This is an email to show acceptance of abstract to CamTESOL 2013 and Unitec may send me because I have sufficient outputs this year 2012. I have to decide if I really want to go now. Even after giving so many sessions on screencasts for writing feedback/IT support, and other suggestions by Russel Stannard, I have found woeful ignorance and uptake by teachers so far. There is still a need to spread the word until it becomes more ubiquitous.
Dear Ms Yvonne Hynson
9th Annual CamTESOL Conference: 23-24 February 2013 – Acceptance of Abstract
Thank you for submitting abstract (s) for the 9th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching. We are pleased to inform you that your paper/workshop/poster session has been accepted to present at the 9th Annual CamTESOL Conference. Congratulations!
The Committee has not yet developed the timetable, as we need to ask you to:
- Please REGISTER as soon as you can, and before 16 January 2013 to guarantee that you are coming to present your paper/workshop/poster session. This will assist us to prepare the timetable.
- If you do not register by 16 January 2013, we will assume that you will be unable to attend and your presentation will not be included in the conference program.
Current Details of Your Presentation
The Program Committee may make/has made some adjustments to each abstract to best accommodate the range of abstracts that have been accepted. Bearing in mind these changes, your current presentation details are as follows:
Title: Writing Feedback with screencasts
Author(s): Ms Yvonne Hynson; ;
Style: 30 Minute Paper
Stream: Independent Learning
A/V Requirements: Laptop LCD
Speakers, Internet connection
Points to Consider
The Program Committee requests you to consider the following points:
1. Some abstracts (including titles) may be edited for the program so that they reflect a standardised length and format of presentation
2. If you would like your paper to be considered for the Language Education in Asia publication, we request that you submit an electronic copy of your paper (Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format) to Mr. John Middlecamp, the Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Language Education in Asia at language.education.in.asia@gmail.com. The deadline for paper submission is Friday, 8 March 2013, two weeks after the conference. The guidelines for submissions, including information on referencing, formatting, and suitability are available from the Language Education in Asia webpage at http://www.camtesol.org/index.php/publication
3. For both papers and workshops, we request you to leave a designated period of time for questions and audience interaction at the end. You would appreciate that the audience will include many Cambodians who are attending a conference for the first time. Audience interaction will help ensure understanding of your message. Some sessions will have a chairperson, and you can inform the chair of your chosen format before the session, so that the chair can assist you in timing during the session.
4. The theme of the conference is Language and Empowerment. Papers and workshops that reflect this theme and directly address the audience will help ensure the cohesiveness of the conference.
5. Photocopy facilities will NOT be available at the conference venue. A local institution will be hosting this conference. Please bring handouts with you. We recommend a minimum of 50 copies.
Registration
Registration details are now on the website, so you can register when convenient. All presenters must register before 16 January, 2013 or they will not be timetabled.
Register for the conference at: http://www.camtesol.org/index.php/2013-conference/registration
There will be a choice of six educational site visits available on the Friday morning prior to the conference. Since they will be conducted concurrently, only one option is available. More information on educational site visits can be found on the conference website.
On the Friday afternoon there will be a Regional ELT Leadership Forum. This forum is for current and aspiring leaders and managers in ELT. It is a stand-alone and ticketed event. More information on this forum is available on the conference website at: http://www.camtesol.org/index.php/2013-conference/regional-elt-leadership-forum
Your Arrival in Phnom Penh
If you plan on joining one of the educational site visits, we suggest you arrive in Phnom Penh on or by Thursday 21 February. Site visits are on Friday morning and none of the currently scheduled international flights arrive in time for you to reach the point of departure for the site visits in time.
Presenters will also be invited to a “Presenters’ Warm Up” (Welcome) function
on the Friday evening, prior to the conference. We will send you a separate invitation to this event shortly before the conference.
Communication
Please feel free to contact us at any time if you have questions. We aim to provide as much information as is necessary on the website, so please refer to the website first. We will continue to communicate with you in the lead-up to the conference. This communication may be in the form of a bulk e-mail to presenters or to international participants or to all participants. For this reason, we ask you to list our e-mail address as a non-spam address to reduce the possibility of relevant information being blocked by spam filters.
Best wishes and we look forward to seeing you in February,
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This is an email to show acceptance of abstract to CamTESOL 2012 but unfortunately there were insufficient funds and I have not got my article published yet in TEwT so that Unitec could send me. I had to withdraw. Below this email are emails of explanation from Ailsa Deverick and Chris King.
Dear CamTESOL Presenter,
Buneang Vinh <buneang.vinh@idp.com>
This mail is being sent following the submission of your abstract, it’s acceptance by the Program Committee and a Letter of Acceptance being sent to you to present at the 8th Annual CamTESOL Conference to be held on 25-26 February 2012.
We are now starting to timetable the conference. If you do intend me to present, can we please request that you register and pay for your attendance by Friday 27 January at the latest. You can process your registration by visiting the CamTESOL website at: http://www.camtesol.org/index.php/2012-conference/registration
If you are unable to present your paper at this year’s CamTESOL, can we please request that you inform prior to Friday 27 January so that we can remove your paper from the timetable.
Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me and we hope we may be able to welcome you to the 8th Annual CamTESOL Conference.
Yours sincerely,
Bun Eang Vinh
Hi Yvonne
As Chris says, in order to get Faculty funding (and to fit in with their criteria) there needs to be a refereed output attached to a Conference presentation. However as it’s so close to the beginning of the coming year this request will probably need to be made for next year’s conference
PD funding to an international conference is no longer possible with the new travel policy (stated below) as purse strings are being pulled tighter and also, approval normally needs to be made before abstracts are sent in
So…think about CAMTESOL 2013? Could you please put in a request with full costs and benefits to the Dept, to the address on the Ning that I sent all staff last week?
Cheers
Ailsa
Chris King 29/11/2011 9:51 a.m. >>>
Hi Yvonne,
With the conference in February we may be cutting it quite fine (my apologies if you’d already indicated that you would like to attend this conference; this is the first I’ve heard of it).
My initial impressions are that this will now be more difficult to fund under the new international travel guidelines, as I’m not sure Cambodia counts as Pacific Rim. Also to be funded to an international conference from the Faculty Conference Fund you will need to have an associated refereed journal article either in print or nearing submission. Unfortunately we can no longer fund international travel for teacher development, even if you are giving a presentation; a refereed output is also required.
New conference funding/travel policy is:
“Funding … to an international conference can be approved only if a paper is being presented and an associated refereed output has been accepted for publication, or is nearing submission. Conference related outputs will be tracked and in instances where outputs are not forthcoming, future applications may be declined.
Faculty travel guidelines also state that researchers are expected to demonstrate preference for conferences in the Australasia and Pacific Rim and to provide substantial justification for attendance/travel to countries further afield.”
Please let me know if you are planning (or have already started) on a journal article related to this presentation and think that your presentation/attendance would fall under the policy above please get back to Ailsa and me (as soon as possible!)
Thanks,