Peter Price, the Classroom Professor has written the following post to help answer some lingering questions you may have about attending the event next month.
QUEDREX, the Queensland Education Resources Expo, is in its fifth year, and the 2012 expo looks like being the biggest and best so far. Why should a teacher give up time on a weekend to attend?
1. Save money on essential classroom resources.
Vendors from around Australia will have some of their best prices on offer at QUEDREX. There simply isn’t a better opportunity to try out new resources for your classroom and buy them at unbeatable prices.
2. Receive professional development credit and pick up great teaching ideas at the same time.
Over the two days of QUEDREX, there will be a large variety of workshops and seminars, conducted by experts in Australian education on a wide variety of topics. There really is something for every teacher, and each one can be counted towards Professional Development hours, part of teachers’ responsibilities for retaining their QCT registration. Make sure you go to the QUEDREX Information Booth before leaving, to sign up for your certificate of attendance.
3. Recharge your professional batteries in the company of like-minded educators.
Outside school, QUEDREX would have to be one of the easiest ways to mix with hundreds of people who care as much as you do about education. Many vendors with products on display were themselves classroom teachers at some stage, having developed products after seeing needs in classrooms. In fact, quite a few vendors are still teachers, and so can talk to you expertly about what works in real classrooms with real students.
4. Refresh your knowledge of what is current in education resourcing.
No teacher wants to become stale or jaded about their profession. At QUEDREX, you can easily get a feel for the way classroom resources are going, the latest technology, the newest ideas for teaching your subject. Vendors will be displaying their very latest products to keep your classroom and your resources “cutting edge”.
5. Take advantage of an expo not available anywhere else.
Other cities have other conferences and expos that cost hundreds of dollars to attend, but only Brisbane has a free Resources Expo designed just for educators. Rather than a conference with a lot of sessions you don’t want to attend, QUEDREX has one main purpose: to show you the best of what is available to help you in your own classroom.
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