FOR-PD Audio Interviews

The FOR-PD Project actively seeks interviews with literacy experts across the country on topics related to the course. Each interview is then posted to our web site as a means of literacy support for participants and teachers across the state. Interviews are provided in both text and audio formats. 

Dr. Gerald Campano

FOR-PD interviewed Gerald Campano about literacy and culturally diverse students.
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Dr. Doug Fisher

FOR-PD interviewed Doug Fisher about improving adolescent literacy.
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Dr. Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins

FOR-PD interviewed Elaine K. McEwan about integrating reading across the content areas and the importance of using think-alouds in every classroom.
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Dr. Donna Alvermann

FOR-PD interviewed Dr. Alvermann about comprehension instruction in the content-area classroom.
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Dr. Linda Labbo

FOR-PD interviewed Dr. Labbo about her work in childhood literacy and technology.
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Dr. Timothy Rasinski

FOR-PD interviewed Dr. Rasinski about his work in the area of fluency.
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Dr. Joyce Fine

FOR-PD interviewed Dr. Joyce Fine about print-rich and language-rich environments.
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Dr. Donna Baumbach

Over recent years school library media centers have come into focus with regard to student achievement. Researchers such as Keith Lance Curry and Marcus Rodney have provided valuable research on the importance and need of having quality library media centers run by trained media center specialist. In October of 2003, Dr. Donna Baumbach, the Director of SUNLINK-Florida's State Union Catalog of K-12 Public School Library Media Holdings, distributed the study Making the Grade: The Status of School Library Media Centers in the Sunshine State and How They Contribute to Student Achievement. This study provides an examination concerning the role of library media programs and the part they play in K-12 schools.
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