Marna Winter co-presents at conference

The lecturer in the School of Educationco-presented at the North Carolina Reading Association Conference on March 15.

Marna Winter, lecturer in the School of Education, and Sarah Barlekamp, fourth grade classroom teacher at Hillcrest Elementary in the Alamance-Burlington School System, presented at the North Carolina Reading Association Conference, on March 15 in Raleigh, N.C.

Their presentation, “Using New Literacies in the Writing Process,” shared the process and outcomes of a model for engaging students throughout the writing process using new literacies, specifically, Google and Google Apps. Students were guided through the entire writing process from brainstorming topics to publishing non-fiction articles complete with text features without the use of paper or pencils. Checklists, videos and graphic organizers were shared using the web based platform, Google Classroom.