2007 Program - Literacy Research Association
2007 Program - Literacy Research Association
2007 Program - Literacy Research Association
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Wednesday • November 28, <strong>2007</strong><br />
3:00 P.M.–4:30 P.M. BIG BEND B<br />
PAPER SESSION<br />
The Role of Technology in Innovative <strong>Literacy</strong> Tools<br />
Chair: Diane L. Schallert, University of Texas<br />
1. The “Grammars” of Fast Literacies<br />
Deborah Anne Kozdras, University of South Florida<br />
James R. King, University of South Florida<br />
James L. Welsh, University of South Florida<br />
Jenifer J. Schneider, University of South Florida<br />
2. Autonomous Agents: Considerations for Theoretical<br />
Grounding of New Literacies from a Cognitive Perspective<br />
Elizabeth (Betsy) A. Baker, University of Missouri<br />
Mary S. Rozendal, University of Buffalo - SUNY<br />
3:00 P.M.–4:30 P.M. BIG BEND C<br />
PAPER SESSION<br />
Preservice Teachers and Secondary English Education<br />
Chair: Kim Shea, University of South Florida<br />
1. Taking the Mountain to Muhammad: High School Students in<br />
a University Writing Class<br />
Mary Ariail, Georgia State University<br />
Mary Huysman, Georgia State University<br />
Heather Lynch, Georgia State University<br />
2. Understanding the “Big Picture:” Exploring Preservice<br />
Teachers’ Conceptions and Processes of Curriculum Planning<br />
in Secondary English Education<br />
Dana L. Fox, Georgia State University<br />
Ewa McGrail, Georgia State University<br />
3. Multiliteracies and Multimedia Narratives: Using Digital<br />
Video as a Tool for Reflective Practice in Secondary English<br />
Education<br />
Dana L. Fox, Georgia State University<br />
Laurie Brantley-Dias, Georgia State University<br />
Brendan Calandra, Georgia State University<br />
Rebecca Calder, Columbia High School, DeKalb Co., GA<br />
3:00 P.M.–4:30 P.M. BIG BEND D<br />
PAPER SESSION<br />
Perspectives on Teaching for <strong>Literacy</strong><br />
Chair: Francine C. Falk-Ross, Northern Illinois University<br />
1. Writing for Pleasure, with Purpose, or as Panacea: An<br />
Historical Examination of Creative Writing Instruction<br />
Darek J. Benesh, University of Iowa<br />
2. Investigating the Instructional Practices of Middle and Senior<br />
Years Teachers: Reading Comprehension Strategy Instruction<br />
in the Content Areas<br />
Donna Copsey Haydey, University of Winnipeg<br />
3. Student Engagement: Applications of Flow Theory to<br />
Classroom <strong>Literacy</strong> Events<br />
Brenda A. Shearer, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh<br />
Martha R. Ruddell, Sonoma State University<br />
3:00 P.M.–4:30 P.M. BIG BEND E<br />
PAPER SESSION<br />
Sociocultural and Critical <strong>Literacy</strong> Issues: Identity, Popular Culture,<br />
and Agency<br />
Chair: Jennifer C. Wilson, University of Texas<br />
1. <strong>Literacy</strong> on the Back Street: African-American <strong>Literacy</strong><br />
Practices in a Rural Southern Town<br />
Amy S. Johnson, University of South Carolina<br />
2. Young Children’s Poetry Jam: Agency, Fluency, and<br />
Collaboration<br />
Nadjwa E. L. Norton, City College of New York, CUNY<br />
3. African-American Youth’s Critical Literacies, Identities and<br />
Negotiations of Popular Culture Texts<br />
Iris Taylor, University of Illinois at Chicago<br />
3:00 P.M.–4:30 P.M. FOOTHILLS I<br />
ALTERNATIVE FORMAT<br />
Multimodal Data Analysis in Language and <strong>Literacy</strong> Education<br />
Chair: John B. Bishop, University of Georgia<br />
Discussant: Margaret C. Hagood, College of Charleston<br />
This session foregrounds methodologies for analyzing and representing<br />
multimodal research data in literacy education, highlighting the need<br />
to address epistemological differences among various modes. The presenters<br />
share methods and challenges using examples from their own<br />
multimodal data involving digital video, manga scanlations, and visual<br />
imagery in adolescent email communication.<br />
1. Scanlation Groups: Exploring Intercultural and Multimodal<br />
Communities of Practice<br />
Achariya T. Rezak, University of Georgia<br />
2. Moving Images: Rethinking Epistemology with Digital Video<br />
Composition<br />
John B. Bishop, University of Georgia<br />
3. Email as Multimodal Space: A Study of Three Adolescents’<br />
Designing Practices<br />
Amy A. Wilson, University of Georgia<br />
4. Multimodal “Fabrications” in <strong>Research</strong>: Re/working Data<br />
Leslie C. Bottoms, University of Georgia<br />
+ 3:00 P.M.–3:40 P.M. FOOTHILLS II<br />
ROUNDTABLE<br />
I. Decision-Making and Effective <strong>Literacy</strong> Instruction: A View<br />
of One Teacher<br />
Kathryn Pole, Saint Louis University<br />
II. An Investigation of Pre-Service and Post-Baccalaureate<br />
Content Area Reading Teachers’ Information and Training<br />
in Teaching Higher Levels of Language and <strong>Literacy</strong>: A<br />
Longitudinal Approach<br />
Kenneth J. Weiss, Central Connecticut State University<br />
24<br />
57th National Reading Conference • November 28 - December 1, <strong>2007</strong>
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