CITE, the Conference of Independent Teachers of English, supports the teaching and learning of English, Media Studies and drama at its member CIS Ontario schools. We do so through two ambitious complementary projects: an annual professional conference for teachers of English and the publication of an anthology of student writing. CITE also facilitates meetings of member schools' English curriculum leaders, and provides a social and professional network for literacy teachers.
CITE is managed by a devoted group of volunteers, the Executive:
“Our time is a time for crossing borders, for erasing old categories, for probing around. When two seemingly disparate elements are imaginatively apposed, put in apposition in new and unique ways, startling discoveries often result.” “The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.” |
ANNOUNCING:CITE CONFERENCE 2019INTERWEAVING THE STRANDS(Startling Discoveries Often Result)Save the Date: Saturday, April 13, 2019, MacLachlan College, Oakville
In the “Medium is the Massage” (the full length LP that applies what people now call the hip-hop aesthetic to projecting McLuhan as a spoken word artist) Marshall McLuhan says, “When two seemingly disparate elements are imaginatively apposed, put in apposition in new and unique ways, startling discoveries often result.”
This is the core idea that led us to the conference banner, “Interweaving the Strands (Startling Discoveries Often Result).” We offer no apology for it being a mouthful ;) By “strands,” we imagine “curriculum strands.” By “interweaving,” we imagine something hands-on, something vital being woven into eclectic fabric. By “startling discoveries,” we imagine you bringing your experience and stories of interweaving the strands of learning in your classrooms. There will be rich workshops and an exciting keynote speaker Paul Miller (djspooky .com) to discuss the intertextuality of mind. We imagine. Details about the InCITE writing prompt will follow in the next newsletter, but you can expect it to be an invitation for the students to write fan fiction. (That’s right, unleash the inner Frodo.) Saturday, April 13, 2019
8:30am – 4pm
Conference Chair: Gregory Dominato hosted by MacLachlan College, Oakville
“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” “That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” |
CITE operates under the aegis of CIS Ontario, an association of Ontario independent schools working together to support member schools in their missions to prepare students for the 21st Century.
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