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June Digital Literacy Conference Announcement

Bill Sheskey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:56:34 +0000

We are taking the Digital Literacy Conference experience to the next level. In partnership with Carolina TESOL and Curriculum Mapping expert Janet Hale, we are announcing the 2010 Digital Literacy Conference to be held at the College of Charleston in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina on Friday and Saturday June 11 & 12, 2010. This has been the traditional date for Carolina TESOL’s annual June Mini Conference. With the addition of the Digital Literacy sessions I am facilitating and Janet Hale’s Curriculum Mapping sessions this conference has expanded the opportunities for educators from all over the southeast to come together for two days in a world class, 21st century learning environment.

The College of Charleston is providing housing for the conference at a very reasonable rate and we have worked hard to reduce your costs. The session rooms are wireless and we encourage you to bring a laptop.

Click here for the conference web site and we look forward to seeing you in June…

As always, there will be weekly updates and more conference information posted here as we move closer to June. See you Charleston!

Conference Announcement, Videos, and a Cool Tool for School

Bill Sheskey — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:10:20 +0000

In the next 2 weeks you will receive an announcement for another Digital Literacy Conference at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina on June 11 & 12, 2010. There will be ESOL, digital literacy and curriculum mapping strands.

Take a look inside a recent Sheskey Learning Solutions keynote presentation and inside an actual workshop. The picture on left is linked to the keynote presentation. Click here to view the various digital literacy, student engagement and assessment activities.

The Sheskey Learning team of presenters will be in Greenwood School District 50 in Greenwood, South Carolina on Friday February 19, 2010 working and learning with the teacher on their professional development day.

As always, I am sharing with you a classroom learning tool that you will find effective with students. Today’s Meet is a safe and user friendly site that provides a web based student/audience response system that can engage learners in computer lab, laptop, or Internet phone setting. There are no advertisements or learning curve with this tool, just open it, ask your questions and let responses flow. It is a wonderful for creating authentic conversations.

Enjoy, and I look forward to seeing all of you soon!

Tanya and Kristen at Carolina TESOL

Bill Sheskey — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:56:53 +0000

Tanya Lawless, Greenville County ESOL teacher, and Kristen Stancil, Oconee County ESOL teacher, are two of our main presenters at the Southeastern Conference for Literacy in the Digital Classroom on November 14th in Greenville, South Carolina. They are in Raleigh today and tomorrow presenting at the 2009 Carolina TESOL Conference. Their sessions are hands on with activities that engage and motivate their students to try a variety of methods to demonstrate what they are learning. The Carolina TESOL conference has 400 ESOL teachers and administrators from all over North and South Carolina.