DALN Resources

The DALN is pleased to offer users the following resources.

handouts-mats
Basic Literacy Questions
Conducting an Interview
Combined Forms
DALN Assignment Ideas for Teachers
Formative Assessment Ideas for Teachers
Hosting an “Everybody Has a Literacy Story” Event
Literacy Narrative Prompt (handout, 4th-7th Grade)
Recording in Public: Tips and Notice
Recording Tips and Recommendations (handout, for teachers)
Setting Up a Simple Recording Booth
Simple Recording Directions (for onsite, online recording)
What Is A Literacy Narrative? (handout)
Why We Need These Forms (for teachers)

Policy Statement
The DALN Policy Statement on Metadata

Publicity Resources
DALN Logo (for publicity purposes)
DALN Flyer (for publicity purposes)
Public Service Announcement #1 (audio, for publicity purposes)
Public Service Announcement #2 (audio, for publicity purposes)
Public Service Announcement #3 (audio, for publicity purposes)
Public Service Announcement #4 (audio, for publicity purposes)
Public Service Announcement (video, for publicity purposes)

samples 1
Anonymous “Memory Work” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/53>
Anonymous “I am A Creative Being” <http://www.daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/728>
Anonymous “The Lost Art of Note Passing” <http://www.daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/287>
Kelly Smith “What is ‘Good’ Writing?” <http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/1696>
Emily Schikora “Literacy as Transformation” <http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/2835>
John McBrayer “Adventures in Reading” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/862>
Megan Ahern “Where is the Love” <http://www.daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/950>
Laura Rotheram “Almost Pretty” <http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/2920>
John LaMotte “From Ludacris to Shakespeare” <http://www.daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/649>
Lindsay Hearts “Lindsay Hearts’ Literacy Narrative <http://www.daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/1527>
Al Smith “Short Bus” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/1455>
Melanie Yergeau “Dropping out of High School” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/240>
Scott DeWitt “Staying in the Lines” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/488>
Karin Hooks “An Old Chalk Board” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/243>
Valerie Lee “Literacy Narrative <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/610>
Darius Streets “My Introduction to Love” <http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/887>
Lauren Elder “The Literacy of Recipes” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/881>
Glen Armstrong “Music Narrative” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/576>
Terrance Tate “My Life” <http://www.daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/1147>
Tonya Adams “Mommy Daughter Library Stories” <http://www.daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/1186>

samples 2
Anonymous “Literacy Narrative of a Deaf Korean Graduate Student” <http://www.daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/22>
Annah Marzia Zaidi  <http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/2170>
Kulsum Soonasra <http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/1082>
Hannah Keyung Lee <http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/436>
Yusuf Muhammed “Everyone has a Gift” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/539>
Sky Wang “Learn English as I Travel” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/933>
Deqa Mahammed “My Mother’s Struggle” <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/592>
Viral Patel “Literacy Soundtrack <http://hdl.handle.net/2374.DALN/913>
Sofia Gomez “Early Language Education”  <http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/915>
Debleena Biswas “A Toast” <http://www.daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/417>
Randall Freisinger “Dead Language” <http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/105>
Keunho Shin “Studying with TV” <http://www.daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/920>

teaching and template
DALN Teaching Resources
Sample Student Exhibit: Natalie Arkfeld’s “The Effects of (insert sponsor here) on Literacy”
Templates and Toolkit for Student-Created Exhibits