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Thursday 4 November 2010

Program for Thursday
Time
Event

Venue

12:00-1:00
Registration: coffee on arrival
(Food available at Cafe M28 and The Servery)

1:15-2:00
Welcome: Uncle Des, Traditional Elder
Dr Ann Kelly, President, QCAL

Conference opening: Ms Geri Pancini, President, ACAL
Setting the Scene: An ACAL Perspective 
Auditorium,  Room M06_2.07
2:00-2:45

Keynote address: Ms Louise Wignall, Louise Wignall Education and Training Consultants
The foundation skills landscape

Auditorium,  Room M06_2.07
2:45-3:15
Afternoon tea
Trades Displays located in Room M06_3.05
3:15-3:55
Hazel Davidson
Everyday Australian Picture Dictionary - What's in it for you?
Auditorium,  Room M06_2.07

Dr Keiko Yasukawa
Exploring critical mathematics and numeracy with Barbie (and Ken too)
Room M06_3.01

Garry Collins
Using functional grammar with real world text
Room M06_3.05
4:05-4:45
Dr Ann Kelly
Learning the foundations of literacy: Cognitive and social considerations in helping adults to read   
Auditorium,  Room M06_2.07

Dr Keiko Yasukawa
Exploring critical mathematics and numeracy with Barbie (and Ken too)
Room M06_3.01

Garry Collins
Using functional grammar with real world text
Room M06_3.05
6:30 for 7:00
Conference dinner
After dinner speaker: Dr Darryl Dymock
From haiku to Hinkler: The rocky road to publication
Hotel Plaza Diana, Woolloongabba

Friday 5 November 2010

Program for Friday
Time
Event
Venue
8:45-9:15
Registration
9:15-9:45

Welcome: Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Dean of Arts, Education and Law, Griffith University

Keynote address: Mr Michael Taylor, AIG

Auditorium, Room M06_2.07

9:45-10:30
Keynote address: Dr Keiko Yasukawa, University of Technology
Disassembling 'integrated literacy and numeracy in VET'
Auditorium,  Room M06_2.07
10:30-11:00
Morning tea
Trade Displays located in Room M06_305
11:00-11:40
Monica Mitchell
AiG National Workforce Literacy Project Implementation – The Lessons
Auditorium,  Room M06_2.07

Margaret Wagstaff and Denyse Hampson
Numeracy with chocolate
Room M06_3.01

Debbie Soccio
Let's Play! Using technology to build interactive activities for literacy and numeracy classes.
Room M06_2.02
11:50-12:30
Gwen Moroney
LLN resource development for retail managers
Auditorium,  Room M06_2.07

Margaret Wagstaff and Denyse Hampson
Numeracy with chocolate
Room M06_3.01

Debbie Soccio
Let's Play! Using technology to build interactive activities for literacy and numeracy classes.
Room M06_2.02
12:30-1:15
Lunch
Trade Displays located in Room M06_305
1:15-2:00
Keynote Address: Denise Proud
Looking from the outside in: How inclusive are we?
Auditorium,  Room M06_2.07
2:05-2:45
Deb Symes and Dr Jean Searle
Reading strategies that work with students with an intellectual disability: Research and practice
Room M06_3.05

Gail Hagar
Using ACSF to assess literacy and numeracy skills of adult learners
Room M06_3.01

Debbie Soccio
Creating an online course for ALBE learners - using Moodle to support e-learning
Room M06_2.02
2:50-3:30
Tara Kent
Reading strategies that work with students with an intellectual disability: Research and practice
Room M06_3.05

Gail Hagar
Using ACSF to assess literacy and numeracy skills of adult learners
Room M06_3.01

Debbie Soccio
Inclusive education: Enhancing ability in students with a cognitive impairment
Room M06_2.02
3:30-4:00
Afternoon tea

4:00-4:45
Plenary forum: Building literacy and numeracy into VET
Auditorium,  Room M06_2.07
4:45-5:00
Conference close



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