FOR-PD Interview with Dr. Joyce Fine

Introduction: This is Dr. Joyce Fine for FOR-PD.  Her interview is on print-rich and language-rich environments.

Interview Instructions:  The interview has been provided in both text and audio formats.  Click on Text under each heading to read the part of the interview that it corresponds with, or Audio to hear the same part of the interview.  The Audio is in MP3 format and the length and size is listed next to the link.   If you wish to download the entire interview in PDF format see the link under the headings.

• Print-Rich Environments
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 5 min 05 sec, 4.66 MB)
   
• Language-Rich Environments
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 3 min 29 sec, 3.19 MB)
   
• Students' Literacy Development
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 54 sec, 856 KB)
   
• Pre-K-5 Grade Teachers' Role
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 1 min 27 sec, 1.33 MB)
   
• 6-12 Grade Teachers' Role
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 2 min 15 sec, 2.06 MB)
   
• School's Role
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 58 sec, 917 KB)
   
• Knowledge and Professional Development Experiences
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 1 min 48 sec, 1.65 MB)
   
• Links and Resources
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 1 min 04 sec, 0.98 MB)
   
• Closing
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 27 sec, 426 KB)
   

Download the entire interview [PDF - 4 pages / 32.6k]

Resources:

• http://www.wested.org/stratlit 
  This site has classroom ideas from Strategic Literacy Network teachers. It talks about the reading apprenticeship framework for secondary students and encourages metacognitive thinking.

• http://www.vue.org 
  This site has the research base and information about visual thinking strategies, VTS. 

• http://www.vtskids.org
  This has some pictures and a chance for the students to practice their writing in response to viewing. That's a good one.