READ 4534-001Dr. Elizabeth Swaggerty

January 26, 2010

REVIEW Response log entry feedback is now available on Moodle Still grading biosketches An introduction of scholarly resources

Peer-reviewed (scholarly work is reviewed by experts in the field before publication)

Research articles, practitioner articles, perspective/philosophical/theoretical papers

Bias Google/Wikipedia Comprehension:

Applegate, M. D., Applegate, A. J., & Modla, V. B. (2009). “She’s my best reader; she just can’t comprehend”: Studying the relationship between fluency and comprehension. The Reading Teacher, 62(6), 512-521.

Podcast: Diane Lapp and Douglas Fisher talk about comprehension instruction, from its history to current issues in critical literacy and the impact of digital text. http://www.reading.org/downloads/podcasts/II-LappFisher.mp3

Read aloud: My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris and Chris Soentpiet and Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg

AnnouncementsScholastic Book Orders … if you’re

interested, browse online and use credit/debit card to purchase. Link on our Moodle site. Orders due by February 3rd

REAP Opportunity – Feb 3rd 10-11:00 (sign up in class)

So, how do I find good scholarly articles on my topic?A good starting point: Google Scholarhttp

://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws

International Reading Associationwww.reading.org

National Reading Conference (Literacy Research Association) Yearbookhttp://www.nrconline.org/cgi/yearbooklib.cgi

Joyner Libraryhttp://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Refine your search …

Search words are VERY IMPORTANT.Reading

Reading instruction Reading instruction, digital text

Reading instruction, online text Reading instruction, online reading

Reading instruction, online reading strategiesReading instruction, intermediate (or primary, or

adolescent), digital text• Reading instruction, intermediate, digital text, Internet

• Reading instruction, intermediate, digital text, processes

O’Brien, D., & Scharber, C. (2008). Digital literacies go to school: Potholes and possibilities. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(1), 66-68.

Podcast: Dr. Baker interviews Dr. Julie Coiro about the skills middle-school students need to effectively read online. http://www.voiceofliteracy.org/posts/26036

What kind of piece is the O’Brien and Scharber article?Read like a writer (notice the first sentence).Read like a reading teacher (what does this mean to

you in terms of your teaching?

New Literacies Research Team at UConnhttp://

www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/team.html\Donna Bone, Jill Castek, Julie Coiro, Heidi

Everett- Cacopardo, Doug Hartman, Laurie Henry, Don Leu, Greg McVerry, Ian O’Byrne, Mark Olson, Mary Truxaw, Lisa Zawilinski

Publications … http://www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/pubs.html

In the back of your mind …Be thinking about your research paper topic.

What intrigues you?Topic and Rationale paper due Feb 16th.

Read AloudSuper-Completely and Totally the Messiest by

Judith Viorst

By next Tuesday, Feb. 2nd ….RESPONSE LOG ENTRY for set #3.

Walker-Dalhouse, D., & Risko, V. J. (2008). Homelessness, poverty, and children's literacy development. The Reading Teacher, 62(1), 84–86. doi: 10.1598/RT.62.1.11

Podcast: Beating the Odds, Book by Book (2007). National Public Radio. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12840588&ps=rs