Have you been thinking about what you'd like to present at the 2017 Getting In Touch With Literacy conference? We sure hope so, because the Call for Proposals is now open! Proposals will be accepted in the areas of emergent literacy, educational instruction and assessment, literacy in everyday life, literacy for individuals with multiple disabilities, vocational/adult literacy, and assistive technology and tactile graphics. SURELY you know something about one of these areas that your colleagues need to know! The 2017 conference will take place December 6 - 9 at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans, LA. Think about sharing an innovative project, successful program, unique perspective, or your techniques for overcoming a challenging situation. Share some excellent teaching strategies you've developed, some cool research you've done, or one of the other marvelous things you know! Once you've come up with your BIG idea, it's EASY for you to submit your proposal. Just log on to the Getting In Touch With Literacy website, www.gettingintouchwithliteracy.org <http://www.gettingintouchwithliteracy.org> , or go directly to this link: <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzakqwv5kfF3iheOFlMBa1oFI-iE59CmT M9vykaFSYPUaVwg/viewform?c=0&w=1> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzakqwv5kfF3iheOFlMBa1oFI-iE59CmTM 9vykaFSYPUaVwg/viewform?c=0&w=1 Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2017, so don't wait! Submit your proposal now! Janie Blome Director of Field Services American Printing House for the Blind Phone:502-899-2367 "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendri Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University 210 Woodard Hall PO Box 3158 Ruston LA 71272 Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010 <mailto:ebell at latech.edu> ebell at latech.edu www.pdrib.com <http://www.pdrib.com> ************************************************************** "I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." -- Stephen Jay Gould From: Janie Blome [mailto:jblome at aph.org] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 3:33 PM To: Holbrook, Cay <cay.holbrook at ubc.ca>; Robin King <RKing at lsdvi.org>; 'Eric Guillory' <eguillory at louisianacenter.org>; 'Blanche Faulk' <BFaulk at lsdvi.org>; Edward Bell <ebell at latech.edu> Subject: Call For Papers Now Open! Hi, y'all - This is basically what went up on the GITWL Facebook page a few minutes ago. (Have you "liked" GITWL on Facebook yet?) Please feel free to share with anyone and everyone you can think of! Janie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Have you been thinking about what you'd like to present at the 2017 Getting In Touch With Literacy conference? We sure hope so, because the Call for Proposals is now open! Proposals will be accepted in the areas of emergent literacy, educational instruction and assessment, literacy in everyday life, literacy for individuals with multiple disabilities, vocational/adult literacy, and assistive technology and tactile graphics. SURELY you know something about one of these areas that your colleagues need to know! The 2017 conference will take place December 6 - 9 at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans, LA. Think about sharing an innovative project, successful program, unique perspective, or your techniques for overcoming a challenging situation. Share some excellent teaching strategies you've developed, some cool research you've done, or one of the other marvelous things you know! Once you've come up with your BIG idea, it's EASY for you to submit your proposal. Just log on to the Getting In Touch With Literacy website, www.gettingintouchwithliteracy.org <http://www.gettingintouchwithliteracy.org> , or go directly to this link: <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzakqwv5kfF3iheOFlMBa1oFI-iE59CmT M9vykaFSYPUaVwg/viewform?c=0&w=1> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzakqwv5kfF3iheOFlMBa1oFI-iE59CmTM 9vykaFSYPUaVwg/viewform?c=0&w=1 Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2017, so don't wait! Submit your proposal now! Janie Blome Director of Field Services American Printing House for the Blind Phone:502-899-2367 "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix