Join us for the National Forum for Adult Literacy Tutors. We will focus on strategies for teaching reading, writing and technology.
Agenda:
10.00am – Registration: tea and coffee
10.30am – Welcome and opening remarks
-Chairperson: Margaret Hanrahan, Student, Tipperary Education and Training Board (ETB).
10.40am – Creative writing: An innovative and engaging way of teaching and learning.
-Maurice Sammon, Adult Literacy Learner and Carol Doherty, Creative Writing Tutor, Waterford and Wexford ETB.
11.00am – Inclusive learner identities, measurement of learning and literacy learning engagement.
-Bernie Grummell, Associate Professor, Department of Adult and Community Education, Maynooth University.
11.20am – Strategies and approaches for teaching reading.
-Fionnaigh Connaughton, Tutor and Trainer, Dublin Adult Learning Centre (DALC).
11.45am – 1.00pm – Morning Workshops
1.00pm – Lunch
2.00pm – 3.15pm – Afternoon workshops
Workshops
– Morning Workshop: 11.45am – 1.00pm and Afternoon Workshop: 2.00pm – 3.15pm
– There will be different workshop options in the morning and the afternoon. Each participants can attend 2 different workshops.
Morning workshops – 11.45am – 1.00pm:
(a) Empowerment through digital advocacy and activism: Creating content.
Facilitator: Pat Hoban, Adult Education Tutor, Tipperary ETB.
(b) Creating materials that develop digital literacy skills and encourage self-directed learning.
Facilitator: Mary-Claire Hally, Tutor and Synchronous Online Learning Coordinator, DALC.
(e) Taking away the fear of technology for learners and tutors.
Facilitator: Mark McGuigan, IT and ESOL tutor, Tipperary ETB.
Afternoon workshops – 2.00pm – 3.15pm:
(f) Empowerment through digital advocacy and activism: Creating content
Facilitator: Pat Hoban, Adult Education Tutor, Tipperary ETB.
(h) Creating materials that develop digital literacy skills and encourage self-directed learning.
Facilitator: Mary-Claire Hally, Tutor and Synchronous Online Learning Coordinator, DALC.
(j) Taking away the fear of technology for learners and tutors.
Facilitator: Mark McGuigan, IT and ESOL tutor, Tipperary ETB.
The conference will finish at 3.15pm. To attend the conference please register below.
You don’t have to be a member of NALA to attend. We would be delighted if you would become a member of NALA.
Contact Fergus Dolan at fdolan@nala.ie with any questions