2009 Session Handouts

We are pleased to provide attendees and interested parties with handouts and presentations from many of the 2009 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

1104  Delicious Web:  Tap Great Web Sites for Your Students - and Yourself!, Kirsten Haugen
    Handouts (PDF) 

1107  What’s Happening in DC? A Report from the Front Line, Brenda Heiman
    Handouts (PDF) 

1109  Promise into Practice:  Using New Tools and Tasks to Engage Student Readers, Sara Kajder
    Presentation (PPT)

1205  Cultivating Your Personal Learning Network, David Warlick
    Handouts (Weblink) 

1206   AIMing for Achievement: Using Accessible Materials with Students with LD, Joy Zabala
    Handouts (PDF) Rev 1/28/09    Presentation (PPT)

1208   The Main Idea Strategy: Improving Inferential Reading Comprehension, Dan Boudah
    Handouts (PDF)

Thursday Exhibitor Sessions

 1410  Simple and Power Writing Tools: WordQ and SpeakQ, Fraser Shein
    Handouts (PDF)
 

Friday Sessions 

 2100  KEYNOTE: Moving Forward: A Road Map for Contemporary Literacy, David Warlick
    Handouts (PDF)

 
 2201  Live from CAST:  A Handful of UDL Tools for Educators, Joy Zabala
    Handouts (PDF)

 2206  Phun with Photo Story 3, Mark Geary
    Handout 1 (PDF)    Handout 2 (PDF)

 2211  Connecting Kids to Books Using Technology, Joy Lyons
    Handouts (PDF) 

 2212  The Science4All Model – UDL in the Science Classroom, Kathleen McClaskey
    Handout 1 (PDF)    Handout 2 (PDF)

 2213  Catch That Spelling Error - Solutions Beyond the Word Processor, Sherri Parkins
    Handouts (PDF) 

 
 
 2303  Digital Storytelling in the K-12 Classroom, Sara Kajder
    Presentation (PPT)

 2306  How Multiple Intelligences Address Social Change in the Classroom Setting, Thomas Mazintas
    Handouts (PDF) 

 2307  Inspiration®: It's Not Just for Students!, Jennifer McDonald-Peltier
    Handout 1 (PDF)   Handout 2 (PDF)

 2309  A is for Access: Create an Inclusive Library with Universal Design, Ameelia Ghareeb
    Handout 1 (PDF)    Handout 2 (PDF)   Handout 3 (PDF)    Presentation (PPT)  Weblink

 2310   Revision Baseball: Teaching Writing Skills Via a Game Format, Tom Earle
    Handouts (PDF)

 2313  Beyond Writing Camps: Infusing Technology into Assessment and Instruction, William Reeder
    Handouts (PDF) 

 
 2401  The Art & Technique of Wikis, David Warlick
    Handouts (Weblink)  

 2402  High Technology Literacy for Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Kelly Fonner
    Handouts (PDF)

 2403  Technology Supports for Older Students: Make It Happen, Scott Marfilius
    Handouts (PDF)

 2406  Web 2.0: Embedded Supports for Struggling Adolescent Readers, Karen Clay
    Handouts (PDF)  

 2408  Finding the Feathers: Citing the Cyberbully, Charlotte Knoche
    Handouts (PDF)    Presentation (PPT)
 

 2501  Video Games as Learning Engines, David Warlick
    Handouts (Weblink) 

 2502  NIMAS & Accessible Textbooks: Where Are We Now?, Skip Stahl
    Handouts (PDF)

 2507  Structured for Success: Literacy Strategies for Virtual Special Education, Christine Tanguay
    Handouts (PDF) 

 2511  iPods & Zunes for Video/Audio Self-Operated Prompting Systems, Daniel McNulty
    Handout MAC (PDF)    Handout PC (PDF)  Handout iPod (PDF)

 2512  My Adventures with Podcasting, Janice Friesen
    Handouts (PDF) 
 
 2517  WhyTry? Innovative Interventions that Provide Hope and Motivate Youth, Christian Moore
    Handouts (PDF)
 

Saturday Sessions 

 
 3103  A Fluency Solution - Read Naturally's Software Edition, Kristi Vincent
    Handouts (PDF)  

 3106  A Force More Powerful: Blended Learning for the Digital Age, Mark Geary
    Handouts (PDF)

 3107  Alternatives to Written Output for Students with High Functioning Autism, Susan Simmons
    Handouts (PDF)
   
 3110  So You Want to Start a Blog? Do it Today!, Kirsten Haugen
    Handouts (PDF)

 3112  Etext for All Students, Skip Stahl
    Handout 1(PDF)    Handout 2 (PDF)

 3114  Web 2.0 Tools and Resources for Educators, Brent Bovitz
    Weblink (jpg) 

 3201  Teaching Writing with 21st Century Tools, Sara Kajder
    Presentation (PPT)

 3202  Sorting through Electronic Text Reading Supports, Kelly Fonner
    Handout 1 (PDF)    Handout 2 (PDF)

 3203  Using Technology Supports to Differentiate Instruction, Scott Marfilius
    Handouts (PDF) 

 3209  Universal Design for Learning: Best Practices to Support Diverse Learners, Annesa Hartman
    Handouts (PDF)    Presentation (PPT)

 3304  Honoring Cognitive Diversity in the Secondary Classroom, Philippe Ernewein
    Handouts (PDF)    Presentation (PPT)

 3306  Bridges to Success: A Summer Technology Program That Works, Terri Grundy
    Handout 1 (PDF)   Handout 2 (PDF)   Handout 3 (PDF)

 3307  Using Text Readers to Improve Reading Skills. What Works ?, Alison Gammage
    Handouts (PDF)    Presentation (PPT)

 3309  Enhancing Social Competence through Video Modeling, Erin Peterson
    Handouts (PDF)    Presentation (PPT)

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