Sharing Materials via ELAC’s Website

To: All Session Presenters

ELAC is moving towards posting conference session materials on our website 
< http://elac.teachers.ab.ca > for the following reasons:

1)	To cut costs for you.  As presenters are responsible for their own photocopying expenses, providing just a one-page session outline to all the attendees at your session significantly reduces your out-of-pocket expenses.

2)	Never knowing how many handouts you will need.  Having the handouts available for delegates to run off themselves means you do not have to worry about having enough (or too many) copies of your materials.

3)	To enable all conference attendees access to the entire conference.  With so many dynamic sessions from which to choose, quite often delegates feel that, by choosing one, they miss out on another.  Also, as a presenter, you may miss a session in which you are interested in attending.  Having all the materials available to everyone ensures all our presenters and delegates can access the amazing work showcased at the conference.

Choosing to share with colleagues is optional.

In order to protect your intellectual interests:

•	Session materials can be forwarded in PDF format.  (If you want to allow members to revise your rubrics, etc., WORD is preferable.)

•	Your materials will be posted on our members-only Web pages.

If you already have your materials on another website, please forward us your URL so we may link your site to ours.

If you have not already sent your materials to karen.doyle@cssd.ab.ca please do so at your earliest convenience.

Thank you for agreeing to speak at More Than Words !

Connie Carolan
Conference convenor