Literacy Outside the Box!
March 17-19, 2011
Springfield, Illinois

Program Proposal
(Interested in presenting?  Submit an online proposal by September 1st!)

Registration & Housing
(Available in the Preliminary Program in October 2010!)

Exhibit Information
(Booth fees increase after
January 1, 2011!)

• Interested in presenting?  Proposals are being accepted for small group sessions until September 1, 2010!  Teachers, researchers, librarians, administrators, and others interested in promoting reading and related literacy areas are encouraged to submit a program proposal.  Sessions can be scheduled for 60 minutes or a double session can be requested.  Please note that only an overhead projector and screen will be provided!  Presenters are also required to register for the conference by February 1, 2011.  For more information, please review the 2011 Program Proposal form that can be mailed to the IRC Office or submit an Online Program Proposal by September 1, 2010! 

• Order a Conference Shirt?  Preorder your ROYAL BLUE 2011 Conference Shirt by February 18, 2011!  Orders can be placed online or by mail/fax.  Only preorders will be available for pick-up at the IRC Conference near the Registration Area in the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Illinois.  Shirts will not be available for purchase at the conference.

• 2011 IRC Conference Preview!  This year’s conference will feature the award-winning authors, prominent literacy leaders, and dynamic speakers you have come to expect from IRC, along with Illinois’ best teachers sharing their innovative ideas and practices.  We will continue to enjoy traditional text formats while finding literacy in new places and exploring new and changing facets of literacy.  Teachers and other literacy leaders are constantly vying for students’ attention–why should they read books when there are so many interactive choices and other activities that involve anything but books?  What do we do about screen time, whether that includes large screens or the tiny ones they can carry around with them?  What place can film, television, social networking, YouTube, blogs, vlogs, tweets, nings, and wikis play in literacy education?  Can they learn about literacy through music and art?  Please take a moment to peruse the 2011 Conference Preview that will help you explore Literacy Outside the Box! and plan now to attend the wonderful Featured Sessions with: 

• Salman Amjad
• Jeff Anderson
• M.T. Anderson
• Diane Barone
  
• T.A. Barron
• David Booth
  
• Danny Brassell
• Marc Brown
• Patrick Carman
• Beverly Chin
  
• Ruth Culham
• Patricia Edwards
• Moricai Gerstein
• Carol Jago

• Barry Lane
• Marion Blumenthal Lazan
• Jacquie McTaggart
• Cindy Middendorf
• Cathy Puett Miller
  
• Donalyn Miller
• Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
• Sara Pennypacker
  
• Tim Rasinski
• John Rocco
• David Schwartz
• Frank Serafini
• Rebecca Stead
  
• Jane Yolen
  
• And Many More to Come!

IRC members and past conference attendees will be the first to receive the 2011 Preliminary Program that includes Registration and Housing details in early October 2010!  If you'd like to receive a 2011 Preliminary Program, please call the IRC Office at 888-454-1341 or email irc@illinoisreadingcouncil.org to be included!  Don't forget to follow the conference developments on the IRC Conference blog at literacyoutsidethebox.blogspot.com.