Program
Subject to change without notice
Building Blocks
Bring along one tried and true activity, lesson or resource that can be displayed and then uploaded to the WAALC website as our first collaborative WAALC project. It can be a photocopy of a task, link to a website, a work sheet, activity, rubric, writing frame, game … something that has worked for you.
Program at a glance
| 9:00am | Conference opening - Chairperson's address • Lecture Theatre S127 | |||
| 9:20am | Keynote Address Digital Footprint, Online Reputation, and Online Safety • Lecture Theatre S127 | |||
| 10:30am | MORNING TEA | |||
| 11:00am Grp A | A1 Pre-Literate Learners • Rm W126 | A2 Project Based Learning • Lecture Theatre S127 | A3 English through Song • Rm W120 | A4 Mobile phone resources • Rm W121 |
| 12:05pm Grp B | B1 A1 continues | B2 LLN & D skills in prison • Rm W121 | B3 Online maths • Lecture Theatre S127 | B4 English through Song • Rm W120 |
| 1:00pm | LUNCH | |||
| 2:00pm Grp C | C1 Learning Families • Lecture Theatre S127 | C2 Mobile phone resources • Rm W121 | C3 Impacts of early failure • Rm W126 | C4 Co-operative Logic • Rm W120 |
| 3:05pm Grp D | D1 Masterclass • Lecture Theatre S127 | |||
| 3:35pm | Conference close • Lecture Theatre S127 | |||
| Immediately after conference close | WAALC AGM • Lecture Theatre S127 | |||
9:00am Conference commences
Conference_opening
Lecture Theatre S127
Yvette Terpstra, President WAALC
Keynote Address Digital Footprint, Online Reputation, and Online Safety catering to 16 – 60 year olds
Lecture Theatre S127
Jordan Foster, ySAFE – online safety education provider with online safety content endorsed by The Office of the eSafety Commissioner
10:30am Morning tea
11:00am Group A • Choose 1 of 4
A1 Teaching English Literacy to Pre-Literate ESL Learners
Rm W126
Geoff Pearson, Agenda Communication Pty Ltd
A2 Project Based Learning for Engagement
Lecture Theatre S127
Yvette Terpstra, Centacare Education and Training
A3 English through Song
Rm W120
Sara Venuto, SRTAFE Albany Campus
A4 The use of mobile phones as a general resource in the classroom
Rm W121
Roger Blatchford
12:05pm Group B • Choose 1 of 4
B1 A1 Teaching English Literacy to Pre-Literate ESL Learners
Rm W126
B2 Teaching Language, Literacy, Numeracy and Digital skills in prison – a cross-jusrisdictional perspective
Rm W121
Paul Barnes, Australasian Corrections Education Association
B3 Let’s dip our toes in the online maths world
Lecture Theatre S127
Tim Riessen, North Metropolitan TAFE
B4 English through Song
Rm W120
Sara Venuto, SRTAFE Albany Campus
1:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Group C • Choose 1 of 4
C1 Learning Families: Break the lock, Open doors, Walk the path to …
Lecture Theatre S127
Marguerite Cullity
C2 The use of mobile phones as a general resource in the classroom
Rm W121
Roger Blatchford
C3 Impacts of early failure
Rm W126
Georgina Mavor, The Reading Coach and Possibility Psychology
C4 Co-operative Logic – a guide for new/newish teachers
Rm W120
Yvette Terpstra and Renu Gupta, Centacare Education and Training
WAALC AGM immediately after the Conference
WAALC_AGM
Lecture Theatre S127
Yvette Terpstra, President WAALC