Springfield City School District (verified owner) – November 5, 2019

I liked the strategies that were presented in the 3rd module.
Rated 4 out of 5

Dana – INDIAN LAKE LOCAL (verified owner) – November 12, 2019

Good for science, social studies and math teachers. As a reading teacher I already use most of the strategies presented.
Rated 5 out of 5

John – ALICE ISD (verified owner) – November 26, 2019

I found several useful strategies.