Slides available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OzaL0DoMitGGfbvafUpWo40pAzG07IG2xYR_7Z8uhvs/edit#slide=id.p

When you think about instruction in the content areas, do you
automatically think that all students have the opportunity to
engage in this type of learning? Can students beyond those
with learning disabilities meaningfully participate in content
area classrooms? In this session, we will explore what access
means for students with disabilities and identify ways to
engage this group in content area instruction.

The post for this session is available here: https://literacy6-12.org/providing-access-to-content-area-learning-for-students-with-disabilities/

This webinar will include activities and discussions intended to help educators understand some of the ways that literacy differs across disciplines. The focus of the session is to encourage teachers to support literacy while helping students meet content-specific learning goals. Being aware of our own use of literacy strategies opens up discussions of how to continuously enrich every lesson, every day with content-area and disciplinary literacy practices.

The post for this session is available here: https://literacy6-12.org/supporting-literacy-and-content-area-learning/


The slide deck for this presentation is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jDrj7_B21UsR7HpPH8SxBgx6Ps0z7QOg/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106142515800394888466&rtpof=true&sd=true

The recording of a talk I'm giving at TLTCon 2022 - https://tlt.cofc.edu/tltcon/

The post for this talk is here - https://wiobyrne.com/student-privacy-and-pandemics/

The slide deck is here - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ehrWvGfWJs-8YnOf15v8J8QvZ_YFQZJJ_w-ljRG42Os/edit?usp=sharing

Through juxtaposing images and text, picture books have the unique power to facilitate critical reading and critical literacy for students of all grade levels, reading readiness levels, and with diverse interests. This webinar presents three analytical approaches to develop critical reading and critical literacy skills through picture books to help students: (1) critically analyze broad representation, (2) engage in critical visual analysis, and (3) analyze voices and perspectives in picture books. Through approaches like these, teachers can use picture books to craft critical classrooms. Concrete examples will be used that allow participants to immediately apply these approaches in their classes.

More info here: https://literacy6-12.org/using-diverse-picture-books-to-craft-critical-middle-and-secondary-classrooms/

Talk, Text, Content & Context: Using Poetry & Multimodal Exploration to Develop a Community of Inquiry

This webinar will share guidance from a research-tested way to embed literacy and technology instruction in and across disciplines by focusing in poetry response and writing using digital, multimodal texts. The #WalkMyWorld project started with a community focus on poetry and multimodal exploration; it then developed into a community of inquiry. The focus of this session is to identify opportunities to have students explore various lifeworlds by responding to and authoring multimodal poetry. In #WalkMyWorld, educators and students create a social space of engagement to explore civic uses of social media. This exploration served as an opportunity to consider the media literacies at play as the group participated as a community of writers.

https://literacy6-12.org/poetry-and-multimodal-exploration/

Video overview of the #WalkMyWorld Project produced for the K12 Online Conference 2015.

My interview with An-Me Chung for the Mozilla Network50 list.

A workshop I presented on reading and supporting students as they interact in classes.

The full post is here: https://wiobyrne.com/developing-a-culture-of-inquiry/

The slides are here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nBB8znjSalOdbU0nkib6INqF7TKQ3GipFsgfxcMHUr0/edit#slide=id.g35f391192_00