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Volume 32, Number 4
January/February 2015
Inside:
A sneak peek at the IRA to ILA transformation
The critical need for literacy leadership
Using technology to differentiate instruction
Bringing TED talks into the classroom
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WELCOME TO THE
OF LITERACY!
Executive Director, Marcie Craig Post
It is my pleasure to introduce you
to ILA—the International Literacy
Association.
Two years of comprehensive
data-gathering and analysis,
intensive probing and
questioning, and creative
exploration and idea
generation has resulted in what
you are about to discover—a
rebooted, rejuvenated global
professional membership
association for leaders in
literacy education.
It was a monumental task, and we
are proud to now share
Volume 32, Number 4 January/February 2015
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FUTURE LITERACY E OF CY
WELCOME TO THE OF LITERACY!
FUTURE our partners and our competitors.
FUTU “We can no longer si
RE O ACY questions, probe the responses, and
Fisher & Frey's Answer to close and critica
CONTENTS Editor's Note Inviting Change...........
E DITOR'S NOTE H ow ma
Letters to the Editor An Unintentional Theme I wa
L IT BITS Literacy at Work Photos from IL
And the Word of the Year Is… The American Dialect
P resident's Message Welcoming a New Era
Transform Your Classroom TODAY New Name. Same Re
L ITERACY LEADERSHIP From Literacy to Litera
The literacy demands of the CCSS, of new techn
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L ITERACY LEADERSHIP Precautions w
technology, regularly uploads on YouTube, creates
L ITERACY LEADERSHIP The Money Is Out There H
Find funding sources There are a variety of fundi
T WO TAKES To bot
They appreciate the ease with which they can look
T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM How to Speak in Googl
friends. Open up Google's bag of tricks for stude
T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM An Evolving Role The jo
A sample of a student's digital story using PowTo
T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Reading
1. Perceptual dimensions of the text. Exam
T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Providing a Connection
This talk is easy to bring into the room beca
Sculptor Janet Echelman Photo courtesy of TED/Jam
ILA journals. New look. Same transformative conte
T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Edutainment
E nvision this fourth-grade miniles-
turns any photo into a vocabulary learn- au
T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Colors, Lines, and Shape
© 2014 ISBN 978-0-87207-353-1 Nonmembers: $29.95
C HILDREN'S LITERATURE Openin
get them to rethink children's literature and the
C HILDREN'S LITERATURE Creating Lifelong Reader
the students' interest significantly wanes and co
A NNUAL CONFERENCE Funding Outside the Box If d
attend conferences, enhance their professional kn
C OUNCILS & SIGs A Cause for Collaboration How
have been getting to work on implementa- tion. Ga
I NTERNATIONAL Teaching th
Model (DTM). Following the model, teachers learne
program that provides video content by mobile pho
February 2015 4–7 Colorado Council International
M EMBER SPOTLIGHT News & Notes Career accomplis
M EMBER SPOTLIGHT In Your Words Top Tech Tool
M EMBER SPOTLIGHT ILA Reflections Meeting My P
ILA 2015 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITS St. Louis, Missour
EARLY INTERVENTION ENSURES EARLY SUCCESS.