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> From: "NCTE Conventions"
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> To: Janis Cramer <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Submit a Proposal for the 2007 Annual
> Convention
> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:24:42 -0600
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> Dear Janis Cramer,
>
> There is still time to submit a proposal for
> "Mapping Diverse Literacies For the Twenty-First
> Century: Opportunities, Challenges, Promising New
> Directions," the 2007 NCTE Annual Convention in New
> York. The Convention will be held November 15-18,
> 2007.
>
> From Kathleen Blake Yancey, the 2007 Program Chair:
> As we progress into the 21st Century, two questions
> are at the heart of how we learn, how we teach, and
> how we live. First: What does it mean—in the 21st
> Century—to be a literate person? And second: What
> does it mean—in the 21st Century—to be a teacher of
> literacy? We hope to explore these 21st Century
> Literacies through a rich Program of sessions and
> workshops from colleagues like you. Please send us
> your proposals big and small. Focus on a single
> literacy or on multiple literacies. Address the
> needs of a specific population of students, or
> language learners more generally, or pre-service and
> practicing teachers. Help us engage and inform and
> inspire and motivate convention attendees one and
> all as we see, hear about, and yes, begin the
> exciting task of mapping the diverse literacies we
> see now and those we will see in the future.
>
> **Submit your program proposal online at
> http://lists.ncte.org/t/751127/476293/5846/0/
>
> **Download the PDF form to mail to NCTE at
> http://lists.ncte.org/t/751127/476293/5845/0/
>
> **Deadlines for submission
>
> The deadline for proposals submitted by SURFACE MAIL
> is (postmarked) January 10, 2007.
> The deadline for proposals submitted ONLINE is
> midnight (CST) January 17, 2007.
>
> **Learn about the submission process and tips for
> writing a good proposal by reading "The Proposal
> Submission: Selection Process for National
> Conventions" by Carlyn Lott at
> http://lists.ncte.org/t/751127/476293/5898/0/
>
> See you in New York!
>
> Best regards,
> Jacelyn Friedrich
> NCTE Conventions
>
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