November Communication

Call for Presenters – Saturday April 20, 2013 CITE Conference

The CITE 2013 team is looking for presenters to further thinking and influence pedagogy regarding our conference theme Global Perspectives; Individual Voices. We are seeking presentations of approximately 75 minutes that may focus on the following questions, or suit the conference theme in other unique ways. 

·         How can global citizenship be fostered in the English classroom?

·         How do we encourage our students to find their own voices as part of a global environment?

·         How can literature be used as a way to understand the self in the world?

·         Can you write on global issues without being ethnocentric?

·         Does reading global literature create a false sense of cultural understanding?

·         What does Canadian literature mean anymore? 

For further information, or to submit your proposal, please contact Maggie Hanrahan at mhanrahan@appleby.on.ca

The deadline for submissions is Monday, December 10th, 2012. 

Conference Registration

Online registration will be available in January. Remember to reserve $185 of PD funds for the conference fee.

Department Head / Representative Meeting

Please send your department head OR a representative.

Date:  February 12, 2013

Location: The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 141 St. George St., Toronto (Model Room)  

Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

RSVP – eplamer@appleby.on.ca

Proposed agenda items can be forwarded to gdominato@maclachlan.ca

The 2012 Department Heads’ minutes are attached for your review.

 

Possible Discussion: Technology is changing the way we read. Is deep, prolonged reading losing its relevance?

Read Crescent School teacher Robert Costanzo`s view that students are ``surviving English class by sampling, scanning and browsing” by clicking the link:  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/so-what-if-kids-are-reading-less-these-days-theyre-better-off/article4637037/

Click on the next link and scroll down to read Colin Brezicki’s view (former Head of English at Ridley College). 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/letters/oct-26-honouring-people-convicted-of-a-crime-and-other-letters-to-the-editor/article4670311/

Colin’s opinion piece entitled “The Vanishing Reader” is also attached.

CITE Social – Beer and Books for all CITE Teachers

Mark your calendars for CITE’s Annual Social (following the Department Heads’ Meeting)

Date: February 12, 2013.

Location: The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 141 St. George St., Toronto (Model Room)  

Time:  5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

InCITE Student Literary Publication

Written and art submissions for InCITE, the student literary publication, are due March 1, 2013 to cpacaud@scs.on.ca. Please also encourage your art department and photography club/class to send entries. This year’s writing prompt is attached.

CITE Website

For more information about CITE, please visit our website.

http://www.ciscite.com

Claire Pacaud - CITE Communications Officer