Early Childhood Education Assembly

Here's a preview of the Opening and Closing sessions of the Day of Early Childhood, plus the Business Meeting. Saturday, November 17 at the NCTE conference. Note that we're working to have the Closing session and the Meeting in the same room! You will be receiving emails with the whole updated schedule in the future. For now, I'll be sharing info on sessions in this blog a bit at a time so stay tuned.

This is a draft, pieced together from different sources, so please email me at d.volk@csuohio.edu if changes need to be made. 

Most important, please help us publicize all these sessions. Tell (and bring) your friends, colleagues, teachers, parents, new acquaintances....

 

F.15 OPENING SESSION DAY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

Title: MAKING THE UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTIONAL: LITERACY, IDENTITY, AND SOCIAL ACTION

Description: The presenters will share strategies that lift literacy learning by honoring and expanding students' cultural/linguistic interests and identities and bringing family, community, and heritage practices into learning to promote academic achievement authentically. The presentation will feature powerful strategies that help children take action to make the world a better place. The words and work of children will be highlighted as teachers describe how they successfully bring unconventional teaching methods to life within a standards-driven world.

Participants:

Susi Long, University of S. Carolina, Columbia, SC

Janice Baines, Carver Lyon Elementary, Columbia, SC

Carmen Tisdale, Carver Lyon Elementary, Columbia, SC

Heidi Mills, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, SC

Chris Haas, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, SC

Jennifer Barnes, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, SC

Tim O’Keefe, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, SC

Michelle Kimpson, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, SC

Location: Room 304, Level Three, MGM Grand Time: Saturday 11/17 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM 

K.18 CLOSING SESSION FOR THE DAY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

Title: YOUNG CHILDREN'S LITERACY PRACTICES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS

Description: Children are becoming increasingly involved in the use of online games and virtual spaces. In this session, presenters examine young children’s literacy practices as they engage in virtual worlds, such as Webkinz and Club Penguin, and play with related toys and artifacts. Implications for early childhood classrooms will be examined.

Participants: 

Rebecca Black, University of California, Irvine 

Anne Burke, Memorial University 

Julia Gillen, Lancaster University, UK     

Guy Merchant, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Tolga Kargin, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Karen Wohlwend, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Vivian Vasquez, American University, Wash, DC – Discussant

Location: Room 307, Level Three, MGM Grand Time: Saturday 11/17 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

SIG.13 Title: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ASSEMBLY BUSINESS MEETING

Description: This is the Business Meeting of the Early Childhood Education Assembly. The Early Childhood Assembly provides a home at NCTE for all who work with young children. We look forward to engaging in dialogue as we seek to support teachers of young children with a strong emphasis on promoting thoughtful practices that enhance the teaching and learning of young children within and across diverse communities. Please join us!

Participants: 

Chair: Mariana Souto-Manning, Teachers College, Columbia University

Assistant Chair: Dinah Volk, Cleveland State University

Treasurer: Laurie Katz, Ohio State University

Secretary: Carol Felderman: American University

Location: Room 203, Level Two, MGM Grand Time: Saturday 11/17 5:45PM-7:00PM