TYCA-West’s 2008 conference was a good time! I thought I would share some of the good stuff the participants had to say about the conference in the conference evaluations. Besides saying that the session were generally “good,” participants mentioned that they liked the variety, found them “highly relevant,” and practical. Participants also mentioned that they liked the “collegial” atmosphere and valued the “good discussions.” Participants also liked the conference facilities and the food.
Folks were asked about what topics they liked enough to see again on the confernece program next year:
- teaching with technology,
- commenting on student writing/assessment,
- evaluating teaching,
- student evaluations, and
- family writing.
And folks were hoping they might catch some of these topics and would love to see them on the program next year:
- reading,
- developmental/basic writing,
- multi-modal composition,
- adjunct issues,
- scholarship of teaching and learning, and
- alternative texts.
So if you are thinking of proposing a session for next year’s conference, consider presenting something from one of the two lists above.
As for the negatives, more than one person wanted the sessions to end a little earlier in the day on Friday. Obviously they acknowledge that we all had a good time eating and drinking Friday night and value the networking that occurs over good food!
Happy conference participants at one of the sessions.
