Literacy Unboxed: Engaging Minds Through Creative Exploration

This session encourages literacy educators to move beyond traditional reading and writing to connect students with the maker-centered skills of innovation: creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking. Participants will discover practical ways to embed interactive and hands-on experiences into literacy instruction. Through tinkering, designing, building, and prototyping, these methods will not only engage students and improve understanding but also enhance literacy across all learners, voices, and stories. Please bring a device to this session as it will be used for interactive activities and resource exploration. Presentation Slide DeckIf I Built a Zoo by 2026 MRA Participants