NCTE Fall Conference Feature: 21st Century Literacy Center

Coming to NYC for NCTE? Be sure visit the 21st Century Literacy Center

Visit the 21st Century Literacy Center at the 2007 NCTE Annual Convention in New York to discover a myriad of ways to promote 21st Century Literacy in your classroom. You'll find representational models of 21st Century Literacies from teachers across the country that highlight creativity, learning, collaboration, and critical thinking. Students are at the heart of every exhibit in the room.

In this room, you will be able to:

-View Literacy maps that have been created by teachers, their colleagues, and their classes. The maps take on various forms from print to digital.
-Use the computer to learn more about NCTE's new Professional development program, Pathways to Adolescent Literacy and to ELL.
-Explore the new NCTE website.
-Find lesson plans that have been based on research by viewing the ReadWriteThink site.
-Pick up handouts that will "jump start" your creativity in lesson preparation.
Create lesson plans.
-Attend demonstrations (Daily schedule will be posted).
-Check your e-mail.