ETAQ State Conference August 13, 2016 Lourdes Hill College Seeing the World Anew: English Teaching and Learning in Changing Times Fifty years ago a report from the Dartmouth Conference argued that English teachers have more “should opportunities to enjoy and refresh themselves in their subject, using language in operation for all its central purposes - in imaginative drama, writing and speech, as well as the response to literature.” The critical, creative and collective work of English teaching has important historical and contemporary contexts. At the same time, the ever-shifting landscape of curriculum and pedagogy means that our profession needs to constantly refresh itself in order to see the world anew. Twitter Twitter trial to have become the tool of choice for teachers wanting to build an online professional learning network. If you have always wanted to use Twitter but were too afraid to start, this year’s state conference may be just the nudge you need to get tweeting. Kathleen Morris, a teacher from Victoria, has written a comprehensive guide to using Twitter: The guide doesn’t specifically mention hashtags (which can be a little confusing to new users). A hashtag (#) followed by a word or acronym is created by a twitter user to identify topics of particular interest to a group. It is important to note that these tags are not created by Twitter itself. Hashtags are frequently used by conference participants to tweet conference proceedings. All you need to do is put this hashtag in the body of your tweet and all comments will be grouped together. The hashtag for the conference as a whole is #etaq16. The ETAQ challenge to new Twitter users is to join up and follow @ETAQld. ETAQ appreciates the generous support of our gold sponsor Cover design by Craig Amos; Artwork by Jodie Amos Conference Schedule Time Activity Room 8:15 Registration Entrance Trial Bernadette Centre
ETAQ State Conference August 13, 2016 Lourdes Hill College Seeing the World Anew: English Teaching and Learning in Changing Times Fifty years ago a report from the Dartmouth Conference argued that English teachers “should have more opportunities to enjoy and refresh themselves in their subject, using language in operation for all its central purposes - in imaginative drama, writing and speech, as well as the response to literature.” The critical, creative and collective work of English teaching has important historical and contemporary contexts. At the same time, the ever-shifting landscape of curriculum and pedagogy means that our profession needs to constantly refresh itself in order to see the world anew. Twitter Twitter to have become the tool of choice for teachers wanting to build an online professional learning network. If you have always wanted to use Twitter but were too afraid to start, this year’s state conference may be just the nudge you need to get tweeting. Kathleen Morris, a teacher from Victoria, has written a comprehensive guide to using Twitter: The guide doesn’t specifically mention hashtags (which can be a little confusing to new users). A hashtag (#) followed by a word or acronym is created by a twitter user to identify topics of particular interest to a group. It is important to note that these tags are not created by Twitter itself. Hashtags are frequently used by conference participants to tweet conference proceedings. All you need to do is put this hashtag in the body of your tweet and all comments will be grouped together. The hashtag for the conference as a whole is #etaq16. The ETAQ challenge to new Twitter users is to join up and follow @ETAQld. ETAQ appreciates the generous support of our gold sponsor Cover design by Craig Amos; Artwork by Jodie Amos Conference Schedule Time Activity Room 8:15 Registration Entrance Bernadette Centre Trial trial
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