Northeast Lakeview College Invites Community to Common Read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Date and Time
Saturday Mar 4, 2017
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CST
Saturday, March 4, 2017
10:15am-11:00am
Location
Northeast Lakeview College
Library: RM 109
1201 Kitty Hawk Rd.
Universal City, TX
Fees/Admission
FREE EVENT and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Interested participants do not need to register for, and attend the entire conference. Simply join the discussion at 10:15am in the library, RM 109.
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Contact Information
Kathleen Labus
College Director of Public Relations
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Description
The Northeast Lakeview College English & Education Department is hosting their 8th Annual Pedagogy Conference (to include a community common read featuring the book Ready Player One by Ernest Cline)
The session will feature an interactive discussion on the smash underground book, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. The novel, a futuristic story set in the year 2044, focuses on the one bright spot in a bleak and disturbing future in a teenage computer hacker, Wade Watts’ quest to triumph in the virtual reality world known as the Oasis and survive corporate killers in both virtual and real reality. The discussion will be led by John Beck.
About the Pedagogy Conference
The Pedagogy Conference is FREE and open to all elementary, middle school, high school and college educators as well as college students interested in the teaching field. One of the conference goals is to foster a learning community that supports the Texas P-16 Initiative focused on preparing all students for college education. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about innovative teaching activities that encourage student success during the transition from high school to college-level coursework. To learn more about the conference or to register go to http://alamo.edu/nlc/pedagogy/
