Literacy Today January/February 2016

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LITERACY TODAY

Volume 33, Issue 4

January/February 2016

EDITORIAL STAFF

Communications Manager Lara Deloza

Managing Editor Colleen Patrice Clark

Intern Alexandra Baruch

ILA LEADERSHIP

Executive Director Marcie Craig Post

Associate Executive Director Stephen Sye

2015–2016 BOARD MEMBERS

Diane Barone, University of Nevada, Reno,

President; William H. Teale, University of Illinois

at Chicago, Vice President; Gwynne Ellen Ash,

Texas State University; Donald Bear, Iowa State

University; Julie Coiro, University of Rhode

Island; Catherine E. Collier, Chesapeake Public

Schools, Virginia; Lori DiGisi, Framingham

Public Schools, Massachusetts; Bernadette

Dwyer, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra,

Dublin City University, Ireland; Laurie A.

Elish-Piper, Northern Illinois University; Rachel

A. Karchmer-Klein, University of Delaware;

Julianne Scullen, Anoka-Hennepin School

District, Minnesota

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ABOUT US

Literacy Today is the bimonthly membership

magazine of the International Literacy

Association, a nonprofi t that strives to

empower educators, inspire students, and

encourage teachers with the resources they

need to make literacy accessible for all.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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LIT BITS

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OUR VIEW

LITERACY LEADERSHIP

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IRA to ILA: Marking One Year of Transformation

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Eliminating Shame in Reading Instruction

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Why Classroom Teachers Should Connect With Researchers

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TWO TAKES

THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM

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The Diff erence Between Digital Skills and Digital Literacy

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Teaching Digital Citizenship Across the Ages

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Digital Tools for the Inclusive Classroom

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Instruction That Balances Text and Tech

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Building Your Own Multimodal Text Sets

THE ILA NETWORK

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Forging Partnerships to Bett er Understand, and Infl uence, Policy

GLOBAL IMPACT

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How Multiple Grants in Tanzania Improved Whole Communities

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EVENTS

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

The Digital

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