2008 Session Handouts

We are pleased to provide attendees and interested parties with handouts and presentations from many of the 2008 TRLD Conference sessions. We hope they will prove beneficial to you. The sessions are listed by day and then by Session number. Click the Handout link to download handouts or the Presentation link (if provided) to download slides of the presentation.

If you don't know the session number, it might be helpful to use the Edit/Find feature in your browser to search by the Presenter's name or a keyword from the session title. Thanks to the many presenters who were kind enough to furnish these documents. Please respect any copyright or privacy notices included by the authors.

Quick Links to Sessions 

Thursday Pre-Conference Sessions
Thursday
Exhibitor Sessions

Friday Sessions
Saturday Sessions


 

Thursday Pre-Conference Sessions

1102  Supported eTexts: A del.icio.us Database for Online Reading, Lynne Anderson-Inman
    Handouts (Word Doc) 

1103  Free and Open Source Software, John Fleischman
    Handouts (Word)     Presentation (PDF)

1106  Click! Create! Communicate! Learning Together with iPhoto, Comic Life and More, Kirsten A. Haugen
    Handouts (PDF)

1107  …and on the 8th Day God Created Google!? (part 1), Floyd Braid
    Handouts (Webpage)

1201  …and on the 8th Day God Created Google!? (part 2), Floyd Braid
    Handouts (Webpage) 

1206  Alphabet Soup for the AT Soul, Joy Smiley-Zabala
    Handouts (PDF)

Thursday Exhibitor Sessions

 1401  ASDF JKL; Keyboarding Across the District, Heather Chirtea
    Handouts (PDF)

 1405  Get Writing Performance Gains through Self Regulated Strategy Instruction, Jason Burke
    Handouts (PDF)

 1406  Effect of Technology on Reading Comprehension of Lower Quartile Middle Schoolers, Samuel Securro
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 1407  Simple and Powerful Writing Tools: WordQ and SpeakQ, Fraser Shein
    Handouts (PDF)

 1410  Read Naturally Software Edition (SE):  Improving Fluency and Comprehension, Kristi Vincent
    Handouts (PDF)

Friday Sessions 

 2000  KEYNOTE: How Reading Comprehension Has Changed While We Weren’t Looking, Donald Leu
    Handouts (PDF-2.82Mb)


 2101  Collaborative Notetaking: Eliminating the Language Barrier for High School ELL Students, Lynne Anderson-Inman
    Handouts (PDF)     Handout (Word doc)

 2103  Right & Wrong on the Information Highway, David Warlick
    Webblog

 2104  Computer-based Assessment of Decoding Proficiency, Ted Hasselbring
    Presentation (PPT-3.2Mb)

 2105  Using Instructional Technology to Support and Enhance RtI Models, DeShaunda Gooden Warner
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2106  Dr. Janet Allen's "Plugged-in to Reading", Alyssa Austin
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2108  Getting Ready for Research:  Teaching Skills with Technology, Karen M. Clay
    Handouts (PDF)

 2110  Reaching 21st Century Students: Video and Discussion, Stacey Kayden
    Presentation (PPT-9.65Mb)
 
 2112  UDL Though the Back Door, Susan Simmons
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2113  The Spang Gang, or Who Said Games Don’t Teach?, Arlene Anderson
    Handouts (Webpage)


 
 2201  Technology Supports and Strategies for Older Individuals, Scott Marfilius
    Handouts (PDF)

 2208  Does Supported e-Text Assist LD Students to Learn and Retain Information?, John Mundorf
    Presentation (PPT-1.19Mb)

 2216  So You Want to Start a Blog? Do it Today!, Kirsten A. Haugen
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2217  Web 2.0: Harnessing the New Shape of Information, David Warlick
    Webpage

 2218  Internet Research for All Students Using WYNN, Beth Thomlinson
    Presentation (PPT-1.5Mb)     Presentation (PDF-430kb)

 2220  Feature Focus…Comparing  Kurzweil, TextHELP, WordQ+Word+WordWeb and WYNN, Sherri Parkins
    Handouts (PDF)



 2300  Administrator Forum, Lynne Anderson-Inman, Moderator
    Handouts (Word Doc)



 2403  Sorting through Accessible Testing Software, Kelly Fonner
    Handouts (PDF)

 2406  Tools for Literacy:  Removing Barriers, Empowering Learners, Achieving Results, Kathleen H. McClaskey
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2407  Podcasts: Literacy Instructional Tools, Laurel Borgia
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2408  Partnerships in Literacy: An Online Community, Valerie G. Park
    Handouts (PDF)

 2409  A Treasure Chest to Access Age Appropriate Literature, Kristen Schulte
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2410  Technology tools for Vocabulary Development in Social Studies, Judith M. Zorfass
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2411  Online Learning Modules for Technology Based Writing Instruction, Marilyn Williams
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2412  Tools for Students: Rubrics and other Feedback Tools, Clayton Rowley
    Handouts (PDF)

 2413  A Novel Idea: Using Universal Design to Teach Literature, William Nellis
    Handouts (PDF)     Presentation (PPT-875kb)     Presentation (PDF-798kb)

 2414  Instructing Students in the New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension, Jill Castek
    Handouts (PDF)



 2502  Flattening World & Flat Classrooms, David Warlick
    Webblog

 2503  Digital Native Tools: What Every Educator Should Know, John Fleischman
    Handouts (Word)     Presentation (PDF)

 2505  READ, WRITE & TYPE for Research-Proven K-1 Enrichment and Intervention, Jeannine Herron
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2506  Graphic Webbing Tools: Making the Right Choice, Jennifer McDonald-Peltier
    Handouts (PDF)

 2507  Supporting Students' Comprehension of Course Content, Ellen Engstrom
    Handouts (PDF)

 2509  Peers Creating Computerized Books for Students with Severe Disabilities., Beth Waite
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2510  Finding a Voice through Film: EL Students as Documentary Filmmakers, Suzi Van Steenbergen
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2515  Using Smart Board Technology to Integrate Technology into your Curriculum, Laura Kearney
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 2516  Digital Video/Audio Self-Prompting Using the Video iPod Device with Transition and Vocational Education Students., Daniel G. McNulty
    Handouts (PDF)

 2517  Technology to Support Self-Awareness and Self-Advocacy in Students, Sara Lowe-Bouchard
    Presentation (PPT-173kb)
 
 2518  UDL: From a Model to a Motto for Collaboration, Denise Simard
    Presentation (PPT-694kb)

 2520  Technology, Reading, and the Science of Learning, Ted Hasselbring
    Presentation (PPT)

Saturday Sessions 

 3101  AT at the Crossroads: Using the Past to Prepare for the Future, Joy Smiley-Zabala
    Handouts (PDF)

 3103  English Language Learning via the Web, John Fleischman
    Presentation (PDF) 

 3105  Suite Success in Reading and Math – New from IntelliTools, Karen Sheehan
    Handouts (PDF)

 3108  Teens, Technology, and Language Intervention, Sandra Wright
    Handouts (PDF)

 3116  Digital Storytelling to Promote Literacy, Dianne Caron
    Handouts (PDF)

 3119  Wikis in the Classroom, Janice Friesen
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 3120  Word Prediction: Leveling the Playing Field for Struggling Writers, Jason Burke
    Handouts (PDF)



 3201  Strategies for Successful Professional Development in Assistive Technology, Scott Marfilius
    Handouts (PDF)

 3202  Literacies for Learning in 3-D Virtual Worlds, Lynne Anderson-Inman
    Handouts (PDF)

 3203  Developing Decoding Proficiency with Technology, Ted Hasselbring
    Presentation (PPT)

 3208  Teaching Math to Overcome Language  and Cognitive Barriers, Susan Jones
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 3209  How to Teach Reading Comprehension Strategies, Kimberly Gunn
    Handouts (PDF)

 3211  LiveText & Podcasts & Blogs, Oh My: Partners in Oz, Barbara Combs
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 3212  Coming Together For An Engaging School, Chris Boylan
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 3213  Using Tools to Individualize Reading Intervention, Marcie Goforth
    Presentation (PPT-4.59Mb)  


 3301  Laptops for All Students...Moving Beyond Physical Access!, Floyd Braid
    Presentation (Webpage)

 3302  Applying UDL to the Science Curriculum, Kelly Fonner
    Handouts (PDF)

 3304  Magic in the New Web — RSS, David Warlick
    Webpage

 3306  CORP Community of Reading Professionals, Lynda Wyss
    Handouts (PDF)

 3308  Using Visuals to Enhance Teaching and Learning, Debbie Kirk
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 3309  Integrating Hands-On Assistive Technology Training Into Pre-Service Teacher Education, James Stachowiak
    Handouts (PDF)
 
 3310  Universal Design for Learning with Secondary Science Instruction, Stephanie Kurtts
    Presentation (PPT-1.07Mb)

 3311  Is More Better?  Web-Based History Instruction for Diverse Learners, Cynthia Okolo
    Presentation (PPT-5.71Mb)