Sponsors
Apps & Tools
Exploration of tools to support reading & writing in the classroom
A conference for K-12 educators interested in how technology is reshaping the notion of what literacy is and how it can best be taught in school settings.
Reading & Writing Workshop
Embedding Digital Modes into Reading and Writing Workshop
Leadership & Development
Innovative whole school approaches and supporting teachers
Digital Text
Impact of Digital Readers and Tablets on Teaching Reading
New Literacies
Impact of Video and Multiliteracies
Outside School
How is “being literate” changing beyond the walls of school? How might schools best prepare students for this world?
Location
United World College, Dover Campus
What Can I Expect?
- Practical sessions on how to support developing literacy in multiple mediums in the classroom
- Presentations from thought leaders, writers, journalists and filmmakers as well as education experts on how they construct and tell their stories
- How graphic novels, cinema, games are changing what “text” means in the 21st Century
- Readers/Writers Workshop in the 21st Century
- Presentations from leading practitioners in media industry
- Workshops led by practitioners using digital technology to support literacy
Target Audience
- Designed for K-12 educators
- Kindergarten Teachers
- Primary Teachers
- Teachers of Reading and Writing Workshop
- Teachers of: English, Languages, MFL, Language Arts, Humanities, Social Studies
- Media Studies Teachers
- Teacher Librarians and librarians
- Storytellers
- Digital Literacy/Tech Coaches
- EAL/ESOL Teachers
- Drama Teachers
- Literacy Coaches
- Curriculum Leaders
- School Leadership
Format
| Thursday 21 April | Friday 22 April | Saturday 23 April |
|---|---|---|
| Pre Conference Workshops | Keynotes, Workshops & Networking Social | Keynotes & Workshops |
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