PD List Colleagues,

For those of you who were unable to attend the National Literacy Summit
2 hosted by Verizon on October 30, 2006, the webcast is now available on
the Verizon Literacy Network website. With Anna Marie Johnson Teague's
permission, I am posting her message below. Enjoy! Jackie Taylor, Adult
Literacy Professional Development List Moderator, jataylor at utk.edu 

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From: Anna Marie Teague [mailto:amteague at dawsonduncan.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 11:07 AM
To: Anna Marie Teague
Subject: National Literacy Summit Available on the Verizon Literacy
Network

 

Thank you for your interest in the National Literacy Summit held on
October 30 in Washington, D.C.  For your convenience, we have archived
the presentation on the Verizon Literacy Network.  The presentations
include:  

 

Introduction & Verizon's Commitment
Phyllis Magrab, Director, Center for Childhood and Human Development,
Georgetown University
Kathryn C. Brown, Senior Vice President, Policy Development and
Corporate Responsibility, Verizon Communications

Literacy Across the Lifespan: What Works
Timothy Shanahan, Professor of Urban Education, University of Illinois
at Chicago, Director of UIC Center for Literacy, and President of the
International Reading Association

Literacy Across the Lifespan: Quality & Outcomes
Dorothy Strickland, Senior Research Fellow, NIEER, Rutgers University
Graduate School of Education and Past President of the International
Reading Association

The Verizon Literacy Life Span Matrix and Panel Discussion
Sharon Darling, Founder and President, National Center for Family
Literacy
Dale Lipshultz, Literacy Officer - Office for Literacy and Outreach
Services, American Library Association
Peter Waite, Executive Director, ProLiteracy America, the U.S. Programs
Division of ProLiteracy Worldwide

What We Learned . . . and Where We're Going
Patrick Gaston, President, Verizon Foundation

 

To view the Summit, go to http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/ and click
on the National Literacy Summit link at the bottom left corner.  

 

Thank you, Anna Marie

 

Anna Marie Johnson Teague

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