Family Engagement
Research and Evaluation
Introductory
Learning With Smithsonian’s Talk With Me Toolkit
November 19, 2024
9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Learn how the Smithsonian Institution’s free, online Talk with Me Toolkits can be used for interactive literacy activities and family engagement. The Toolkits allow access to world-renowned artifacts from the Smithsonian’s digital collection and provide caregivers with ideas and questions to start conversations and interact with their children. This session will include information about the Toolkits, strategies for implementation, and preliminary findings from an evaluation of the project.
Elisabeth McLean, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, Penn State
Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, Penn State
Dr. Carol Clymer
Co-director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy/Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy
Penn State College of Education
Dr. Esther Prins
Professor
Pennsylvania State University