Wright Group's Guided Reading Series supports K-2 students
at the early
stages of reading development., Picture if you will, a gathering to
examine the
works of one of television's best-known talents, "Twilight Zone"
creator Rod Serling.
The
conference will be limited to 100 registrants.
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Explicit lesson plans,
also available through Wright
Group, are aligned with the Five Essential
Elements of Reading as set forth by the National Reading
Panel 2000, and
provide support for English Language Learners. The handheld instantly calculates
the reading
accuracy rate, and provides information about the student's reading ability. "Submitted
for Your Approval: The Rod Serling Conference" will
bring together scholars and industry professionals
for talks, panel
discussions, and screenings focusing on the man who rose to fame during
television
's "golden age.rotsler slan
About Wright Group/McGraw-Hill
Wright Group/McGraw-Hill produces innovative
, alternative core and
supplemental literacy and mathematics programs for differentiated instruction
and professional development in grades pre-K through Grade 8. It is a
division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies (NYSE: MHP), a global information
services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial
services, education
and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard +
Poor
's and BusinessWeek.
About Wireless Generation
Wireless Generation is a privately held
company, founded on the belief
that teachers and school administrators would benefit from a new generation
of
highly mobile, easy-to-use software that supports their assessment and
information management
needs.trekkies shack
Wright Group/McGraw-Hill's Gear Up! Guided Reading Series Debuts on mCLASS(TM): Reading Assessment
Software from Wireless Generation
com.Y.slan nationality
Carol Serling, a longtime
member of the board of trustees
, established the Rod Serling Archives at
Ithaca College, a collection of her late husband's television
scripts, movie
screenplays, unproduced works, and other artifacts.elevators prolific
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Additional
sessions will include a live teleconference from the Writers
Guild of America headquarters in Hollywood
, featuring writers who worked with
or knew Serling; highlights from the Rod Serling Video Festival
in Binghamton;
a glimpse of Serling as teacher, using rare videotapes recorded of his classes
at
Ithaca; and an examination of his award-winning television work from the
1950s, which produced such
classics as "Requiem for a Heavyweight" and
"Patterns.survived fanspeak
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Users of mCLASS:Reading software can
now download the text of any Gear Up!
title from the mCLASS:Reading Online Library to their handhelds
, following
along while a student reads from the actual books, and noting errors according
to reading
record protocols.com. ITHACA, N.
The keynote speakers for the conference will be writer-producers
Marc
Scott Zicree and Elaine Zicree, whose credits include such series as "Star
Trek: The Next
Generation" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Babylon Five,"
and the 1980s version of "The Twilight
Zone.rotsler hazel
By using the software and the reading series, teachers can quickly
assess students' reading
ability using a handheld computer.
"The Gear Up! series is a wonderful, welcome addition to the
mCLASS:Reading Library. Located in New York City, Wireless Generation can be
reached at (212
) 213-8177 and on the Web at http://www.fanspeak langford
Wright Group recognized early on the potential of our technology
to make the process of assessment easier and more valuable for teachers, and
has consistently
provided the highest quality content for our users," said
Josh Reibel, chief operating officer of
Wireless Generation.
When the handheld is "synced" to an Internet-connected computer, student data
is immediately transferred to a secure Web site where additional reports are
available for further
analysis and instructional decision-making. For more information on Gear Up! and other Wright Group
's products,
call 1-800-648-2970 or visit http://www."
Serling taught at Ithaca College from
1967 until his untimely death in
1975 at the age of 50.
Contest winners will be selected
by Scott Zicree and Carol Serling.shack chaz
The approach is
anchored in real-world applications and is based
on the assessed needs of
students, combining developmentally appropriate materials with explicit
outcomes." Entrants were challenged to maintain the horror/science
fiction genre while
infusing their story with a strong social theme.trekkies threaded
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NEW YORK, Wright Group/McGraw-Hill, a major
provider
of innovative literacy and mathematics programs for pre-K through
Grade 8, and Wireless Generation
, the leading developer of pre-K through Grade
12 observational assessment software, today announced
that Wright Group's
popular Gear Up! Guided Reading Series is now available on mCLASS(TM):Reading
software. Just such a gathering will take place at Ithaca College
April 21 -22. The registration
form
and more information are available at http://www.edu/rhp/serling or by
calling Melissa Gattine
, coordinator for special programs and public relations
in the Park School, at (607) 274-1023.bombings hazel
mheducation
. The company offers a wide range of handheld
observational assessment tools, and is conducting new
product development
based on its mission of maximizing the educational value of every teacher-
student
interaction. He had grown up in nearby Binghamton, and the family
cottage on Cayuga Lake later became
a frequent gathering place for students
eager to learn from the six-time Emmy Award winner. Based
on material from the Rod
Serling Archives and interviews with people involved in the film
,
Webb's research settled once and for all the issue of who first
conjured up the
movie's classic twist ending." The conference will conclude with a marathon showing of "Twilight
Zone
" episodes voted most popular in a poll conducted through the conference
website.fanspeak shack
We are extremely
selective about what we add to the
Library, taking just those books that will be most beneficial
to our
customers.com and
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wrightgroup.com. Park School of Communications.
The conference will also feature:
-- A discussion by Tony Albarella -- who serves on the
board of directors
of the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation and is editor of "Timeless as
Infinity: The Complete Twilight Zone Scripts of Rod Serling"
-- of Serling's short-lived
television series "The Loner," an
existential Western that starred Lloyd Bridges.survived fannish
Fiction
and non-fiction texts are paired
at each level, from Early Emergent to Early Fluency. Founded in
1888, the corporation has more than 280
offices in 37 countries.ithaca.shack newbies
"Research shows that
children who read well in the early grades are far
more successful in later years," said Wright Group
executive vice president
Jim McNeely.wrightgroup.survived langford
-- An examination of the evolution of
Serling's screenplay for the 1967
film "Planet of the Apes" by Gordon Webb, assistant professor
of
television-radio at Ithaca College.fannish ansible
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Wright Group is
Wireless
Generation's lead publishing partner for mCLASS:Reading software,
offering a broad range of its most
acclaimed, most popular leveled readers to
users of this technology. The 112 leveled books, including
13 new titles
by noted children's author Joy Cowley, were written to draw young readers into
the
text using compelling stories.
About McGraw-Hill Education
Wright Group is a part
of McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider
of electronic and print products that enhance
teaching and learning in the
pre-K through Grade 12, higher education and professional markets.fannish swill
Sales
in 2004 were $5. Additional
information is available at http://www.Works of 'Twilight Zone' Creator
Rod Serling to be Examined in Conference at Ithaca College
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" Marc is the author of "The
Twilight
Zone Companion," an exhaustive guide to the series, and the coauthor
of the "Magic Time" fantasy
trilogy.slan filk
"Through the Wright Group's proven reading series and the
outstanding instructional technology
provided by Wireless Generation, we are
providing teachers with the tools that will help children
succeed, regardless
of their reading skill level. Serling's Emmys and other
memorabilia will be
on display at the conference, which is sponsored by the
College's Roy H.
-- Judging of
the Rod Serling Short Feature Scriptwriting Competition,
open to nonprofessional writers who
submitted scripts suitable for
either of Serling's anthology series, "The Twilight Zone" or
"Night
Gallery.swill prolific
A carefully balanced mix
of genres and text styles works with lesson plans
, which enable educators to
deliver the most effective guided reading instruction.wirelessgeneration
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