CASLLers --
This message came from Steve Gilbert of AAHESGIT. Looks like
an interesting preview of our own Inkshed 14 conference!
Margaret Procter
English and the Electron:
Multiple posting--and please repost as appropriate:
The Two-Year College Association-Southeastern Region of the
National Council of Teachers of English will electrify
Norfolk, Virginia,
February 20-22, 1997,
with its annual conference on undergraduate English issues.
This year's theme is
"English and the Electron"
{details on the Web at
http://www.infi.net/tcc/tyca/97index.html}
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* Featured speakers: Cindy Selfe, Sven Birkerts, Richard
Bausch, Robert Bausch, and Lynn Troyka
* Hands-on computer sessions and demos of on-line English
instruction and research
* Presentations, demonstrations, and conversations on a
variety of issues related to teaching English to
undergraduates, including:
--"Tell Me a Story: Autobiography and the Student Writer"
--"Please Don't Call Them Remote Students: A Practical
Approach to Teaching Comp & Lit via Interactive Television"
--"When We Focus on Protons and Neutrons: Exploring What's
Missing at the Nuclear Center of Our Literature Classes"
--"Rethinking Persuasion: Essays and Speeches for the 21st
Century"
--"Teaching Business Communications in the Electronic
Classroom"
--"Language Transfer Problems in Writing: ESL Errors That
Linger"
--"Using the Internet to Develop Inquiry-based Writing
Assignments"
--"Teaching English 101 as a Full Cultural Experience"
--"Communication Power: Teaching the Oral Communication
Course"
--"Developing Teacher-researcher Programs with Two-year
College Faculty: Building a Community of Scholars"
* Celebrations of Southern writers and artists
* Postconference tours of Colonial Williamsburg or the
Chrysler Museum of Art
* Accommodations at riverfront hotel and half an hour's drive
to the Atlantic Ocean or Chesapeake Bay
{details on the Web at
http://www.infi.net/tcc/tyca/97index.html}
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1997 Conference Registration Form
English and the Electron
Two Year College English Association-Southeast
February 20-22, 1997, Omni Waterside Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia
To ensure hotel reservations, return enclosed envelope
to Omni Waterside before January 28, 1997.
Conference payment must be received by February 1, 1997 to
avoid late charge.
No conference refunds will be given after February 1, 1997.
Registration Fees
Conference registration (includes luncheon)
(1997 TYCA-SE membership #_________) $70
$________
1997 TYCA membership $15
(form and separate check to TYCA-SE enclosed)
$________
1997 conference registration (includes luncheon) non-member
of TYCA $95
$________
Student conference registration (includes luncheon) $40
$________
Late registration (after Feb. 1):
Member $80/Non-member $105/Student $50
$________
Pre-Conference Workshops
Thursday, February 20, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Select one workshop ($15)
Interactive Models for Writing and Literature Instruction
$________
Donna Reiss and Michele Marits
Successful Practices in Teaching Composition in the Two-Year
College
$________
Lynn Troyka
Special Events
See accompanying conference brochure for details.
Luncheon
Friday, February 21, no charge for conference
registrants. Will you attend? yes no
Meal Requirements: nonvegetarian vegetarian
Guest Luncheon (_______Tickets $20)
$________
Chrysler Museum, Saturday, February 22, 1-4 p.m. (No charge)
circle one: yes no
Colonial Williamsburg, Saturday, February 22, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Limited to first 25 registrants $15
$________
TOTAL ENCLOSED
$________
Make check payable to TYCA-SE. Completed form must be
received by February 1, 1997.
Mail to Ann Woolford-Singh,
Department of English
Tidewater Community College,
1700 College Crescent,
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Name
School
School address
City State
ZIP
Phone ( )
Home Address including zip code
Home phone ( )
E-mail address if you use it regularly (please type or print
carefully)
First TYCA-SE conference
circle one: yes no
1997 Member of NCTE
circle one: yes no
Are you willing to be a presider?
circle one: yes no
Tidewater Community College is an equal access/equal
opportunity/affirmative action college.
Send questions about the conference to
Ron Carter,
Rappahannock Community College,
P.O. Box 318,
Warsaw, VA 22582,
phone (804) 333-6773,
fax (804) 333-0106,
e-mail [log in to unmask]
Donna Reiss <[log in to unmask]>
Department of English,
Tidewater Community College
1700 College Crescent,
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
phone 757-427-7364
fax 757-427-7326
http://www.infi.net/tcc/tcresourc/faculty/dreiss/dreiss.html
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