CFP: 3 Ts Conference

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  Posted by Maura A. Smale (she/her) on October 28, 2010 at 9:34 am

  *The deadline for proposals has been extended to Monday, November 1.*

  Call for Proposals

  Are you interested in teaching, technology and transliteracy?

  Do you use your students’ fluency across media, modes, and disciplines to their and your advantage?

  Are you using technology to extend learning in the classroom (physical or virtual)?

  Are you experienced in successfully blending technology into your teaching?

  If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, the conference planning committee for The 3 T’s: Exploring New Frontiers in Teaching, Technology, and Transliteracy wants YOU to consider submitting a proposal.

  Co-sponsored by SUNY FACT2 and the SUNY Librarians Association Working Group for Information Literacy (SUNYLA WGIL), The 3 T’s: Exploring New Frontiers in Teaching, Technology, and Transliteracy is a one-day conference focused on placing pedagogical theory at the foundation of seamless, engaging and productive teaching practice when infusing various technologies into the classroom experience. Educators, Faculty, Instructional Designers, and Librarians hailing from K-12 and higher education institutions will gather in Johnstown, NY at Fulton-Montgomery Community College on March 25, 2011 to share their successes, challenges and overall understanding of the theory to practice connection.

  Don’t miss out on your chance to spotlight your classroom ingenuity and achievements!

  Proposals should address the following questions:

  How have you drawn upon student transliteracy to support learning?
  How have underlying principles and theories guided your inclusion of a specific technology or technologies in the classroom?
  How did teaching and technology work collaboratively to improve both technological literacy and learning?

  As proposals undergo a peer-reviewed process, emphasis on the following are highly encouraged:

  Connecting theory to practice as discussed and modeled through your presentation delivery
  Collaborative projects/lesson plans that could include (but are not limited to) cross-disciplinary teaching, faculty/librarian partnerships, K-12/college experiences
  Proposals can include any meaningful integration of technology and teaching used to support the growing number of literacies students need for learning and succeeding in today’s information-rich academic and professional worlds. Possible tracks and technologies might include:

  Literacies
  Technologies

  Information literacy
  Visual literacy
  Digital literacy
  Media literacy
  Cultural literacy
  Critical literacy
  Open Source Technologies
  Web 2.0 Technology
  Social Networking (Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Ning)
  Mobile Technology (Mobile apps, texting)
  Classroom Technologies (Smartboards)
  Collaborative Technology (Wikis)
  Multimedia (Podcasts, Vcasts)

  Conference sessions will consist of 30 minutes speaking/workshop time with 15 minutes allocated for Q&A.

  Go to the submission form

  The deadline for proposals is November 1, 2010.

  Presenters will be notified by November 15, 2010 if their proposal has been accepted.

  Presenters will receive free registration for the conference and will have the opportunity to publish their work in the conference’s online proceedings.

  For further questions, contact:

  Kim Davies-Hoffman
  Reference/Instruction Librarian
  SUNY Geneseo
  kdhoffman@geneseo.edu
  (585) 245-5046

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  Jennifer J. Little

  Sr. Assistant Librarian/Library Instruction Coordinator

  The College at Brockport, SUNY

  Drake Memorial Library

  350 New Campus Dr.

  Brockport, NY 14420

  Phone: (585)395-2482

  Email: jlittle@brockport.edu

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• Maura A. Smale (she/her)

  Participant

  November 1, 2010 at 8:35 am

  Conference website: http://threetees.weebly.com/