Facilitators+Spreadsheet


 * **Session A - Thursday, October 21 / 10:15 - 11: 15** ||  ||
 * __**Presenter Name (s**)__ || **__Affiliation__** || **__Title of Presentation__** || **__Audience__** || **__Room Location__** || **__Facilitator__** ||
 * Dr. Jared Bloom || Deer Park Schools || High-Tech English || General || Fort Orange 5 || Kristen Milio ||
 * Dr. Maureen Connolly || Mineola High School || From Pennies for Peace to a Penny War: Using Common Cents to Create Global Change || High School || Fort Orange 7 ||  ||
 * Meghan Libertucci || Schenectady SD || Transforming Student Research with 21st Century Literacy Tools || High School || Fort Orange 9 || Michael Libertucci ||
 * Dr. Kjeersti VanSlyke-Briggs and Julie Koster, Chereith Vincent, and Danielle Matthews || SUNY Oneonta || Four Fresh Looks at New Literacies: Using Multimodal Authentic Assessment in Examine a New Generation of YA Literature || High School || Shaker || Michael Strom ||
 * Dr. Dorothy Strickland || Keynote || TBD || General || High St. 24 || Dr. Roberta Levitt ||
 * Alyssa D. Niccolini || Teachers College, Columbia University || Bangin' on Desks: Rethinking How We Teach Boys English || Middle School / High School || High St. 26 || Karen Meier ||
 * Mary E. Fakler and Joan E. Perisse || Hudson Valley Writing Project, SUNY New Paltz || The College Initiative - A Magazine by and for College Students || High School / College || High St. 28 ||  ||
 * Janet S. Fagal || Skaneateles Schools || Putting Poetry at the Heart of the Literacy Classroom; A New Twist on an Old Literacy: Integrating Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking with Performance Skills, Memorization, Content Knowledge and More || Elementary || Suite 111 || Diane Goldberg ||
 * Elizabeth Netzband || Waterville Central SD || Jumping off the Edge of Prose: Approaches to Poetry || Middle School / High School || Suite 112 || Olivia Connelly ||
 * Valerie Vacchio & Tracy Zambelli || Oyster Bay - East Norwich Central SD || Weaving Grammar into the Reading and Writing Workshop || Grades 3 - 5 || Suite 120 || Carol Varsalona ||
 * Elizabeth Roemer and Lori Christensen || Island Trees High School || Let's Give Them Something to Talk About! || High School || Suite 156 || Susan Kelly ||
 * Victoria Allessi and Laurie Burke || Smithtown Central SD and Three Village CD || Expanding Places of Learning: A Memoir Exchange Breaking Boundaries: Connecting Place and Learning Space through Memoir || Middle School / High School || The Lodge || Hans Haugen ||
 * **Session B - Thursday, October 21 / 11:30 - 12: 30** ||  ||
 * David Abrams, Victor Jaccarino, John Harmon || NYSDE, Herricks, Skaneateles || The Future of the New York State English Regents Exam: The Interim Regents and K - 12 Assessment Implications of the Common Core || General || Fort Orange 5 || Larry Butti ||
 * Will Richardson || Keynote || TBD || General || Fort Orange 7 ||  ||
 * Edward Schmieder and Lauren Frauenberg || Sayville Public Schools || Why We Travel: Journeys to Voice and a Digital Destination || Middle School / High School / College || Fort Orange 9 || Rosalie Rafter ||
 * Kathi Reilly and Lydia Brady || Oyster Bay - East Norwich SD || College Essay: English and Guidance Departments Join Forces to Master the College Application || High School || Shaker || Lori Christensen ||
 * Rebecca Chowske, Heather Romano, Christina Tepedino and Tracy Tate || Wantagh High School || No Money, No Space, No Problem: Powering Up Your HS English Curriculum on a Shoestring Budget || High School || High St. 24 || Elizabeth Roemer ||
 * TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || High St. 26 ||  ||
 * Sarah Cordova and Ilene Cohn, National Literacy Consultants || Distinctive Educator's Institute / Literacy Solutions || The Power of Mentor / Touchstone Texts: Raising the Quality of Student Writing in a Writer's Workshop || K - 8 || High St. 28 || Michelle Peterson ||
 * Dr. Roberta Levitt || LIU / C.W. Post || What in the World is a Webquest? || General || Suite 111 ||  ||
 * Prad Kansara and Dr. Bharti Kansara || Internet Education Service - FlashPoint Interactive Shakespeare || Teaching Shakespeare Interactively to Nurture Vital 21st Century Skills: Interpreting Multifaceted Content, Context and Characters || High School / ELA Leads || Suite 112 ||  ||
 * Colleen Hall and Julie Capossere || Brighton Central SD || Using Teacher Websites to Teach High School Students || High School || Suite 120 ||  ||
 * Stephen A. Shultz and Christina D'Eletto || SUNY Stony Brook and Three Village SD || News Literacy: The Oldest and Newest Literacy for the New Millennium || General || Suite 156 || Nicole Waldbauer ||
 * Dr. Mary Sawyer || SUNY New Paltz || What Books are we Teaching? Research on the Titles Taught in English Classrooms (Grades 6 - 12) in New York's Mid-Hudson Valley || Middle School / High School || The Lodge || Hans Haugen ||
 * **Session C - Thursday, October 21 / 2: 30 - 3: 30** ||  ||
 * Cathleen Greenwood and Ruth Townsend || TBD || The Grammar Goddess Guide to Sharing Literate Lives in the Classroom ( and Beyond) || Middle School / High School || Fort Orange 5 ||  ||
 * Will Richardson || Keynote || TBD || General || Fort Orange 7 || Joanne Seale ||
 * Andrea Gumble || Chenango Forks SD || Channeling Student Knowledge: How Television Can Strengthen Students' Critical Thinking || High School || Fort Orange 9 || Carol Mikoda ||
 * Dave Marcus || Author and Higher Ed Writer, Newsday || Teaching Teachers to Become Great Writers || High School || Shaker || Kathi Reilly ||
 * Jenn Kirchoff and Mandy McKenney || East Syracuse Minoa SD || New Literacies for a New Age: Reading Beyond Worlds with Dystopic YA Fiction || Middle School / High School || High St. 24 || Valerie Vacchio ||
 * Suzanne Culver, Daniel Mosny, and Kimberly Trevisani || Mount Markham HS || Welcome to our Web || High School || High St. 26 ||  ||
 * Mary L. Cerullo || Development Studies Center || Decoding Intervention: A System for Developing Word Recognition and Fluency in an RTI || K - 8 || High St. 28 ||  ||
 * Florence Tuzzi, Donna Robson, and Patricia Radovich || Harborfields Central SD || Differentiated Instruction and Reading in the 3 - 5 Elementary School || Grades 3 - 5 || Suite 111 ||  ||
 * Loraine Ferrara, Nicole Field and Suzanne Ribsamen || Catskill HS || Confessions of a Techno-phobe! || High School || Suite 112 || Hans Haugen ||
 * Jim Kellogg || Beaver River Central SD || Smarter than the Average ELA Student || General || Suite 120 ||  ||
 * Mary M. Sorrels || Clarence Central SD || Virtual Poetry: An Exploration of How Form Informs Meaning || High School || Suite 156 || Elizabeth Roemer ||
 * Selene Castrovilla || Author || Hold on to Your Heart: Humanity in This Technological Age || General || The Lodge || Lucille Ogden ||
 * **Session D - Friday, October 22 / 10: 15 - 11: 15** ||  ||
 * Erik Sweet, Victor Jaccarino and John Harmon || NYSED, Herricks SD and Skaneateles SD || New English Language Arts Learning Standards: Beyond the Common Core || General || Fort Orange 5 ||  ||
 * Lawrence Reiff || Roslyn High School || Using Social Networking Programs to Teach Shakespeare || High School || Fort Orange 7 ||  ||
 * Valerie Domenech || Massapequa Public Schools || All Aboard: Stepping onto the Technology Bandwagon || High School || Fort Orange 9 ||  ||
 * Emily Testa || Chautauqua Lake HS || NING: A Contemporary Medium for Contemporary Classrooms || High School / College || Shaker || Lori Christensen ||
 * Lynette Jabour, and Kristin Headstrom || West Babylong SD || Reading Fun Day || Elementary / High School || High St. 24 || Hans Haugen ||
 * Sandi Jennison and Jody Burgess || Marathon Central SD || Talk to Me || Middle School / High School / College || High St. 26 ||  ||
 * Ashley L. Valentine || SUNY Oneonta Graduate || Suddenly Student Teaching: Incorporating Technology Successfully in the Early Years || Middle School / High School / College || High St. 28 ||  ||
 * Lawrence Scanlan || TBD || Convergence of the Twain: Pairing Poetry || TBD || Suite 111 || Lucille Odgen ||
 * Dr. Kjersti VanSlyke - Briggs and Dr. Vicky Giouroukakis || SUNY Oneonta and Molloy College || College Educators Networking Session || College || Suite 112 ||  ||
 * Dr. Frances McGarry || Young Playwrights Inc. || Why Teach Playwriting? || Grades 3 -12 || Suite 120 ||  ||
 * Joanne Seale and Olivia Connelly || Hauppauge HS || Beyond Facebook: Social Networking in a School Safe Environment || Middle School / High School / College || Suite 156 ||  ||
 * Amanda Triplett, Molly Willis, Megan Bottle, Kim Gryko and Jim Reagan || Cortland City Schools - Cortland Junior/Senior HS || From Georgia Peaches to New York Drag Queens: Mixing Culture and Curriculum for Teacher Writing Groups || High School || The Lodge || Dr. Karen Stearns ||
 * **Session E - Friday, October 22 / 11:30 - 12:30** ||  ||
 * Marni Gillard || The Story Studio || Helping Young People Understand Intolerance Through Storytelling || Middle School / High School || Fort Orange 5 || Susan Kelly ||
 * Laura Keenan and Valerie Vacchio || Oyster Bay - East Norwich Central SD || Visual Literacies: Using Graphic Novels, Animated Poetry, Glogs and Prezis to Engage All Learners || Middle School / High School || Fort Orange 7 || Lucille Ogden ||
 * Christopher Mazura || Guilderland HS || Finding Authentic Audiences for Student Writing || High School || Fort Orange 9 ||  ||
 * Marie Rossi, B. Theresa Lewis and Rosemarie Rizzo || Ballston Spa HS || Thinking and Writing Critically About Historical Fiction || High School || Shaker || Rosalie Rafter ||
 * Kip Zegers and Michael Czarnecki || Hunter College HS || Unlocking Metaphor: Helping Students Re-see Their Daily Lives by Seeing the Metaphors They Do Not Know They Own || High School || High St. 24 || Hans Haugen ||
 * Aosta Edelman, Dr. Mary Sawyer, Trace Schillinger, and Kathy Yeager || Hudson Valley Writing Project, SUNY New Paltz || A Professional Writing Workshop for Cyber-Era Teachers || General || High St. 26 || Dr. Mary Sawyer ||
 * Ashley Resch, Linda Chasteen || Cornwall Central HS || Treating Post-Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder: Helping Juniors Conquer Their Fear(s) of the College Process || High School || High St. 28 ||  ||
 * Christine Bartell and Roseann Davidson || Oyster Bay - East Norwich Central SD || Readers' Theater: Inspiring Teachers to Imagine the Possibilities || K - 2 || Suite 111 || Tracy Zambelli ||
 * Linda Bennett || Northport HS || Creative Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom || High School || Suite 112 ||  ||
 * Elisa Pepe || Schalmont Central SD || Microsoft Story Works: An Old Idea for a New Age || Middle School || Suite 120 ||  ||
 * Sharon Cunningham || West Canada Valley Central HS || Antigone in the 21st Century || High School || Suite 156 ||  ||
 * Sue Atkinson, Holly Bucalos and Dale Haynes || Brainbridge - Gilford HS || Finding Voice - A Tool for Every Age: Reaching Into the Past Through Oral History || High School || The Lodge || Carol Mikoda ||
 * Christine Bartell and Roseann Davidson || Oyster Bay - East Norwich Central SD || Readers' Theater: Inspiring Teachers to Imagine the Possibilities || K - 2 || Suite 111 || Tracy Zambelli ||
 * Linda Bennett || Northport HS || Creative Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom || High School || Suite 112 ||  ||
 * Elisa Pepe || Schalmont Central SD || Microsoft Story Works: An Old Idea for a New Age || Middle School || Suite 120 ||  ||
 * Sharon Cunningham || West Canada Valley Central HS || Antigone in the 21st Century || High School || Suite 156 ||  ||
 * Sue Atkinson, Holly Bucalos and Dale Haynes || Brainbridge - Gilford HS || Finding Voice - A Tool for Every Age: Reaching Into the Past Through Oral History || High School || The Lodge || Carol Mikoda ||