NCE Candid Conversation: Literacy in the Digital World

School closures due to COVID-19 highlight the importance of maintaining high-quality reading and literacy instruction for all students. As teachers continue to provide remote instruction this school year, how are they keeping their students' literacy learning on track? In this candid conversation, we are joined by a panel of expert reading teachers and bilingual reading specialists from across Chicagoland. They address the challenges in remote literacy and reading instruction and share actionable ideas to meet diverse students' needs. Our panelists:

• Explore developmental and practical ways to teach reading remotely.
• Share specific instructional strategies to enhance print and comprehension skills.
• Discuss ways to collaborate with parents in supporting their child's literacy learning at home.

Discussion facilitated by Mary Hoch, Director, The Reading Center, Associate Professor, Reading & Language, NLU

Panelists:

• Dr. Michelle Fry (Ed.D. ‘19), 5th-8^th-grade English Language teacher, Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202
• Mary Kovats, 5th and 6th-grade Humanities teacher at Carl Von Linne Elementary School, CPS
• Dulce Renelli, Bilingual Literacy Coach, Bensenville School District 2
• Philicia Wheatley, first-grade teacher and literacy coach, CPS

View a recording of the Literacy in the Digital World webinar

Webinar Resource List

• https://youtu.be/WQVnPjJhb-s - A highly recommended webinar for those struggling to teach guided reading remotely. 
• https://www.screencastify.com/
• https://quizizz.com/
• https://www.virtualfieldtrips.org/
• https://info.flipgrid.com/
• https://whiteboard.fi/
• https://edpuzzle.com/