[etni] Last Week's ETAT Conference
- From: "Harold Adler" <hjadler@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:05:23 +0200
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Last week’s ETAI conference was a chance to see old friends, to make some
new ones (Hi, Dorian!), and to see pictures of Judies’ grandchildren.
My own list of excellent sessions is mostly different from others that I’ve
seen:
*Judy Steiner’s PowerPoint talk will send me back for yet another reading of
the curriculum—and also to thoughts about how that little book needs to be
supplemented.
*Ann Shlapobersky’s lively talk about teaching writing presented important
principles and practical techniques for the classroom.
*Arieh Sherris gave a number of insightful sessions on reading comprehension
that linked setting goals to reading strategies and presented a number of
activities, all gems. It’s too bad Arieh works in Washington D.C., and is
not near enough to give a full course. It’s also too bad that so much
intelligence in Washington D.C. is devoted to language skills instead of
foreign policy. Maybe he can work out something involving distance learning.
Or a coup.
*Diane Larsen-Freedman on Grammaring was fascinating, as has already been
noted on ETNI.
*Sharon Hirsch extended an invitation to professional development, mostly
on-line, in her talk on Teacher Enrichment Through Reading Her commentary
was warm and engaging, so it’s a shame if you missed the talk, but you can
still use her bibliography if she posts it on ETNI.
*For me, the emotional high-point of ETAI was the video conference with
Elaine Hoter of Talpiot and Harry Markowicz of the Gallaudet University for
the Deaf in Washington D.C. Technology in the service of humanistic values,
human contact bridging gaps one would think were insurmountable . . .
whatever I might say about this venture would be inadequate.
*The high-school swapshop conducted by Sharon Azaria was a good
get-together, even though only one of us actually brought a handout to swap.
We promised to keep in touch via email and to do our homework for another
swapshop next summer.
*Ron Price gave a moving reading American poetry, demonstrating that
well-chosen words without hi-tech are also enough to create a bridge of
sympathy where one would expect barriers.
Many thanks to the people who organized the conference, and to Eric Cohen
Books for making my visit possible and so enjoyable.
Next year in Jerusalem!
Harry Adler
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