International Conference Gold

Anyways, so I was pretty nervous to share at the IMLRS because it can be pretty intimidating.

I mean, I think anytime really thoughtful educators and practitioners want to share at conferences, you're putting yourself out there, right? You're sharing something that maybe you did in your classroom.

Maybe it's like a mini workshop.

um research activity that you did maybe it's action research and putting your ideas out there you don't know um how your audiences are going to interpret them right so uh carol you've been so gracious um in working with alongside me um because uh we presented in rome actually together and we shared research question one from the thesis that i've been working on um and carol's been helping me um with the research including the actual research experience a few summers ago and writing it in its you know formal thesis form that you have to submit to the university.

So we shared research question one which is really the heart of my research and it's really simply it's how might production as inquiry support the development of media literacy skills for children in the early years.

And Carol and I, in preparation for the conference, chose to do a round table, a round table, or they called it at this conference, table talk, as opposed to a formalized stand-up.

You present for 15 minutes, and then you have questions afterwards in sort of like a 45-minute format or whatever.

Uh, and we thought this might be really great because you can, so just like a takeaway.

So sometimes at conferences, you're, you know, you have the option, like, do you want to present that kind of stuff, like a round table that they called it here? Or do you want to do a formal stand up and present? Um, I mean, it's always a bit of a risk because, you know, I mean, are people going to come to your session? Are they going to come to a round table versus a formalized like stand up? and present, you know, who knows, right? But I mean, I think generally, people who come to conferences are pretty interested in this conference was quite large.

So people did come by and talk with us and it's a great opportunity we thought because then you can engage in more intimate conversations with other participants opposed to a stand-up presentation where you know maybe somebody in the audience has a question that they want to ask but they're nervous because they don't ask in front of everyone opposed to like a smaller group you know even just sitting around you have closer proximity in the space which can can help a little bit And I thought, you know, when I was looking over, like when the conference schedule, you know, finally came out and, you know, we had applied and it was accepted, I was looking over the presentations and there weren't a lot around questions.

Of course, it was all media literacy, but media literacy for young children in early years.

So zero to age eight.

And that's what our research was looking at.

So it was really fun to be one of the few people I think that could contribute to that discussion.

And of course, there doesn't mean to say people aren't doing that work.

You know, you know, being that where the conference was, you know, who knows? Sometimes people can go with their schedule.

Sometimes they can't.

So I think just in terms of if you're thinking about presenting at a conference, think about how you want to present.

Carol, how do you feel...

The roundtable was because I know when you did your session at the conference, which was completely different from from this research, you did this sort of formal stand up and present.

Right.

So that was a bit of a different

form.

I did.

And most particularly, I had slides that had actually been pre-recorded.

Anyways, so I was pretty nervous to share at the IMLRS because it can be pretty intimidating.

I mean, I think anytime really thoughtful educators and practitioners want to share at conferences, you're putting yourself out there, right? You're sharing something that maybe you did in your classroom.

Maybe it's like a mini workshop.

um research activity that you did maybe it's action research and putting your ideas out there you don't know um how your audiences are going to interpret them right so uh carol you've been so gracious um in working with alongside me um because uh we presented in rome actually together and we shared research question one from the thesis that i've been working on um and carol's been helping me um with the research including the actual research experience a few summers ago and writing it in its you know formal thesis form that you have to submit to the university.

So we shared research question one which is really the heart of my research and it's really simply it's how might production as inquiry support the development of media literacy skills for children in the early years.

And Carol and I, in preparation for the conference, chose to do a round table, a round table, or they called it at this conference, table talk, as opposed to a formalized stand-up.

You present for 15 minutes, and then you have questions afterwards in sort of like a 45-minute format or whatever.

Uh, and we thought this might be really great because you can, so just like a takeaway.

So sometimes at conferences, you're, you know, you have the option, like, do you want to present that kind of stuff, like a round table that they called it here? Or do you want to do a formal stand up and present? Um, I mean, it's always a bit of a risk because, you know, I mean, are people going to come to your session? Are they going to come to a round table versus a formalized like stand up? and present, you know, who knows, right? But I mean, I think generally, people who come to conferences are pretty interested in this conference was quite large.

So people did come by and talk with us and it's a great opportunity we thought because then you can engage in more intimate conversations with other participants opposed to a stand-up presentation where you know maybe somebody in the audience has a question that they want to ask but they're nervous because they don't ask in front of everyone opposed to like a smaller group you know even just sitting around you have closer proximity in the space which can can help a little bit And I thought, you know, when I was looking over, like when the conference schedule, you know, finally came out and, you know, we had applied and it was accepted, I was looking over the presentations and there weren't a lot around questions.

Of course, it was all media literacy, but media literacy for young children in early years.

So zero to age eight.

And that's what our research was looking at.

So it was really fun to be one of the few people I think that could contribute to that discussion.

And of course, there doesn't mean to say people aren't doing that work.

You know, you know, being that where the conference was, you know, who knows? Sometimes people can go with their schedule.

Sometimes they can't.

So I think just in terms of if you're thinking about presenting at a conference, think about how you want to present.

Carol, how do you feel...

The roundtable was because I know when you did your session at the conference, which was completely different from from this research, you did this sort of formal stand up and present.

Right.

So that was a bit of a different

form.

I did.

And most particularly, I had slides that had actually been pre-recorded.