Join us for the next Secondary ELA webinar on April 18 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm.

REGISTERhttps://usbe.midaseducation.com/professional-development/courses/course/63313 for April's webinar

"Writing Remixed: Composing in Digital and Multimodal Genres" **Supports Writing Standards 1-4

Dr. Amber Jensen Assistant Professor, BYU English Department Director, Central Utah Writing Project Editor, The Journal of Peer Tutoring in Secondary Schools

Are you itching to integrate digital and multimodal writing in your ELA curriculum but not sure how to begin? Ready to move past text-based literary analyses, formulaic argument essays, and research projects? Curious about how to engage your students in composing in the kinds of genres that are most relevant in the 21st century? Let's explore how podcasts, infographics, memes, multigenre research projects, and other kinds of compositions can expand your students' writing competencies and invigorate your teaching!

This webinar invites you to remix your writing instruction by inspiring student writers to compose not only with words, but also with image, video, sound, color, and texture. It begins a conversation around how - and to what extent - digital tools and digital products can be used in the service of our students' writing development.

The first part of the webinar will draw on recent scholarship and real-world teaching examples to answer some common questions and concerns about the role of these kinds of texts in an ELA classroom. In the second part of the webinar, teacher participants will collaborate to "remix" a current writing unit or assignment. Each teacher will leave with concrete next steps -- and a practitioner-focused resource list -- for integrating digital and multimodal composition into their secondary ELA writing curriculum.

May's webinar will occur on Wednesday, May 8th from 4:00-5:00pm MST. We will be joined by educators in Arizona, Kentucky, and Ohio.

Topic: Restoring Humanity to Striving Adolescent Readers We know literacy ability -- and gaps in literacy ability -- have far-reaching consequences for students across the lifespan, including lasting perceptions of their identity and place in society. This webinar explores how to reduce shame and anxiety for striving adolescent readers with empathic, restorative mindsets and instructional strategies.

See the attached flyer for more information.

REGISTERhttps://schools-utah-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vceutpjIoEty1XUkMSd_UBMhQpMixgeui#/registration for May's webinar

Naomi Watkins, Ph.D. Secondary English Language Arts Specialist Utah State Board of Education (801) 538-7616