We report on a small scale study examining how teacher candidates and recent graduates make instructional decisions about the use of technology in their lessons and how they perceive the impact of these instructional choices on student engagement.
This presentation shares how a cross-disciplinary team designed and implemented multimodal 5th grade lessons analyzing films about Haudenosaunee histories and stories. Findings suggest instruction influenced student awareness of Indigenous representation (e.g. noticing absence of Indigenous culture) and development of critical multimodal literacy skills (e.g. considering a storyteller’s identity).
Using qualitative interviews and grounded theory analysis of community asset and needs assessments, this presentation examines how the perspectives of students, families, and educators can inform reading instruction and educator preparation. Findings demonstrate the value of intergenerational collaboration in strengthening school-university partnerships and preparing responsive literacy educators.
Emily Hoeh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. She earned her doctorate (PhD) in Special Education from the University at Buffalo, as an Office of Special Education Programs research fellow. Her professional experience... Read More →
Wednesday October 21, 2026 2:15pm - 3:05pm EDT Hathorn Room
This workshop will be interactive in nature. We will share different modalities for engaging students during remote instruction. During the workshop, we will model what has worked for us using a variety of activities to meet the different learning styles of our students. We will teach interactive lessons using myriad hands on activities so that participants can not only learn about what how we teach our preservice teachers, but experience them as students as well. Our goal is for participants to leave the workshop with ideas to create lessons of their own and to be inspired to teach exciting, interactive lessons remotely.
MATERIALS PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BRING Participants will be asked to bring their laptops to the workshop in order to actively participate.
