Springboards 2008 Archive

ATEQ successfully sponsored its 34th Springboards 2008 Conference.  "Creating Connections Through Literacy" April 7th, 2008. The conference was held at the Sheraton Hotel, Montreal.

Creating Connections Through Literacy has been a wild ride thanks to a wonderful team of dedicated educators and to you, loyal supporters of ATEQ.

We look forward to March 30, 2009, when ATEQ's annual English Language Arts Springboards 2009 conference celebrates its 35th Anniversary.

We look forward to seeing you at Springboards 2009.

Barbara Phillips
Chair, Springboards Conference

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Workshops and Handouts

• Digital Comic Book Making in ELA - Andrew Adams, teacher Lauren Hill Academy (April 2008)
• Pixels and Passion - Katharine Child, Educational Consultant, McGill University (April 2008)
• Children's Literacy resource Guide - Marion Dagle/Anne MacWhirter, Quebec Home and School Association (April 2008)
• Hopscotch: Promoting Literacy through Kinesthetics - Suzanne Drouin & Pamela Price, teachers, Westmount Park (April 2008)
• Identifying and Targeting different Reading Difficulties - Karine Eley, teacher, The Priory (April 2008)
• A Process-Drama Approach to "The Journals of Susanna Moodie" - Linda Hackett, teacher, Queen of Angels Academy (April 2008)
• Rereading, Revision and Quick Writes - Penny Kittle, teacher, author (April 2008)
• Using Electronic Portfolios to Improve Literacy Skills - Gayle McConnell, Linda Mahler, Anne Wade, teachers, Coordinator ePearl (April 2008)
• Memoir: Engaging student experience - Robert Morrison, retired teacher, author (April 2008)
• A Taste for Tales: Improving Literacy Through Storytelling - Ruth Stewart Verger, storyteller (April 2008)
• The Importance of Setting - Lori Weber, teacher, John Abbott College (April 2008)
• Inquiring Minds Learn to Read and Write: Using Inquiry Strategies to Promote Student Reading, Writing and Discussion - Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, teacher, author,Boise State University (April 2008)
• Media Education: Make it Happen - Matthew Johnson, Media Awareness Network (April 2008)
• Publishling your Students: Project Based Learning at its Best - Michael Sweet, teacher, Lester B Pearson High School (April 2008)
• 2nd Act: Building Self-Esteem in Secondary Students - Trudi Yorgan, teacher, President, Second Act Educational Service (April 2008)
• Sounds Like Quebec - Florence Allegrini, Blue Metropolis Foundation (April 2008)
• Scrapbooking: Making Memories Meaningful, If Pictures Could Talk, What Would They Say - Veronique Lemay, teacher, Riverside School Board (April 2008)
• Teaching the Novel, The Righteous Smuggler - Evelyn Howard, Susan Connery, teachers, LBPSB (April 2008)
• Circus of the Kids 2007 - Butler Elementary School (April 2008, Springboards)