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Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center:
Situating A Place for Global Exchange while Leading and
Learning in Literacy
23rd IRA World Congress on Reading
Auckland, New Zealand
Susan J. WegmannUniversity of Central Florida
Kouder MokhtariIowa State University
Enrique A. PuigUniversity of Central Florida
Presentation menuMorgridge International Reading CenterUniversity of Central Florida
• History• Staff• Features• Benefits
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
Our Beginning. . .
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
A generous gift . . .
Morgridge Family Foundation
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
Executive Director Sandra L. Robinson
DirectorEnrique A. Puig
Director of OperationsRobert Williams
Director of Programs and ResearchSusan J. Wegmann
Morgridge International Reading CenterAdministrative Structure
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
LocationX
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
So far. . .
• Development Team
• Six focus groups, 150+ people
• Architect & Construction Manager Selection
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
The Morgridge International Reading Center seeks to advance literacy through:
• Communicating• Collaborating• Learning• Researching
Where people and ideas come together.
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
• Planning CommitteeComprised of Interdisciplinary Faculty Members
• Financing
• Decision to proceed with Phase I & Phase II
Morgridge International Reading Center
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
• Collect and disseminate educational information based on innovative research.
• House a comprehensive collection of global reading initiatives.
• Serve as a hub of connectivity.• Provide opportunities for professional learning.
The Morgridge International Reading Center will. . .
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
MIRC Advisory PanelTim Blair – University of Central Florida
Don Deshler – University of Kansas
Linda Gambrell – Clemson University
Thyria Greene-Ansley – Florida A & M University
Doug Hartmen – Michigan State University
Kouider Mokhtari – Iowa State University
Gay Su Pinnell – Prof. Emeritus, Ohio State
University
Carol Vukelich – University of Delaware
Sean Walmsley – State University of New York
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
• Presentations
• Interactive White boards
• Information Technology in Education (ITiE)
• Adobe Connect
• Meetings with key organization leaders
• Wikis
• Faculty input
• Architect charettes
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
2010 Inaugural UCF Book Festival
• On UCF campus
• 60 authors, 29 panels, presentations, and
readings
• 3,000+ in attendance
• 35+ exhibitors
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
Phase I • Millennium Gallery/ Professional Learning
Environment
• Global Communications Assembly
• Featured Arrivals Archives
• International Communication Hub
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
Phase II
• STEM Literacy Teaching Lab
• Global Education Teaching Lab
• Literacy Assessment Clinic
• Virtual Simulation Teaching Labs
• Reflective Collaboration Rooms
• Early Literacy Research Lab
• Scholars in Residence
• International Research Area
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
Fundraising Opportunities
• Endowment of operations
• Endowment of programs
• Naming of spaces in building
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
Partnerships
• International Reading Association
• Promethean Activboards
• Other partnerships
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
What could the Morgridge International Reading Center offer YOU?
• If we are to serve students, parents, school-based practitioner-scholars, and university-based research-scholars, what will we need to do?
• What international materials, programs, and/or themes should be included in the Millennium Gallery?
• Email comments and suggestions to: • [email protected] or [email protected]
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
Influential references• Alvermann, D. E. (2001). Reading adolescents' reading identities: Looking back to see ahead. Journal of
Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 44, 676-690. • Bahktin, M (1981). The dialogic imagination: Four essays. Austin: University of Texas Press.• Cambourne, B. (1988). The whole story: Natural learning and the acquisition of literacy in the classroom. New
York: Ashton Scholastic. • Clay, M. (2001). Change over time in children’s literacy development. Portsmouth, NH: Heinenmann. • Csíkszentmihályi, M. (1997). Flow: The Psychology of optimal experience. New York: Harper and Row. • Knowles, M. (1984). The adult learner: A neglected species (3rd Ed.). Houston, TX: Gulf Publishing. • Moje, E. B. (1996).
"I teach students, not subjects": Teacher-student relationships as contexts for secondary literacy. Reading Research Quarterly, 31: 2, 172-195.
• Rosenblatt, L. (1978). The reader, the text, the poem: The transactional theory of the literary work. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
• Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological functions.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
World Congress on Reading, 2010Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center
Creating the Morgridge International Reading Center:
Situating A Place for Global Exchange while Leading and
Learning in Literacy
23rd IRA World Congress on Reading
Auckland, New Zealand
Susan J. WegmannUniversity of Central Florida
Kouder MokhtariIowa State University
Enrique A. PuigUniversity of Central Florida
Visit us at mirc.ucf.edu
