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| Faye Brownlie, October 7, 2004 |
| Literacy in the Middle Years - Part 1 |
INTRODUCTION: This interactive webcast is intended to support your professional growth over time and has been archived for viewing and re-viewing.
- PDF files are linked for downloading and printing to support Faye Brownlie's research, strategies and assessment tools.
- Live audiences were participants in the real time webcast at 11 sites across British Columbia.
- The best way to use this archived webcast is with a partner, or a group of colleagues from your school or district.
- To get maximum benefit from the webcast, please take the time to respond to the prompts that are given with each section.
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| TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: This webcast is designed for a minimum screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. If your present resolution is smaller than that, you may need to increase your screen resolution before watching this webcast. |
In addition, your computer will need to meet the following system requirements:
- Operating Systems: Windows™(95, 98, 2000, NT, ME, XP), Mac® OS X or later
- Processor: Pentium® 166 or greater, PowerPC™ (200 MHz or faster)
- Video: 256-colour video card (minimum)
- Sound: sound card, speakers (minimum)
- Internet: 28.8kbps, 56.6kbps modem (low frame rate video or audio-only streams); hi-speed modems (motion video)
- Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer™ 4.0 or Netscape® 4.5, or higher, Java-enabled browser.
- Test your system to see if you have what you need: Click here for system test
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WRITTEN MATERIALS: Before beginning the webcast, please download the following material to be used by participants during the webcast:
- Faye Brownlie's Biography (PDF)
- Full PowerPoint presentation used by Faye Brownlie (PPT)
- Standard Reading Assessment info (PDF)
- Reading Samples (PDF)
- Richard L. Allington articles (2 items)
"What I’ve Learned About Effective Reading Instruction" (PDF)
"You Can't Learn Much from Books You Can't Read" (HTML)
- International Reading Association: "Adolescent Literacy, A Position Statement" (PDF)
- Faye Brownlie Presentation, Bibliography (PDF)
- Note: To open a PDF you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. If it is not already present on your computer, you may download it from here.
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| FEEDBACK: We would be very glad to hear your comments or questions about the use of this archive. Please contact the professional growth webcasting project via email at:
EDUC.LCP@gems5.gov.bc.ca |
To begin the webcast, click here!
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