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Ann
M. Johns
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One of the most important service areas for literacy faculty at the college level has been working with secondary schools on a variety of issues that are of concern to teachers. Several of my colleagues and I have been involved with a number of school projects. With district and AVID [Advancement Via Individual Determination] teachers, I have led workshops for both English/language arts faculty and history/social science faculty on a number of topics including: student and teacher research, expository reading and writing, academic skills for college (e.g., summarizing and annotating), and using the web (information competence). Included here are the links for some of the more recent projects: AVID AVID: AVID Summer Institute, 2006. This is linked to the Power Point and handouts from the presentation entitled "College Reading and Writing Demands Across the Curriculum." From 2007-09, I revised the AVID College Readiness: Working with Sources curriculum for publication. Attached is an overview and a sample paper, written by a student. FSP: Freshman Success Program, Learning Communities and Service Learning, 1997-01 Manual for Student Research: Contents of the student research manual (2003-). Workshops: Research workshop for history/social science teachers, Sweetwater Union High School District (CA), Spring 2004. Research workshop for 8th grade teachers, AVID (with Marsha
Zandi), December, 2003.
It is very important for those of us who write---and care about our academic institutions and student literacies---to speak out on issues that concern us. Here, I list attempts to "put my money where my mouth is," by publishing and speaking in/with the media. "The Future of SDSU," published
in the San Diego Union-Tribune,
But we also need to have a good time! See, for example, my "chat" with Diane Belcher's students at Georgia State University.
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