Educational Theory Summer Institute 2015, Technologies of Reading and Writing, free and open to the public, on Wednesday, August 19 Lunch and refreshments provided

Educational Theory Summer Institute 2015
Technologies of Reading and Writing
Featuring a conference, free and open to the public, on Wednesday, August 19
Lunch and refreshments provided
RSVP to Roman Friedman (rfridmn2@illinois.edu)

The journal Educational Theory and the Department of Education Policy,
Organization & Leadership are pleased to announce the Sixth Annual
Educational Theory Summer Institute (ETSI), to be held at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from August 17-19, 2015.

This year’s theme is “Technologies of Reading and Writing.”
Educational Theory has commissioned a team of leading international
scholars to produce fresh and substantive contributions to a special
issue on the theme. The 2015 participants are:

Cathy Adams, University of Alberta
Nicholas Burbules, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amanda Fulford, Leeds Trinity University
Naomi Hodgson, University College London
Anna Kouppanou, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute
Anne Mangen, University of Stavanger
Joris Vlieghe, The University of Edinburgh

During the first two days of the institute, participants will workshop
each other's papers in internal sessions with Educational Theory
friends and colleagues. The institute will culminate on Wednesday,
August 19, with an all-day open conference, featuring the scholars
above and other area scholars (to be announced). The conference
explores the intersection between reading, writing, and literacy with
emerging technologies, social media, and digitization. It will feature
three panels:

The Bodily Dimensions of Learning How to Read and Write
Hypertext, Social Media and Literacies
Practices and Gestures of Writing

All of those interested in the technological aspects of education are
invited to attend (contact Roman Friedmanrfridmn2@illinois.edu for
further details or to RSVP).