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Attending your state's reading conference is a worthwhile,
exciting, and effective way to network, renew, and develop professionally
1. You get to meet people with similar interests and experiences who may
help you expand your educational and professional network
2. You become exposed to new opportunities and experiences
3. You may be challenged to consider new ideas and theories that can
impact your own teaching
4. Your may be energized, inspired and encouraged
5. You too have the opportunity to exhibit, demonstrate, or share your
ideas for reading
6. You have an opportunity to build potential partnerships and
relationships that will help you personally or professionally
7. You might be inspired to write or create something new for your own
classroom
8. You may receive answers to difficult or challenging questions that you
have been considering
9. You will find lots of practical information you can put to immediate
use.
Here are a few of the comments from some of the sessions
from the last conference:
Amanda Slater, an elementary education major at UCF said,
"I attended the National Geographic Explorer session with Mireya Mayor. This
was a very interesting session. I have never been to a conference before and
this was an excellent session to kick off the day for me. I was very intrigued
and really liked her speech and pictures. The video clips were amazing. What
an awe-inspiring woman!"
And Carmeron Jones, a 5th grade teacher added, "I really
enjoyed the National Geographic presentation with Mireya Mayor. I loved all
the pictures and videos that she provided. I can't wait to show my class her
website and let them track a "real-life" explorer. They will love that added
to our science center."
Brain research has been a focus in teaching at my school
for several years. I was excited to attend Katie Garner's session on "The
Secret to Cracking the Reading Code". Her research-based strategies and bag of
tricks were energetically presented and left us all satisfied and empowered to
"crack the reading code". Pamela Buff, Bradenton, FL
Deb Tremblay, Osceola County contributed that the
Conversations and Comprehension presented by Vicky Zygouris-Coe and Lourdes
Smith offered wonderful ideas and strategies to engage students in reading and
help them interact with one text, regardless of content area. Targeted
conversation will increase comprehension, and the presenters offered three
different approaches that may be integrated into any classroom without an
overwhelming amount of teacher preparation.
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