{"id":7818,"date":"2021-02-01T14:07:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T20:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-neta-site.pantheonsite.io\/?p=7818"},"modified":"2022-10-31T13:23:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T18:23:33","slug":"how-to-write-a-good-session-proposal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/?p=7818","title":{"rendered":"How to Write a Good Session Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7818\" class=\"elementor elementor-7818\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75495899 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75495899\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11e76836\" data-id=\"11e76836\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef62b08 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ef62b08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeKBP_EZigmoOq8D5MTnmLI3WfuZQP3Uuy2JYry8l06BbP3gw\/viewform\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">SUBMIT HERE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70369d31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70369d31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Lynne Herr &amp; Alyssa Allmon\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Tips to Write a Good Session Proposal<\/b><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Now Recruiting . . .YOU for our 2021 NETA Spring Conference Series 2 &amp; 3!<\/b><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">NETA loves featuring educators who are doing great work with tech tools at our fall and spring conferences!&nbsp; Now is a great time to think about what you could share with colleagues! To help you get started, here are some tips for a successful session proposal&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Take time to reflect on current tools, instructional strategies or innovative processes you\u2019re using.&nbsp; You might start by considering these prompts:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">What instructional tool or strategy has been especially successful in your classroom?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">What learning or classroom management challenges have you successfully addressed by using a tech-supported process or tool?&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">How did you use a common tech tool in a new way to better engage students?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">What process did you create to share what you\u2019ve learned with colleagues?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">How are you best connecting with parents and community members?&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">What have you done to make content more relevant for your students through social media or use of tech tools?&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Once you\u2019ve narrowed your ideas down to 1 or 2, talk to colleagues to get some feedback.&nbsp; Are they excited to learn more about that topic? Do they have suggestions to help you refine your ideas or group them in a way to better share your message?&nbsp; Incorporate their feedback then get started writing the proposal!&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul>\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Choose a specific&nbsp; topic<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Vague:&nbsp; Google Docs&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Specific:&nbsp; HyperDocs for math choice boards&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Target a specific audience<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Vague:&nbsp; classroom teachers<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Specific:&nbsp; upper elementary teachers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>If you are presenting on a popular tech tool (G Suite tools, Seesaw, etc.), decide how to make your session unique.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Vague:&nbsp; HyperDocs with G Suite<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Specific:&nbsp; HyperDoc Stations for Voice and Choice in Elementary Classrooms<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Use your description to detail the specific content of your session&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Vague:&nbsp; In this session, I\u2019ll share how Google Docs was used in our elementary classroom last year for student projects.&nbsp; I will share samples of student work and share challenges and successes in our use of Docs with Chromebooks.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Specific:&nbsp; Our 3rd graders knocked our socks off with their use of HyperDocs for math stations in our 1:1 Chromebook classrooms.&nbsp; Learn how we balanced Chromebook work with paper\/pencil to improve engagement. See how choice boards helped us differentiate and document student learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Go back to your peers for their feedback. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;The most mentioned evaluation feedback we get from sessions at the NETA conference is that the Title and Description did not match the session content.&nbsp; So ask:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">What do you expect from a session with this title?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Does this title match the description of my session?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">What would you expect to take away from this session?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Submit your session in advance of the deadline! <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Don\u2019t wait until the last minute.&nbsp; We\u2019ve found that when people rush through the application process they may miss important fields or even forget to click the submit button!&nbsp; You\u2019re doing great work and we want to showcase it!&nbsp;<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUBMIT HERE By Lynne Herr &amp; Alyssa Allmon Tips to Write a Good Session Proposal Now Recruiting . . .YOU for our 2021 NETA Spring Conference Series 2 &amp; 3!&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/netasite.org\/?p=7818\" class=\"gdlr-info-font excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[138,139,131,137],"class_list":["post-7818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-conference","tag-how-to","tag-resources","tag-session-submissions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7818"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8843,"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7818\/revisions\/8843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netasite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}