Back to School 2020 - Online Conference

Thank you to everyone involved in this year's Back to School Conference. It was a great day with lots of interesting and informative presentations, and thought-proviking discussions.

This year we held the conference online via Zoom, and presenters submitted videos of their presentations. You can view these presentaitons below in the schedule by clicking on the presentation title.

 Conference Schedule

Start Time	Finish Time	Presenter Name	Title
10:00 AM	10:15 AM	Welcome and Announcements
10:15	11:00 AM	Jason Tacker	Culture and Technology: Cheating with Smartphones in Japanese EFL
11:00 AM	11:30 AM	Jason Gold	Novel Brain Science-Backed Productivity Strategies for Students (and Teachers!)
11:30	12:00 PM	Morning Break
12 noon	1:00 PM	Plenary Speaker: Marieta Simeonova Pissarro	Designing Master Courses in English Language Teaching: Online Instruction That Works
1:00 PM	1:30	Lunch Break
1:30	2:00	Paul Lyddon	Helping Students Better Learn to Speak, Listen, Read, and Write in English
2:00	2:30	Oliver Rose	Setting Engaging and Effective Online Phrase Practice with LingoLab
2:30	3:00	Break
3:15	3:45	Neil Cowie & Keiko Sakui	Emergency online teaching: Making effective videos
3:45	4:15	Gordon Carlson	Integrating Student and Teacher Perspectives on Curriculum and Textbook Selection
4:15	4:30	Afternoon Break
4:30	5:00 PM	Af'idatul Husniyah	On Machine Writing Feedback: How "Write and Improve" Website Helped My Students Write Better
5:00 PM	5:30	Trevor Fernandes	Inspiration from learners
5:30	6:00	Min Ku	Tell Me About TELL: Mental health and students
6:00	7:00	Dinner Break
7:00	7:30	Sean Gay	Connecting Identity & Pedagogy
7:30	8:00	Chien Chih Chen	How Does a Tutoring Lesson Work for a Writer via Referencing Tools?
8:00	8:30	Patrycja Indycka, Zofia Kupka, Gabriela Jeż, & Ewelina Cop	Pain-free group work
8:30	9:00	Nanami "Mimi" Yoshii	CLIL for Young Children: Ballet School in Australia
9:00	???	Reflections on the day, closing, and cocktail social