Friday, February 8, 2013

IATEFL Ukraine

 18th Annual National IATEFL Ukraine Conference

Continuing Professional Development: Routes to Excellence
19 – 20 April 2013, Kyiv
Call for interest
Dear Colleagues
We would like to invite you to participate in the 18th Annual National IATEFL Ukraine Conference to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine on the 19-20 April 2013. The Annual National IATEFL Ukraine Conference is a professional get together of ELT professionals from around Ukraine and abroad to share, discuss, reflect on and develop their ideas and at the same time foster IATEFL Ukraine activities. The conference is jointly organised by IATEFL Ukraine, British Council Ukraine and Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University and will be held at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, 13 – b, Tymoshenko Street, Kyiv.
The format of the Conference will include plenary sessions, facilitated themed sessions, interactive workshops and discussions. The conference programme will also provide networking opportunities as well as a chance for ELT professionals to get acquainted with the latest ELT publications and services at a large resources exhibition.

Guest Key Plenary Speaker
 
Nicky Hockly
21st century teaching: Digital Literacies. Digital literacies, the technical skills and social practices needed to effectively interact with digital technologies, are key 21st century skills, and are increasingly important in educational curricula. What exactly are these literacies, and where might they have a place in the English language classroom? This plenary looks at some of the theory underpinning digital literacies, and also outlines practical classroom activities for students in the language classroom across a number of contexts (high-tech, low tech and no tech). We also consider some of the challenges involved in operationalising digital literacies in the classroom.
Bio. Nicky Hockly has been involved in EFL teaching and teacher training since 1987. She is Director of Pedagogy of The Consultants-E (www.theconsultants-e.com), an online teacher training and development consultancy. She is co-author of How to Teach English with Technology, Learning English as a Foreign Language for Dummies, Teaching Online and most recently of Digital Literacies (2013). She has published an e-book, Webinars: A Cookbook for Educators (the-round.com), and she maintains a blog, E-moderation Station, at www.emoderationskills.com.
We look forward to seeing you in Kyiv.

 Sasha Shalenko
Partnerships and Projects Manager
British Council Ukraine
www.britishcouncil.org/ukraine
 Ganna Chuiko
President
IATEFL Ukraine
www.iatefl-ukraine.org

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