8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Opening Session – Linkside Ballrooms A, B, C, & D
Welcome - Tammy Alexander, Director
Alabama A & M University/University of Alabama Huntsville Regional Inservice Center, Huntsville, AL
Introduction of Speaker - Margaret Folmar, Interim Program Development Specialist, Southeast Alabama Regional Inservice Center, Troy University; Facilitator Wiregrass Writing Project, Troy, AL
Keynote Address – Tanny McGregor
Workshop Code: B-811 Cincinnati, Ohio Focus: K-University
With Pen in Hand: Using Visual Notetaking to Promote Thinking-Intensive Reading & Writing
Students deserve to express themselves in a multitude of ways. Visual notetaking, or sketchnoting, is a versatile thinking tool that provides choice, boosts engagement, and invites deeper comprehension. In this keynote address, we’ll explore the research and then get practical. You’ll learn how to get started as a sketchnoter, how to launch this practice with students, and see how teachers across grade levels and content areas have welcomed sketchnoting into their instructional repertoires…all with pen and stylus in hand.
Chairs: Wiregrass Writing Project Teacher Consultants
Welcome - Tammy Alexander, Director
Alabama A & M University/University of Alabama Huntsville Regional Inservice Center, Huntsville, AL
Introduction of Speaker - Margaret Folmar, Interim Program Development Specialist, Southeast Alabama Regional Inservice Center, Troy University; Facilitator Wiregrass Writing Project, Troy, AL
Keynote Address – Tanny McGregor
Workshop Code: B-811 Cincinnati, Ohio Focus: K-University
With Pen in Hand: Using Visual Notetaking to Promote Thinking-Intensive Reading & Writing
Students deserve to express themselves in a multitude of ways. Visual notetaking, or sketchnoting, is a versatile thinking tool that provides choice, boosts engagement, and invites deeper comprehension. In this keynote address, we’ll explore the research and then get practical. You’ll learn how to get started as a sketchnoter, how to launch this practice with students, and see how teachers across grade levels and content areas have welcomed sketchnoting into their instructional repertoires…all with pen and stylus in hand.
Chairs: Wiregrass Writing Project Teacher Consultants