Session 1: 10:00 - 10:50
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In Kahoots with Your Students |
Denise Gigliotti |
University of Oregon |
10:00-10:50 Ford 204 |
Audience: K-16, All Languages |
Pedagogy & Practice |
Frustrated by students pulling out their smart phones during class? Why not embrace the technology? There are many online tools that can enliven your class and make it more effective. This presentation focuses on one such tool, Kahoot! which is a game-based formative assessment system that turns your class into a quiz show. Participants will get hands-on experience, and pedagogical pros and cons will be discussed. Teachers of all languages and levels are welcome. Please bring your own device! |
A Model for Collaborative Projects in Online Learning |
Wanda Walker |
University of Oregon |
10:00-10:50 Ford 301 |
Audience: 9-12, Post Secondary, All Languages |
Pedagogy & Practice |
In online learning, teachers are faced with the dilemma of how to offer a quality classroom experience when removed from the actual classroom. The presenter has identified features for online learning that target key areas of concern addressed in education research: communication, group cohesion, and instructor support. Using a model from an online EFL teacher-training course, the presenter will share an innovative approach to online group work, which supports both student needs and teacher needs. |
Service-Learning Courses in Spanish: Best Practices for Local and International Community-Based Learning |
Nancy Christoph, Marcus Welsh |
Pacific University |
10:00-10:50 Ford 302 |
Audience: 9-12, Post Secondary, All Languages |
Advocacy & Service |
Come to this session to find out more about exciting opportunities to invite college students returning from study-abroad programs into your high-school language classroom. See 4 demonstration presentations for French, German, Japanese and Spanish and learn about the Language in Motion program that connects high-school language learners with college students. |
Exciting Cultural Presentations for High-School Language Classrooms: Part 1 |
Jann Purdy Rachel Poluhowich Kristen Toguchi |
Pacific University |
10:00-10:50 Ford 304 |
Audience: 9-12, Japanese, All Languages |
Advocacy & Service |
Come hear sample cultural presentations that you could bring into your high-school classroom. These presenters today will present Japanese culture. Part 2 will feature Japanese and Chinese, but presentations in for French, Spanish, German may be available any given term through Pacific and the NW Lim Consortium. These presentations could provide a glimpse for your students into language studies in college, study abroad, and cultural discoveries through language. Presentations in target language available in some languages depending on the term. |
FLTA: It's on Everyone's Lips |
Valentine Angelelli Camille Brunot |
Willamette University Linfield College |
10:00-10:50 Ford 202 |
Audience: Post-Secondary, French |
Pedagogy & Practice |
Learning a language is not only learning vocabulary and grammar, it's getting to approach a whole new culture. Unfortunately, or rather, fortunately, culture is endlessly changing. French culture is no exception. This presentation yearns to be a non-exhaustive, yet modern, toolbox. It's aimed at French educators who want to show what is on every French's lips nowadays to their students. |