CCIRA Literacy Conversations
CCIRA Inc., Colorado's literacy organization, is ready to chat about literacy with some fantastic literacy experts. Get ready to learn, expand your list of educational heroes, and gather ideas about ways you can improve your teaching practice.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2022
Whitney La Rocca: Patterns of Power, world class writing mentors, and a lot of laughs
Pam Minard: Excitement for the 2022 In-Person Conference!
Pam Minard: Exciting Features of the 2022 Conference
00:00:00 Molly Rauh
Hello and welcome back to this CCIRAA Literacy Conversations podcast. I'm your host, Molly Rauh with my co-host...
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Krista Griffin: Early Career Teachers
Krista Griffin: CCIRA's Early Career Network
00:00:00 Molly Rauh
Hello and welcome back to this CCIRA Literacy Conversations, podcast. I'm your host Molly Rauh with my co-host...
00:00:08 Jessica …
Melanie Conklin: Counting Thyme and an author's process
00:00:00 Molly Rauh
Hello and welcome back to this CCIA Literacy Conversations podcast. I'm your host Molly Rauh with my co-host...
00:00:08 Jessica Rickert
...Jessica Rickert. Today's podcast fea…
Marc Tyler Nobleman: Finding and Writing Untold Stories
00:00:00 Molly Rauh
Hello and welcome back to this CCIRA Literacy Conversations podcast. I'm your host Molly Rauh with my co-host Jessica Rickert. Today's podcast features, Marc Tyler Nobleman.
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Pernille Ripp: Honoring and Centering Our Students, Especially in a Pandemic
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00:00:00 Molly Rauh
Hello and welcome back to the CCIRA literacy conversations podcast. I'm your host Molly Rauh with my co-host , Jess…
Jason Oleskevich: Renewing A Love for Teaching
Jason Oleskevich is a veteran teacher in Colorado. After 20 years of teaching, he started thinking the grass was greener outside the teaching realm, but after a year off realized he was a happier per…
Laura Resau: Celebrating Cultures Through Writing
Laura Resau, local Colorado author shares her experiences and habits as a writer-anthropologist. Laura specializes in middle grades and young adult books that are inspired by and celebrate cultures s…
Gordon Korman: Sharing the Magic of Writing for Young "Slacker Fans"
Author Gordon Korman discusses what he writes, how he writes, and the role teachers and librarians play in getting his books into the hands of young "slacker fans." He discuses how he has challenged …
Katie Garner - Practical Application of the Science of Reading in Your Classroom
Katie Garner specializes in making meaning while reading using the science of reading to increase access to books of our primary students.
Tanny McGregor: Sketch-notes to Improve Comprehension
Tanny McGregor chats with Molly and Jessica about using sketch-notes to make thinking visible and improve comprehension.
Resources:
- Tanny's website
- Ink and Ideas (book)
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Troy Hicks: Integrating Tech into Literacy Instruction
Troy Hicks: professor of English and Education at Central Michigan University. former middle school language arts teacher, Director of the Chippewa River Writing Project shares about New Literacies i…
Colby Sharp: Increasing Book Access in Your Classroom
Colby Sharp, host of The Yarn Podcast, co-author of Game Changer, editor of The Creativity Project, and co-founder of The Nerdy Book club shares a bit about his recent projects and how to curate a gr…
Beth Skelton - Every Teacher is a Language Teacher
Today's guest is Beth Skelton who is a guru of Language Acquisition. Throughout the podcast Beth shares numerous actionable steps to allow teachers to create effective literacy and language instructi…
Erik Palmer - I think we can all improve at speaking
Today's podcast was recorded with Erik Palmer, a guru of instructional practices for better spoken communication. Erik shares his philosophy on the importance of teaching speech as a crucial life ski…
Laura Whale - when we know better, we do better
Today on the podcast we have Laura Whale, a literacy specialist whose passions include dyslexia and the science of reading. During our conversation, Laura shared with us a huge list of resources that…
Michele Warner - Great Instruction Even in Quarantine
Topics with Michele:
- Jeff Anderson and Whitney La Rocca - Patterns of Power (Grades 1-5) (Grades 6-8)
- Structuring breakout rooms and norms for your students
- Remote teaching schedules
- Using paper pencil r…
Emily Goldenstein - Tackling Stress and Online Feedback
Emily Goldenstein joins Molly and Jessica to talk about how she is tackling teaching during a pandemic and what tips and strategies she uses to manage her time and keep her stress low. Check it out a…