Join us for the 2010 Minnesota Reading Association Conference

Engage and Envision:

New Literacies, New Looks, and New Energies

Our annual convention, which will take place at Apple Valley High School, will highlight two very talented researchers whose work will help us to become better at working with new forms of literacy.  Additionally, we will have a wide array of local presentors, exhibitors and guest authors. 

Our first keynote speaker comes to us from the University of Minnesota.  Professor Aaron Doering is perhaps most recognized as the face of PolarHusky.com, an adventure learning website that allows students to not only follow, but interact with him and other experts from around the world as he travels to the distant reaches of our globe.  His work focuses on the principles of transformative learning and the role that learning technologies can play in that process.

Our second keynote speaker also has a focus on the more visual side of literacy.  Professor Nell Duke, Michigan State University,  focuses on early literacy development with an emphasis on children living in poverty.  Her latest work examines the role of informational texts in comprehension development and instruction in early schooling.  She fits in nicely with our emphasis on new literacies, as she explores how visual texts shape and influence student comprehension.

Visit www.mnreading.org to listen to a podcast regarding the conference!