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Queer as folk: my ALEA conference paper
Anyone who has attended the AATE/ALEA national conference in the last…well, many years, might have noticed this year that ALEA and AATE have gone separate conference ways – ALEA in July and AATE in...
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ETA mailout showdown and dates of state conferences
Living in Brisbane but being from Sydney, I am a member of both the NSW English Teachers Association and the English Teachers’ Association of Queensland. The holiday break and a fresh term starting has...
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Use #etaq21c to ask me things tomorrow!
More specifically, use #etaq21c to ask me questions about Digital Literacy and electronic text practices in English curriculum. The conference theme says it all: “English and Generation Next” ETAQ’s...
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Next Stop: AERA! and AARE, and AATE…
When you have a research paper to present, choosing the right conference to take it to is important. I have long been affiliated with the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE). When I...
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TeachMeet Brisbane
During 2011 a range of TeachMeets were held throughout Sydney. A central wiki was set up to coordinate the events and the hashtag #TMSydney ran hot during the meets. The events were great successes,...
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Pecha kucha at the first #TMBrisbane
I really enjoyed meeting new people and hearing them share their work yesterday at the first TeachMeet in Brisbane. Steve Box (@wholeboxndice) hosted the TeachMeet at Moreton Bay Boys College (thanks...
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What Giroux said…
…in his address at the launch of the Werklund Foundation Center for Youth Leadership Education in Calgary. Before coming to the 2012 AERA conference I had the absolute pleasure of attending the...
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AATE / ALEA 2013 National Conference
This year in Sydney, as with last year in Melbourne, AATE and ALEA are holding separate national conferences. Despite promises to myself earlier this year to go to less conferences, I’ll be heading...
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This is why more English teachers should write a blog!
English teachers who blog I’ve just come home from the AATE 2012 national conference in Sydney. It was exceptionally energising to spend two whole days and nights talking face-to-face with people in my...
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Where I was: The 2013 MILID meeting in Cairo
I’ve been back from overseas now for a few weeks and have almost (almost) accomplished the Great Assignment Marking Catchup. We’re all faced with one from time to time, but for me having a trip...
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‘I’m a teacher and I just joined Twitter…now what?’
Last week I was walking a colleague through Twitter and thought now may be a good time to pen a post with some tips for new users. In particular I want to encourage new users in the education sector to...
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TeachMeet Debrief – September #TMBrisbane
Tea break at #TMBrisbane (photo by author) #TMBrisbane 2013 (September) I recently publicised a TeachMeet that my students and I were hosting at QUT as part of a unit on English Curriculum Studies....
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PBL presentation at AATE conference
Last week I presented material on using PBL in English at the AATE national conference. Some English teachers up here in Brisbane gave me permission to show their work there, and I also shared some key...
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