Fall 2009 Syllabi
RE 5040: Teacher as Researcher
RE 5111: Issues and Trends (New Literacies in the Classroom)
RE 5710: Seminar in Reading and Language Arts Research
Literacy, Disability, Technology Resources :
You will find my social bookmarks for literacy, disability, and technology resources continuously updated at http://www.diigo.com/user/koppenhaverd, my new blog in the making at http://reedabooke.wordpress.com/, my twitter experiment, http://twitter.com/koppenhaverd.
Announcements (last updated 7/22/09):
The Center for Literacy and Disability Studies can be found at the University of North Carolina.
The Tar Heel Reader, an on-line resource for reading and writing beginning level digital books for older adolescents, now has over 4,800 books in its library, over 424,000 book readings, since it opened in May 2008.
Children with Disabilities: Reading and Writing the Four-Block Way (Karen Erickson & David Koppenhaver) has been published by Carson-Dellosa, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-60022-125-5).
Waves of Words: Augmented Communicators Read and Write (Erickson, Koppenhaver, & Yoder, eds.), an international collection of case studies, is available from Augmentative Communication, Inc., 1 Surf Way, #237, Monterey, CA 93940 (Tel. 831-649-3050, Fax 831/646-5428) for $US22 + $US3 shipping.
Upcoming in 2009-2010 (last updated 7/22/09):
March 8-12, 2010: Karen Erickson and I will be co-teaching a follow-up workshop for participants in the 2009 AAC/Literacy Academy for Oakland Schools (Waterford, MI). Contact info will be provided here when available.
March 25: I will be speaking on "Balancing the ABC's for Students with ASD" in southwestern Virginia. Contact info will be provided here when available.
June 19-25: Karen Erickson and I will be co-teaching the 6th Summer Literacy Session at Camp Courage in Maple Lake, MN. Adolescent campers and their families can find information about last summer's camp here. Email Barb Wollak to register or for information about this summer's session.
July 4-10: Karen Erickson and I will be co-teaching the Second Literacy in AAC summer course in Rawson, Australia. Contact info will be provided here when available.
July 11-17: Karen Erickson and I will be co-teaching a pair of workshops in New Zealand. Contact info will be provided here when available.
Two additional courses may be added if plans are finalized: a Level II Literacy in AAC course in Gainesville, FL and an AAC Literacy Academy in Waterford, MI. Details will be posted here as they become available.
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Finn Jensen, of Denmark, is the talented artist who sketched me during a lecture. My son Will's comment, "That's when you were skinnier. Right, Dad?"
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