During this panel, I was able to talk with other pre-teachers and teachers about fresh ideas and activities to use in the English classroom. Additionally, I presented my learning segment project “Analyzing Isabel: Exploring A Fierce and Subtle Poison Through Action Strategies” in the Future is Now: Exploring 21st-Century Teaching Ideas with the Next Generation of English Teachers panel. I was also able to hear authors Gareth Hinds and Jacqueline Woodson speak about their work in the general session panels. Alisha White, from WIU presented in this panel, which advocated for using art to teach literature!), Recapturing the YA Voice in Literature: Culture, Family, and Identity (Various teachers presented on various novels and the benefits of teaching them, and author Benjamin Alire Saenz gave an incredible speech about the importance of young adult fiction in English classes).
A few of my favorite panels were: Recapture Our Voices: The Joy of the Thing (I was able to hear various authors, such as Laurie Halse Anderson and Jason Reynolds, discuss their young adult literature books), The Arts for Action and Meaning Making Today, Tomorrow, and Forever: An Invitation to Think, Play, Move, and Feel (Dr. While at the conference, I was able to attend a variety of panels to gain more information about recent research concerning English instruction. Alisha White, I was able to attend the national conference. Which was held in Saint Louis, Missouri this past November, was dedicated to helping English teachers refine their skills, network with other teachers, discover new books to read with their class, and meet new popular authors. NCTE stands for the National Council of Teachers of English, and this conference was comprised of English teachers from all over the country! The national NCTE conference, After diligently submitting abstracts and receiving research grants, I was able to present a project at the national NCTE conference in Fall 2017, and I was able to present a paper at the national Sigma Tau Delta Conference in Spring 2018! This semester I have had the wonderful opportunity to attend two national English conferences where I shared my academic work, met new people, and gained valuable knowledge from professionals in the field of English and Education.
There is truly no greater feeling than having the opportunity to present a paper or project (that you’ve spent hours of time creating) in front of a group of peers and professionals who support and encourage you. Thankfully, college students can have the opportunity to share their work with others by attending conferences. So proud, in fact, that we may want to share it with others. However, there are times when we create an essay or a project that we are really, really proud of. Many times, these projects and papers are read by our professors and given a grade, but then they become only a wisp of a memory in the back of our minds, especially after we are assigned additional essays and projects. As English majors, all of us are familiar with the amount of dedication, sweat, and tears it takes to write a solid essay or create a complex project.
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