TILE-SIG2014

New Orleans Convention Center, La Nouvelle AB Chair: Julie Coiro, University of Rhode Island
 * Technology in Literacy Education Special Interest Group Program (May 2014)**

3:00-3:10 Welcome and Presentation of 2014 Technology in Reading Research Award

3:10-3:35 Keynote Address (25 minutes – 20 minutes with 5 minutes Q&A) Dana Grisham, National University (TILE-SIG 2013 Reading Research Award Winner)
 * Changing the Landscape of Literacy Teacher Education: Innovations with Generative Technology**


 * Roundtable Discussions** will provide opportunities for attendees to interact with presenters (researchers / educators) in small groups while learning about research findings and practical classroom ideas that link to their own classroom learning contexts.


 * 3:35-3:45 (10 minutes) Getting Started With Participant Discussions**


 * 3:50-4:12 Group 1: Choose one 22-minute roundtable**
 * Table 1. [Primary Grades] **Using Digital Technologies to Support Kindergarten Children’s Learning-to-Write**: Sandra Beam and Cheri Williams, University of Cincinnati
 * Table 2. [Elementary School] **Learning from Young Readers of Online Information Texts**: Angie Zapata, University of Missouri-Columbia and Beth Maloch, University of Texas at Austin
 * Table 3. [Upper Elementary] **iPoetry and the Exploration of identity**: Janette Hughes, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Anne Burke, Memorial University
 * Table 4. [Middle School] **Teaching & Learning with E-Readers: Promoting Deep Learning or Deep Trouble?** Vicky Zygouris-Coe, University of Central Florida; Victoria Cardullo, Auburn University, & Nance Wilson, Lourdes University
 * Table 5. [High School] **Authentic Digital Citizenship: Creating Student Leaders through Literacy and Technology**: Marta Albert State University of New York at Potsdam and Megan Leger, Colton-Pierrepont Central School
 * Table 6. [Secondary – Higher Education] **From Mesopotamia to Mobile Apps: A Historical Look at Technology’s Impact on the Form and Function of Literacy**: Melissa Pierczynski, George Mason University (presented by Seth Parsons)


 * 4:15-4:37 Group 2: Choose one 22-minute roundtable**
 * Table 1. [Primary Grades] **Comprehension Goes Digital:** Peggy Coyne, CAST
 * Table 2. [Upper Elementary/Middle School] **The Digital Word Wall: Learning Vocabulary in a Digitized World:** Lindsay Sheronick Yearta, University of South Carolina at Upstate, Bruce Taylor, and Karen Wood, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Katie Stover, Furman University
 * Table 3. [Elementary/Secondary School] **"It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy:" Content curation projects to engage CCSS & 21st Century Skills**: Karen L. Ford, Ball State University
 * Table 4. [Middle School] **Twitter as a Template for Middle School Students’ Text Responses:** Carolyn Stufft, Stephen F. Austin State University
 * Table 5. [Middle School] **Inspiring positive teenage reading habits using online book clubs:** Nicole Tambrell, New South Wales Australia (and The University of Connecticut)
 * Table 6. [K-12 Teachers] **Effect of Digital Technologies on the Culture of Literacy:** Marilyn Moore, National University


 * 4:40-5:02 Group 3: Choose one 22-minute roundtable**
 * Table 1. [Elementary/Middle School] **Scratch Programming as Multimodal Composing Practice in the Language Arts Classroom:** Julie Warner, Armstrong Atlantic State University
 * Table 2. [Elementary School] **Gathering Evidence and Communicating Ideas: Scaffolding 5th Graders As They Learn to Use Technology to Meet the Common Core State Standards**: Jill Castek, Portland State University and Ray Gueli, Lockport School District, NY
 * Table 3. [Upper Elementary and Middle School] **Transforming Literacy Instruction and Student Learning using Digital Technology:** Paula Saine,Miami University
 * Table 4. [Upper Elementary] “**You learn more when you’re using the technology:” Blogging to enhance learning opportunities:** Lindsay Sheronick Yearta, University of South Carolina at Upstate, and Katie Stover, Furman University
 * Table 5. [Middle School] **Tech Tools Struggling Readers Like to Use for Literacy & Learning:** Eric C. MacDonald, Benchmark School


 * 5:02-5:10 Large Group Wrap-Up and Reflection/Evaluations**