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Education Conference for English Teachers
Sat 8th May 2010 -Press Release
The Irish National Organisation for teachers of English (INOTE) held its inaugural National Conference in the Education Centre in Kilkenny on Saturday last. Dr Kevin Mc Dermott, teacher, author and co-ordinator of languages with the Second Level Support Service (SLSS) opened the conference setting a lively tone and jovial mood amongst the 100 delegates in attendance. Teachers benefited from participating in three informative workshops. Niall Mac Monagle, teacher, poet and author elucidated on the delights of the poetry of William Wordsworth. Chris Warren, IT consultant with the U.K. based National Association of Teachers of English (NATE) and teach-it.co.uk, delivered innovative ideas on using multi-media in the English classroom. According to Warren, the creative application of ICT in English is central to engaging the interest of today’s techno-teen. Frances Rocks, Dundalk- based teacher and author offered a fresh perspective on teaching English at Junior Cycle. She reminded teachers that 60% of the exam paper is material which students have never seen before therefore they need to developing their thinking, analytical and information retrieval skills.
On the day Little Island books generously sponsored two prizes consisting of class sets of new publications, which Jackie Dempsey of Loreto Crumlin and Jonathan O’Brien of Carlow Voc. Sch. took home.
INOTE was established two years ago as a support organisation for teachers of English. Its administrative hub is in Kilkenny but its membership is nationwide, working with English teachers in Education Centres across twenty one towns and cities in the country. Saturday’s conference was a resounding success and details of future conferences will be available on the INOTE website. Any English teacher who would like to become a member should contact INOTE info@inote.ie
Pictured above are Dr. Kevin McDermott, Chris Warren, Frances Rocks, Niall MacMonagle, Larry Cotter
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