8th
Annual NJWA Conference
Monday, May 21, 2007at Middlesex
County College, Edison, New Jersey
Materials
from the conference can be found by clicking on hyperlinked presentation
titles.
| 8:15 –
9:00 |
Registration
& Light Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Welcome
and Greetings from NJWA Steering Committee |
| 9:15 |
The
Reading/Writing Connection: How it Plays Out in College Writing
Programs
A panel of six New
Jersey schools—divided among county
colleges and public and private four-year schools—will make
presentations and then open up for discussion with conference
goers. |
| 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:30 |
Morning
Workshops. [See table below for workshops/presentations
for the entire day. We
have not divided them up between morning and afternoon sessions
yet.] |
| 12:00 |
Lunch
& Exhibits |
| 12:40 |
Keynote
Speaker: Michael W. Smith, Temple University,
“Making
It Matter in the Here and Now: Using the Power of Inquiry
to Support Students' Reading and Writing”
Michael
W. Smith is a professor at Temple University’s College of
Education. He joined the ranks of college teachers after 11
years of teaching high school English His recent books include
“Reading Don't Fix No Chevys": Literacy in the Lives
of Young Men; Going with the Flow: How to Engage
Boys (and Girls) in Their Literacy Learning; and Getting
It Right: Fresh Approaches to Teaching Grammar, Usage, and
Correctness. |
| 1:30
– 2:45 |
Afternoon
Sessions |
