2008 Session Handouts
We are pleased to provide attendees and interested parties with handouts and presentations from many of the 2008 TRLD Conference sessions. We hope they will prove beneficial to you. The sessions are listed by day and then by Session number. Click the Handout link to download handouts or the Presentation link (if provided) to download slides of the presentation.
If you don't know the session number, it might be helpful to use the Edit/Find feature in your browser to search by the Presenter's name or a keyword from the session title. Thanks to the many presenters who were kind enough to furnish these documents. Please respect any copyright or privacy notices included by the authors.
Quick Links to Sessions
| Thursday Pre-Conference Sessions | Thursday Exhibitor Sessions | Friday Sessions | Saturday Sessions | |||
Thursday Pre-Conference Sessions
1102 Supported eTexts: A del.icio.us Database for Online Reading, Lynne Anderson-Inman
Handouts (Word Doc)
1103 Free and Open Source Software, John Fleischman
Handouts (Word) Presentation (PDF)
1106 Click! Create! Communicate! Learning Together with iPhoto, Comic Life and More, Kirsten A. Haugen
Handouts (PDF)
1107 …and on the 8th Day God Created Google!? (part 1), Floyd Braid
Handouts (Webpage)
1201 …and on the 8th Day God Created Google!? (part 2), Floyd Braid
Handouts (Webpage)
1206 Alphabet Soup for the AT Soul, Joy Smiley-Zabala
Handouts (PDF)
Thursday Exhibitor Sessions
1401 ASDF JKL; Keyboarding Across the District, Heather Chirtea
Handouts (PDF)
1405 Get Writing Performance Gains through Self Regulated Strategy Instruction, Jason Burke
Handouts (PDF)
1406 Effect of Technology on Reading Comprehension of Lower Quartile Middle Schoolers, Samuel Securro
Handouts (PDF)
1407 Simple and Powerful Writing Tools: WordQ and SpeakQ, Fraser Shein
Handouts (PDF)
1410 Read Naturally Software Edition (SE): Improving Fluency and Comprehension, Kristi Vincent
Handouts (PDF)
Friday Sessions
2000 KEYNOTE: How Reading Comprehension Has Changed While We Weren’t Looking, Donald Leu
Handouts (PDF-2.82Mb)
2101 Collaborative Notetaking: Eliminating the Language Barrier for High School ELL Students, Lynne Anderson-Inman
Handouts (PDF) Handout (Word doc)
2103 Right & Wrong on the Information Highway, David Warlick
Webblog
2104 Computer-based Assessment of Decoding Proficiency, Ted Hasselbring
Presentation (PPT-3.2Mb)
2105 Using Instructional Technology to Support and Enhance RtI Models, DeShaunda Gooden Warner
Handouts (PDF)
2106 Dr. Janet Allen's "Plugged-in to Reading", Alyssa Austin
Handouts (PDF)
2108 Getting Ready for Research: Teaching Skills with Technology, Karen M. Clay
Handouts (PDF)
2110 Reaching 21st Century Students: Video and Discussion, Stacey Kayden
Presentation (PPT-9.65Mb)
2112 UDL Though the Back Door, Susan Simmons
Handouts (PDF)
2113 The Spang Gang, or Who Said Games Don’t Teach?, Arlene Anderson
Handouts (Webpage)
2201 Technology Supports and Strategies for Older Individuals, Scott Marfilius
Handouts (PDF)
2208 Does Supported e-Text Assist LD Students to Learn and Retain Information?, John Mundorf
Presentation (PPT-1.19Mb)
2216 So You Want to Start a Blog? Do it Today!, Kirsten A. Haugen
Handouts (PDF)
2217 Web 2.0: Harnessing the New Shape of Information, David Warlick
Webpage
2218 Internet Research for All Students Using WYNN, Beth Thomlinson
Presentation (PPT-1.5Mb) Presentation (PDF-430kb)
2220 Feature Focus…Comparing Kurzweil, TextHELP, WordQ+Word+WordWeb and WYNN, Sherri Parkins
Handouts (PDF)
2300 Administrator Forum, Lynne Anderson-Inman, Moderator
Handouts (Word Doc)
2403 Sorting through Accessible Testing Software, Kelly Fonner
Handouts (PDF)
2406 Tools for Literacy: Removing Barriers, Empowering Learners, Achieving Results, Kathleen H. McClaskey
Handouts (PDF)
2407 Podcasts: Literacy Instructional Tools, Laurel Borgia
Handouts (PDF)
2408 Partnerships in Literacy: An Online Community, Valerie G. Park
Handouts (PDF)
2409 A Treasure Chest to Access Age Appropriate Literature, Kristen Schulte
Handouts (PDF)
2410 Technology tools for Vocabulary Development in Social Studies, Judith M. Zorfass
Handouts (PDF)
2411 Online Learning Modules for Technology Based Writing Instruction, Marilyn Williams
Handouts (PDF)
2412 Tools for Students: Rubrics and other Feedback Tools, Clayton Rowley
Handouts (PDF)
2413 A Novel Idea: Using Universal Design to Teach Literature, William Nellis
Handouts (PDF) Presentation (PPT-875kb) Presentation (PDF-798kb)
2414 Instructing Students in the New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension, Jill Castek
Handouts (PDF)
2502 Flattening World & Flat Classrooms, David Warlick
Webblog
2503 Digital Native Tools: What Every Educator Should Know, John Fleischman
Handouts (Word) Presentation (PDF)
2505 READ, WRITE & TYPE for Research-Proven K-1 Enrichment and Intervention, Jeannine Herron
Handouts (PDF)
2506 Graphic Webbing Tools: Making the Right Choice, Jennifer McDonald-Peltier
Handouts (PDF)
2507 Supporting Students' Comprehension of Course Content, Ellen Engstrom
Handouts (PDF)
2509 Peers Creating Computerized Books for Students with Severe Disabilities., Beth Waite
Handouts (PDF)
2510 Finding a Voice through Film: EL Students as Documentary Filmmakers, Suzi Van Steenbergen
Handouts (PDF)
2515 Using Smart Board Technology to Integrate Technology into your Curriculum, Laura Kearney
Handouts (PDF)
2516 Digital Video/Audio Self-Prompting Using the Video iPod Device with Transition and Vocational Education Students., Daniel G. McNulty
Handouts (PDF)
2517 Technology to Support Self-Awareness and Self-Advocacy in Students, Sara Lowe-Bouchard
Presentation (PPT-173kb)
2518 UDL: From a Model to a Motto for Collaboration, Denise Simard
Presentation (PPT-694kb)
2520 Technology, Reading, and the Science of Learning, Ted Hasselbring
Presentation (PPT)
Saturday Sessions
3101 AT at the Crossroads: Using the Past to Prepare for the Future, Joy Smiley-Zabala
Handouts (PDF)
3103 English Language Learning via the Web, John Fleischman
Presentation (PDF)
3105 Suite Success in Reading and Math – New from IntelliTools, Karen Sheehan
Handouts (PDF)
3108 Teens, Technology, and Language Intervention, Sandra Wright
Handouts (PDF)
3116 Digital Storytelling to Promote Literacy, Dianne Caron
Handouts (PDF)
3119 Wikis in the Classroom, Janice Friesen
Handouts (PDF)
3120 Word Prediction: Leveling the Playing Field for Struggling Writers, Jason Burke
Handouts (PDF)
3201 Strategies for Successful Professional Development in Assistive Technology, Scott Marfilius
Handouts (PDF)
3202 Literacies for Learning in 3-D Virtual Worlds, Lynne Anderson-Inman
Handouts (PDF)
3203 Developing Decoding Proficiency with Technology, Ted Hasselbring
Presentation (PPT)
3208 Teaching Math to Overcome Language and Cognitive Barriers, Susan Jones
Handouts (PDF)
3209 How to Teach Reading Comprehension Strategies, Kimberly Gunn
Handouts (PDF)
3211 LiveText & Podcasts & Blogs, Oh My: Partners in Oz, Barbara Combs
Handouts (PDF)
3212 Coming Together For An Engaging School, Chris Boylan
Handouts (PDF)
3213 Using Tools to Individualize Reading Intervention, Marcie Goforth
Presentation (PPT-4.59Mb)
3301 Laptops for All Students...Moving Beyond Physical Access!, Floyd Braid
Presentation (Webpage)
3302 Applying UDL to the Science Curriculum, Kelly Fonner
Handouts (PDF)
3304 Magic in the New Web — RSS, David Warlick
Webpage
3306 CORP Community of Reading Professionals, Lynda Wyss
Handouts (PDF)
3308 Using Visuals to Enhance Teaching and Learning, Debbie Kirk
Handouts (PDF)
3309 Integrating Hands-On Assistive Technology Training Into Pre-Service Teacher Education, James Stachowiak
Handouts (PDF)
3310 Universal Design for Learning with Secondary Science Instruction, Stephanie Kurtts
Presentation (PPT-1.07Mb)
3311 Is More Better? Web-Based History Instruction for Diverse Learners, Cynthia Okolo
Presentation (PPT-5.71Mb)