SLTP‘98

PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES

WEEK 1

Day 1: Monday July 6

Opening Session

RECEPTION Africa Room 5 - 6:30 PM

Day

Country Reports & Group Work (9:00-9:45) Africa Room

Session Number

Morning Session (10:00-12:30) Africa Room

Lunch

Session Number

Afternoon Session (2:00-4:30) ILI Technology Lab* *unless otherwise noted

Tech Lab/ Evening

Day 2: Tuesday July 7

Literacy in the US Maryann Cucchiara

S1

Why is Literacy so Difficult to Define?

Richard Venezky

S2 T1

Technology Use in Literacy

Karl Rethemeyer

Computer &WP Basics Tom Andrzejewski

Day 3: Wednesday July 8

Participants 1, 2, 3

S3

Literacy & Development: Challenges to Dominant Paradigms

Brian Street

S4 T2

Intro to Technology

Steve Linberg

Intro to email Camille Ciggs

Day 4: Thursday July 9

Participants 4, 5, 6

S5

Assessment & Evaluation

CJ Daswani

S6 T3

Intro to the World Wide Web

Steve Linberg & Karl Rethemeyer

Open Tom Andrzejewski

Day 5: Friday July 10

Participants 7, 8, 9

S7

Language & Literacy Issues

Mohamed Maamouri & CJ Daswani

S8 T4

Peer Lit & Internet

Ashley Stoudt & Mary Russell

Open Camille Ciggs

Day 6: Saturday July 11

TBA

Day 7: Sunday July 12

City of Philadelphia Tour 3:00 - 8:00 Meet bus in front of I-House at 2:30 pm

WEEK 2

Day

Country Reports & Group Work (9:00-9:45) Africa Room

Session Number

Morning Session (10:00-12:30) Africa Room

Lunch

Session Number

Afternoon Session (2:00-4:30) ILI Technology Lab* *unless otherwise noted

Tech Lab/ Evening

Day 8: Monday July 13

Participants 10, 11, 12

S9

Ethnographic Research on Literacy Practices in Development

Brian Street

Brown Bag Lunch Discussion: Development of Teaching & Learning Materials for Literacy

S10

Literacy & Community Development

Participant discussion group of country reports (CJ Daswani, Mohamed Maamouri, SLTP 98 staff)     *Africa Room

Open Tom Andrzejewski

Day 9: Tuesday July 14

Participants 13, 14, 15

S11

SLTP Tech Lab: Using E-mail More Effectively

Karl Rethemeyer

S12 T5

Videoconferencing

Jen Elmore

Open Tom Andrzejewski

Day 10: Wednesday July 15

Participants 16, 17, 18

S13

Current Theory & Research on Reading

John Sabatini & Banu Oney

S14 T6

Captured Wisdom

Lynda Ginsburg & Jen Elmore

Open Tom Andrzejewski

Day 11: Thursday July 16

Participants 19, 20, 21

S15

Numeracy Curriculum & Instruction

Lynda Ginsburg

S16 T7

Technology & Assessment

John Sabatini & Mary Russell

Open Camille Ciggs

Day 12: Friday July 17

Participants 22, 23, 24

S17

Technology & Literacy: Barriers & Solutions Group Discussion

Karl Rethemeyer & Tracy Kerr

S18

Family Culture & Literacy: Parents & Children Learning Together

Vivian Gadsden     *Africa Room

RECEPTION Africa Room 5 - 6:30 PM

Day 13: Saturday July 18

Free Day

Day 14: Sunday July 19

ILI/NCAL Summer Picnic 1:30 - 5:30 at Bolingbroke Estate Meet bus in front of I-House at 12:30 PM

WEEK 3

Day

Country Reports & Group Work (9:00-9:45) Africa Room

Session Number

Morning Session (10:00-12:30) Africa Room

Lunch

Session Number

Afternoon Session (2:00-4:30) ILI Technology Lab* *unless otherwise noted

Tech Lab/ Evening

Day 15: Monday July 20

Participants 25, 26

S19

Literacy & Post Literacy

Peter Easton

Brown Bag Lunch Discusssion: Literacy & Community Development

S20 T8

Tech Planning Workshop

Chris Hopey

Open Tom Andrzejewski

Day 16: Tuesday July 21

Participants 27, 28

S21

Evaluation

Peter Easton

African Women Lunch Discussion T. Awori, V. Morgan UNDP Africa

S22

Literacy Programming supported by the World Bank

John Oxenham

6:00 PM - Leave Philly 9:00 PM - Arrive NYC

Day 17: Wednesday July 22

STUDY TOUR NYC

Day 18: Thursday July 23

STUDY TOUR NYC

SEE STUDY TOUR ITINERARY IN PROGRAM BINDER

5 PM - Leave NYC 9 PM - Arrive DC

Day 19: Friday July 24

STUDY TOUR WASHINGTON, DC

Day 20: Saturday July 25

STUDY TOUR WASHINGTON, DC

5 PM - Leave DC 8 PM - Arrive Philly

Day 21: Sunday July 26

SHOPPING — FRANKLIN MILLS 9:00 - 5:00 Meet bus in front of I-House at 9:00 AM

WEEK 4

Day

Country Reports & Group Work (9:00-9:45) Africa Room

Session Number

Morning Session (10:00-12:30) Africa Room

Lunch

Session Number

Afternoon Session (2:00-4:30) ILI Technology Lab* *unless otherwise noted

Tech Lab/ Evening

Day 22: Monday July 27

Participants meet with Abdelwahid Yousif

S23

Community-based Basic Education

Michael Gibbons

Brown Bag Lunch Discussion Michael Gibbons

S24

UNESCO Policy on Literacy & Adult Education

Abdelwahid Yousif     *Africa Room

Open Camille Ciggs

Day 23: Tuesday July 28

S25

Community Development

Sravani Ghosh-Robinson, OICI

S26 T9

Int’l Literacy Explorer Workshop

Janet Smith

Lab closed GSE RECEPTION with GSE Dean Susan Fuhrman 6 - 7:30 PM Africa Room

Day 24: Wednesday July 29

S27

Introduction to APPEAL

Abdelwahid Yousif & Kiichi Oyasu

S28

Workshop on Project Development

Kiichi Oyasu *Africa Room

Open Tom Andrzejewski

Day 25: Thursday July 30

S29

Evaluation

Brown Bag Lunch Discussion: Oral Health Education Peter Berthold & Naty Lopez

S30

Integrating Health & Basic Skills Education

Don Silberberg & Sandra Barnes     *Africa Room

Lab Closed 4:30-6 Meeting with faculty from regional studies programs 6-7:30 RECEPTION AFRICA ROOM

Day 26: Friday July 31

Closing Ceremony / Literacy & Gender Interviews

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INTERNATIONAL LITERACY INSTITUTE
Graduate School of Education/University of Pennsylvania
3910 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 USA
Telephone 215-898-2100 | Fax 215-898-9804 | E-mail: sltp@literacy.upenn.edu

Revised: July 6, 1998