LitBit: Literacy Research for the Teacher on the Go Brooke Cunningham, University of Tennessee

Brooke and Katie take on Orlando in this on-location peek into the International Literacy Association Conference. We talk to various ILA attendees, hear about some research, and share about our own presentation at this conference about this very podcast! You can find a link to the Google Slides here:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15JFjmv05ku4lX3R3A1YDeuc-aapEY1Rc8Ec-YOCistA/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Scott Bevill talks with me about immersing students in the fandom and physicality of medieval literature to foster engagement.

Resources for Medieval Literature:
https://once-and-future-classroom.org/
https://mediakron.bc.edu/mappingchaucer
http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com/
https://melissaridleyelmes.wordpress.com/
http://www.publicmedievalist.com/category/past-present/race-class-religion/race-racism-and-the-middle-ages/

Books We Discussed:
https://www.amazon.com/Inquisitors-Tale-Three-Magical-Children/dp/0525426167
https://www.amazon.com/Passion-Dolssa-Julie-Berry/dp/0451469925/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499093587&sr=1-1&keywords=the+passion+of+dolssa
https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/debating-truth-9780190226367?cc=us&lang=en&
https://www.amazon.com/One-Hundred-Nights-Hero-Graphic/dp/0316259179

LaShay Jennings talks with Brooke Bianchi-Pennington about integrating science and literacy. In particular we discuss the models presented in a book chapter by Cervetti, Pearson, Barber, Hiebert,
and Bravo called "Integrating Literacy and Science: The Research We Have, the Research We Need."

Brooke Bianchi-Pennington and Katie Thomas reflect on NCTE 2016. Hear what you're missing and register for NCTE 2017 in St. Louis at http://convention.ncte.org/ .

Some resources mentioned in the podcast are:
mystudentvoices.com
letters2president.org
@JennaGLit - Vocabulary Presenter
myshakespeare.com
tolerance.org