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Online Professional Development
e-Read Ohio designs, develops and builds online professional development courses and resources for literacy educators and parents. In school-based study groups, teachers work together to use online materials and attend face-to-face meetings as they learn research-based instructional strategies. Online professional development engages teachers in new and innovative ways and prepares them for greater success in the classroom, yielding long-term benefits.
Email: ereadohiosupport@uakron.edu
Phone: (330) 972-7708
For more information email Courtney Cable, ctc13@uakron.edu
Summer Camp
Join us this summer at The University of Akron for Camp Digi-Lit. Our camps are designed to cultivate a taste for exploration, develop your child’s creativity, and stimulate a sense of excitement about new technology and literacy. Our camps offer creative ways to increase your child’s ability and interest in reading and writing through technology while helping to prevent learning loss over the summer months. Learn More
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The Center for Literacy
College of Education
The University of Akron
Zook Hall 1
Akron, OH 44325-4205
(330) 972-8494
DigiCamp for Teachers
The first summer technology camp just for TEACHERS!
DigiCamp for Teachers: High Tech Adventures gives educators an opportunity to explore online tools, mobile devices, and digital activities to acquire new skills for learning and teaching through technology. Over three days, campers will paired with one of Ohio’s leading teaching/technology practitioners and engage in small group, whole group, and one-on-one professional learning. Participants choose from a variety of sessions to create a personalized learning plan and then work with a project team to create an activity. The camp culminates on the last day when all gather to share projects and report plans for further collaboration over the next year.
This year's camp will provide the venue for collaboration educators and counselors. The agenda will include:
- Team & communication skills building
- Hands-on skills sessions
- Project-based learning activity at an Akron Aeros game
- Content development activities within a project teams
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Enhance Your Teaching
Welcome to the inaugural Center for Literacy workshop series. We begin our programming with a variety of literacy and technological topics. Join educators and college students for any one of these educational experiences.
Always, Hands On & How To
Roll up your sleeves and dig deep into the hottest topics in literacy and technology. These information-packed workshops offer participants a chance to explore topics in more depth.
Saturdays at the Center focus on developing effective instructional skills, increasing literacy knowledge and gathering new ideas from exemplary teachers. All workshops are conducted in a hands-on format and incorporate effective instructional strategies. Participants are actively engaged in the learning and are encouraged to share their own expertise and knowledge.
Cost and Registration
Cost: $25/workshop. CEU provided. See below for graduate credit.
Your workshop fee covers all course materials and a light continental breakfast. To reserve a space at any one of the workshops:
- Download registration form, complete and email to: whites1@uakron.edu --OR--
- Download registration form, print, complete and mail to: Sandra White, 120 E. Mill St., Suite 310, Akron, Ohio 44308-4207.
Graduate Credit
Attend four (4) Saturdays at the Center workshops and earn one graduate credit, $140. Contact Sandra White at whites1@uakron.edu for registration.
Writer in Residence
Bonyo, Bonyo by Vanita Oelschlager
Writer in Residence at the College of Education's Center for Literacy, Vanita Oelschlager, reads her book titled Bonyo, Bonyo.
