Institute on Technology and Literacy for English Language Learners

You are invited to join UMASS ACCELA Alliance and Springfield ACCELA Teachers on Thursday, November 16, 2006

Presenters:

• Jim Cummins (Professor, Author, and Researcher, OISE Toronto)
• Wendy Seger (ACCELA Cohort I Practitioner Researcher, Springfield Public Schools)
• Dong Shin Shin (ACCELA Doctoral Researcher, UMASS Amherst)

Location:

• Gerena School in Springfield

Schedule:

• 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
  Greetings and informal chance to talk with Jim and with ACCELA teachers, graduate students, faculty, and other guests (Teachers will be arriving from their various schools between 3:45 and 4:00 pm).
  
  
• 4:00 pm to 4:15 pm
  Welcome and introductions
  
  
• 4:15 pm to 4:45 pm
  Supporting English Language Learners' Academic Literacy                                 Development through Blogging
  Presentation by ACCELA Research Team, Dong Shin Shin, UMASS Amherst and Wendy Seger, Springfield Public Schools
  
  
• 4:45 pm to 5:15 pm
  Challenges of the Pedagogical Divide: Technology as a tool for equity
  Talk by Jim Cummins
  
  
• 5:15 to 6:00 pm – Discussion and Dialogue Questions from Audience will be invited

Refreshments will be available ongoing.
Books by Jim Cummins will be available for purchase.

Sponsored by the ACCELA Teacher Quality Dialogues Project