NCTE
to Launch Connected Community
As a Council leader/committee member, you have a special
reason to log into NCTE's new Connected Community: This
will become the work space and listserv for all appointed and
elected NCTE groups.
We want you to have
the best that NCTE has to offer -- right at your fingertips -- and
we want to help erase
the notion that you have to do things on your own; here we are a
community! In this new online service specially designed
for NCTE members, you can:
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Engage
with other members to share ideas and interests, celebrate
challenges and triumphs, and help solve problems we face each
day.
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Adjust
to new demands of the ever-changing world of literacy
education in a safe and friendly
environment.
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Revitalize
yourself through NCTE peer-reviewed articles, issue briefs, and
online Web seminars.
We'll introduce the
Connected Community during the first week of October, but
you can get started today! First, visit the Connected
Community,
log in with your member ID and password, provide a brief
profile, and set your communication preferences.
Once you log in, go
to the “My Profile” tab to
fill in or update your biographical information and to network with
others who share your interests. Then, click on “My
Preferences” to set your privacy settings -- you
control what you wish to share with others and how and when you
would like to be notified of activity in the Connected Community.
Next, if you visit “My Subscriptions”
you will see that you are immediately eligible to start
participating in discussions or uploading
files/videos/presentations/Web links that are germane to any NCTE
leadership group you belong to.
Thanks
for extending your leadership role by getting active in
the Connected Community before the general membership is invited to
take part on October 4. As the Council crosses the threshold into
its second century of service, this is a great way to lend your
voice, energy, and experience to the broader literacy community.
Connect
with Your Professional Community
at the Annual Convention
Connect with leaders and
members who are heading to Orlando for this year's NCTE
Annual Convention through
discussions in the Connected Community. Not registered yet? Register
now!
A highlight of the Convention is the premiere
of the NCTE Centennial film, Reading the Past, Writing
the Future (Friday evening). Incorporating voices of
today's students and teachers and featuring interviews with literacy
leaders, the film chronicles the influence and importance of our
100-year-old Council.
Connect with the World through
the National Gallery of Writing
Where
else could you browse more than 24,000 pieces of writing, submitted
by people from all around the world, and have the opportunity to
contribute your writing to your own gallery or to any of the 2,400+
galleries that make up the National
Gallery of Writing? The NCTE
Centennial Gallery is one of the newest galleries; be
sure to add your writing honoring and preserving the rich history --
and future -- of NCTE and literacy education.
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