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Welcome to Alberta Writes 3:

roger — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:53:12 +0000

“What are the implications of the increasing importance of writing for employees, employers, students, trainers, and educators?

Please join us on April 11, 2014for Alberta Writes 3, a full day of intentional conversation, to talk, debate, and write about the role of writing in students’ transition from academic study to full-time employment.”

Alberta Writes 3 is the third in a series of one-day symposium (conversations) about writing. The first two symposiums, hosted by the University of Alberta and the University of Lethbridge, explored the gaps, barriers and supports students face as they transition from writing in high school to writing in post-secondary contexts.

Alberta Writes 3 will focus on the transition from post-secondary to work. Adults preparing for the workforce or transitioning into the workforce with new roles or challenges need to develop the writing strategies and skills necessary to write across a range of modalities (social media, email), genres (reports, letters) and contexts (home, work and community).

The Alberta Writes 3 planning committee, representing Bow Valley College, the University of Lethbridge and the University of Albert, is inviting participation from post-secondary, industry, workforce and government.

There is no cost associated with this event, however there are a limited number of seats and registration is required.

To register please use the EventBrite link : bowvalleycollege.ca/AlbertaWrites3

Parking map

roger — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:13:12 +0000

Here’s a link to a map for parking: http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/documents/parkinglistercentre.pdf

When you get to Lister Centre (located at 87th Avenue & 116th Street) park your car and please proceed to the Permit Dispenser in Zone M (west side of the parking lot adjacent to the building). A conference volunteer will be available by the Dispenser to hand out parking coupons starting at 9:00 am so you will not have to pay for parking.

In case there are no parking spots available in Zone M, additional parking is available in Zone R (next to Lister Centre) and in Zone T (behind the residence Towers).

Summary of the blog posts from Alberta Writes 1

roger — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:07:42 +0000

Lisa Haynes put together this summary of the blog posts from Alberta Writes 1: ABWrites1

If at all possible, read it or skim it before Alberta Writes 2 on April 6. We’ll have a paper copy for each table.

Questions from the audience

roger — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:00:05 +0000

What are the goals for the 30-1 course?

Why writing only about literature in the secondary ELA course?

What happens when the test corporation/ministry decides for the students what they will write about? This kills passion for writing, and so they don’t invest themselves in their writing. Ultimately, this means we really don’t know how well they write.

Portfolios are the answer–they give a much better sense of how well students write.

How do we quantify aspects of writing like “passion”? This is a requirement of accreditation reviews.

David Jolliffe: Common core standards lead to a standard test. Personal writing is not a value of the standard tests used in the US. Passion doesn’t figure into it.

Breadth of figues in the conversations: how did you deal with power dynamics and hierarchies within the educational system?

Bob Broad: local decisions matter

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