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
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sara
3/31/2014 03:29:39 pm
thanks for providing this information really it is helpful
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