ISTEK would like to announce a great addition to its annual conference, a roving reporter! ISTEK will sponsor the registration fee, accommodation* and flight** of one roving reporter to attend the 2nd ISTEK Schools International ELT Conference in Istanbul, Turkey on April 2-3rd, 2011.
Deadline for competition entries: 11th January 2011 (Update: The deadline has been extended till January 28th.)
Please visit http://elt.istek.org.tr/ for information about the conference.
Job Description
We would like to provide all English language teaching professionals the opportunity to keep updated with the conference online in case they do not have the opportunity to attend. Therefore, the Roving Reporter will provide updates and reviews about the Keynotes, speakers, and events that occur during the conference. The reporter may also conduct some interviews with the speakers and/or attendees. A laptop is a bonus but in case you do not have one, we will provide you with one during the conference. Your impressions and highlights will be published on the ISTEK ELT blog and Twitter account for the duration of the conference.
Competition Details
The ISTEK Roving Reporter will be an educator who has not had the opportunity to attend the ISTEK conference. If you meet this requirement, we invite you to enter the competition by:
Submitting one 3 minute or less video review of an ELT workshop, presentation, or conference you recently attended. You are expected to upload the video to YouTube and share the link with us.
Be creative!
Use the submission form below to submit your application.
A committee will review these submissions and the highest rated submissions will go to a public vote after January 11th.
(Committee members are Shelly Sanchez Terrell, Gavin Dudeney and myself . ISTEK Conference Team would like to thank to Shelly and Gavin for their support.)
We will notify you by January 20th if you are the winner and begin planning your trip!
The winner will have his/her conference fee, accommodation* and flight** paid.
The Reporter will need to arrive in Istanbul on April 1st and will depart on April 5th.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
*Accommodation on campus
**Return flight (maximum €500)
Click here to submit your application.
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January 9, 2011 at 10:43 pm
An amazing opportunity for those of us ‘low profile’ ELT Teachers..we are the ones who follow you guys but do not have the confidence to speak up most of the time! My application is on it’s way ..like all reporters it has been hindered by strikes, holidays and time schedules. Please let the close by date be 11/1/2011 evening time to allow for disruptions! Thanx Sharon – the hopeful roving reporter!
January 8, 2011 at 5:45 pm
Just to say this is a great idea to allow those of us who are not so well known in the ELT world to see behind the scenes! Thanks soooooo much! My application will be with you by the 11th..it’s a little late due to strikes and Xmas holidays interrupting the interview rendez vous…but it will arrive!
December 3, 2010 at 12:41 pm
A fantastic idea, Burcu. I’m sure the conference will be as interesting, innovative and fun as last year, and you have a great line-up of speakers. Well done on what looks set to be another excellent event!
December 3, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Thank you Nicky! The roving reporter idea came from Shelly (not surprisingly:-) and Gavin wanted to help as well. I’m very excited about it!
Hope to see you soon. Will you be at the IATEFL conference?
Burcu
December 2, 2010 at 9:09 am
Dear Rahmah,
If you click the ‘Register’ button on the conference web site, you will find information about prepayment. But if you submit speaker proposal and it is accepted, you are not required to pay the registration and accommodation fee.
Best,
Burcu
December 2, 2010 at 5:27 am
hi,
i’m a teacher from malaysia and i’m interested to present a paper in ISTEK conference.However, despite looking at the ISTEK website, i didn’t see any information on the fees. would u be able to provide this information? thanks
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