Florida Developmental Education Association's Annual Conference

 

 
Agenda (Tentative)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

12:30pm – 2:30pm Executive Board Meeting
2:00pm – 7:30pm Conference Registration & Information
3:00pm – 5:00pm Pre-Conference Workshops ($25 each)
  P1. Improving Math Success: Designing a Curriculum for Math Repeaters
  P2. Reading Coaches:  Incorporating Metacognition into Lab Systems
  P3.  What Does Your Diversity Game Hand Look Like?
5:15pm – 7:30pm Opening Reception and Exhibitor Showcase

Thursday, October 16, 2008

7:00am – 6:00pm
Conference Registration and Information
6:30am – 8:00am 3K Health Walk/Run      
8:00am – 8:30am
Continental Breakfast
8:00am – 4:30pm
Exhibitor Hours
8:30am – 10:00am

Opening General Session - Keynote: Eileen Holden

10:15am – 11:15am

Share Sessions
S1. Reading
S2. Math
S3. Writing
S4. Strategies for College Success

11:15am – 11:30am
Morning Break
11:30am –12:30pm        
Concurrent Session I      
  A1. Snaring the Gryphon: Creating the Prep Reading Hybrid
  A2. Motivation “Got Salt?”
  A3. Butterflies in My Classroom: Student Anxiety
 

A4. Discover the Benefits of Using Interactive Software in Teaching and Learning Mathematics

12:45pm – 2:15pm
General Session Awards Luncheon & Legislative Update
2:30pm – 3:30pm

Concurrent Session II  

  A5. Bookmarks – Power – Making Connections with a Slip of Paper
  A6. The Four Faces of Knowledge
  A7. Learning Communities for Students in Developmental Education: Research and Practice
  A8. Using Campus-Wide Professional Development Research to Improve Student Success
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Exhibitor Showcase and Door Prizes (Refreshment Break)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Concurrent Session III   
  A9. Fun with Dick and Jane and Fibonacci: Critical Thinking in Developmental Math through Reflective Journals and Problem-Based Learning
  A10. Alive, Alert, Awake, Enthusiastic Learners
  A11. Critical Thinking of the “Net” Student Generation
  A12. Reinventing Reading Courses with Newspaper-Based Instruction
5:30pm – 10:30pm
Optional Offsite event

Friday, October 17, 2008

8:00am – 12:00pm             Conference Registration and Information
7:30am – 8:15am Breakfast
8:15am – 9:15am Concurrent Session IV   
  B1. Engaging Students with Texts and Tests
  B2. Technology, Student Engagement & Learning Styles
  B3. Tutoring the ESL Writer: Tools & Practices
  B4. Modeling Developmental Mathematics
9:30am – 10:30am            Concurrent Session V    
 

B5. Implementing Vocabulary Strategies Before, During, and After Reading

  B6. Start Right: Closing the Achievement Gaps
  B7. The Power of Play
  B8. Stop! Calm Down! Think! Emotional Intelligence
10:30am – 10:45am         Morning Break
10:45am – 11:45am          Closing General Session & Business Meeting
12:00pm – 2:00pm           Executive Board Meeting