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Webinars
TextProject provides live webinars such as the 2013 series on the Common Core State Standards (with speakers such as Tim Shanahan and Nell Duke). Recordings of past webinars on text complexity and vocabulary by TextProject’s President/CEO, Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert, are also available. Freddy also frequently makes live presentations (see Events). Presentation slides from previous events are available (see Library).
TextProject Presents
Common Core State Standards Webinar Series
Coming Up Next
20 June 2013
Using Quantitative Measures of Text Complexity in Classroom Instruction: What’s Appropriate? What’s Not?
Elfrieda H. Hiebert, TextProject & the University of California, Santa Cruz
Please note that the date for this webinar has been changed to June 20, 2013.
2—3pm, Pacific Daylight Time (5—6pm Eastern)
Registration is now open! https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/916300207
Recently
30 May 2013
Informational Text and the CCSS: Pitfalls and Potential
Dr. Nell K. Duke, University of Michigan
Dr. Duke presents the pitfalls and potentials of the CCSS as it relates to informational texts. She explains the differences between previous and current definitions for key words used in the CCSS.
More previous events in this series
Past Webinars
15 May 2013
Words, Knowledge, and Complex Text
The recording of a webinar Freddy presented for MA teachers and educational leaders on May 10, 2013
21 March 2013
77sec on Text Complexity: What is the Difference Between Accessible and Dumbed-down Texts?
Freddy talks about three key features that are seen in dumbed-down texts.
14 March 2013
77 sec on Text Complexity: What Makes A Text Complex?
Freddy talks about a feature of text that makes it difficult for the reader.
7 March 2013
77 sec on Text Complexity: What are good books to use with beginning readers?
Freddy talks about features to look for in books to use with beginning readers.
7 January 2013
77 sec on Text Complexity: What is Core Vocabulary?
Freddy presents 77 seconds on core vocabulary. What is it and how can the words be organized to help students read complex text?
28 November 2012
Text Complexity and the Common Core: Moving into Action With Confidence
Archived recording of Freddy's November 28, 2012 webinar: Text Complexity and the Common Core: Moving into Action With Confidence.
11 October 2012
7 Actions that Teachers Can Take Right Now: Text Complexity
Archived recording of Freddy's October 11, 2012 webinar: 7 Actions That Teachers Can Take Right Now: Text Complexity.
12 September 2012
Text Complexity and the Common Core: Moving into Action With Confidence: Moving into Action With Confidence
Archived recording of Freddy's September 12, 2012 webinar: Text Complexity and the Common Core: Moving into Action with Confidence.
21 June 2012
Teaching Complex Text: Why Look at Word Frequency?
In this webinar Dr. Hiebert explores the relationship between a text's word frequency number and the Lexile number.
6 June 2012
SummerReads: Developing Successful Readers
Developed for the Florida's Department of Education, Dr. Hiebert has recorded a new video on summer reading.
Topics
13 March 2012
The Common Core State Standards: What Does it Mean? How Can We Make it Happen?
A recording of the Feb. 28, 2012 webinar hosted by Pearson Learning.
Topics
5 May 2011
TextProject Webinar: Stopping the Summer Slide with SummerReads
A short webinar on the importance of reading during summer vacations and how SummerReads can help stop the summer slide.
25 October 2010
The Role of Text in Developing Reading Fluency and Comprehension UPDATED VERSION
Dr. Freddy Hiebert discussed why text matters in developing reading fluency. Texts that contain too many difficult words frustrate beginning readers. This presentation examined key features in texts that support fluency and comprehension. Dr. Hiebert also closely examined the texts in core reading programs to highlight the need for texts that increase reading fluency and comprehension. This updated version of the presentation includes an explanation of how QuickReads fits in with the Common Core Standards.
Hiebert, E.H. (October 25, 2010). The role of text in developing reading fluency and comprehension. Presentation to educators at Pearsoned.com.
22 June 2010
New Pearson webinar on QuickReads
Attention to comprehension-based silent reading rate (CBSRR) is very different than the over-emphasis on oral reading that been so prominent over the last decade. In particular, Freddy focuses on the manner in which texts can facilitate or impede the development of CBSRR.
Topics
22 June 2010
Stopping the Summer Slide with SummerReads™
In June 2010, Dr. Elfrieda H. (Freddy) Hiebert presented a webinar on the effects of summer reading.
10 February 2010
Changing Readers, Changing Texts: 1960-2010
Dr. Elfrieda H. (Freddy) Hiebert presented the fifth annual Jeanne S. Chall Memorial Lecture on February 10, 2010 at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.
30 April 2008
SchoolsMovingUp: Critical Science Vocabulary
Archived recording of Freddy's April 30, 2008 webinar: Critical Science Vocabulary.
22 April 2008
SchoolsMovingUp: A County Immersed in Vocabulary
Archived recording of Freddy's April 22, 2008 webinar: A County Immersed In Vocabulary.
18 March 2008
SchoolsMovingUp: A School Immersed In Vocabulary
Archived recording of Freddy's March 18, 2008 webinar: A School Immersed In Vocabulary.