CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS.
Symposium on English for Academic Purposes
Workshop with Lida Baker
Panel Discussion
Keynote speaker: author and publisher Dorothy Zemach
followed by ice cream treats
Monday, July 4 | 1400 - 1700
Symposium "Enhance your professional development"
Presenters: Helen Sykes, Pat Talshir and British Council teacher trainers
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followed by reception at 1700
Tuesday, July 5 | 1400 - 1530
UNWORKSHOPS .
Usually, a conference consists of talks and workshops which are fairly structured sessions where you listen or learn from a presenter with perhaps occasional questions from the audience. An un-workshop is a loosely structured, participant-driven session with the emphasis on the informal exchange of information and ideas between participants themselves, rather than on the input from the speaker. Each unworkshop will have a topic and facilitator but the input will come from you, the participants. Come prepared to share ideas, activities and techniques related to one of the topics: classroom dilemmas, special educational needs, using drama in the classroom.
For a full list of unworkshops, see the program
Every day
FORUMS .
A forum is a special format that gives speakers the opportunity to present together on a given topic. Three or four speakers will present alternately on one aspect of the topic, followed by a 15-20 minute group Question & Answer session. The following forums will be held as part of the ETAI 2016 conference:
Enhancing PBL (Project-Based Learning) with Technology
Forum leader: Sarah Horovitz
Enhancing students' engagement with Literature
Forum leader: Michelle Kinsbursky
Energizing your learners with digital tools
Forum leader: Eduardo Lina
Tuesday, July 5 | 1400 - 1530
TT&D SIG DAY .
Last year ETAI established a Special Interest Group (SIG) dedicated to Teacher Training and Development (TT&D). Sessions aimed specifically at college and university instructors, teacher trainers and all those involved in teacher education are marked in the program as TT&D. With TT&D themed sessions throughout the three days, the conference will culminate in a SIG day on Wednesday, July 6.
This day will include more talks and workshops on topics of specific interest to teacher educators. There will be a symposium highlighting research from Israel and abroad on pre-service teachers' language awareness, the role of critical incident analysis and dialogic reflection in teacher training.
Wednesday, July 6
ETAI HOW TO... TRACK .
These are special early morning sessions aimed at informing and supporting conference participants across a range of areas they may be unfamiliar with. The 'How to' sessions are scheduled at 0900-0925 or 0930-0955 just before the start of "regular" conference talks and workshops.
Monday, July 4 First timers' session: how to get the most out of the conference (with Amanda Caplan)
Are you Tweetin' to me? How to tweet from the conference (with Adele Raemer)
Tuesday, July 5 How to source copyright-free images for your presentations (with Leo Selivan)
Wednesday, July 6 How to submit articles for the ETAI Forum (with Julia Mor)
Every morning