Session+Descriptions

Full descriptions of Saturday sessions:

 * SATURDAY, OCT. 29 SESSION 1 ||
 * Speaker: ** Karen Hume
 * Session Title: ****Differentiation in the L2 Classroom **
 * Time: ** 8:45 – 10:00 a.m.
 * Target Audience: ** General
 * Language session will be delivered in: ** English

Diversity is the defining characteristic of today’s classrooms. Differentiated instruction is the response to that diversity.
 * Session description: **

Differentiation isn’t individualized instruction. Not only is it impossible to differentiate your instruction for students 100% of the time, it is inadvisable to do so. In this session, you will use basic knowledge of your second language learners to proactively and effectively differentiate for your whole class.

//Karen Hume is the author of six bestselling professional books for teachers and administrators, as well as several literacy resources for young adolescents. //


 * Speakers: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Patrick Thibaudeau
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Moodle – Online Language Lab **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 8:45 – 10:00 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> **Second language teachers**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> **English**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Partick has developed an online language lab that works within Moodle. Good-bye old tape labs. Hello, new inexpensive solution for schools faced with old, crumbling labs looking for a new, fully functional solution. Come see the potential of how this new Moodle plug-in can facilitate language proficiency in your students. Key features include:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The ability for students to record themselves online
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Ability to incorporate digital media in tasks (songs, videos, oral instructions, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Teachers can provide feedback by email or voice recording
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The creation of oral forums and ability to work in groups
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">A pop up dictionary and much more!

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Patrick Thibaudeau has been the IT Team Lead at Campus Saint-Jean for the past 15 years. In 2008, he started developing with Moodle, adding features that CSJ needed. Patrick has since become an official Moodle developer. Patrick has presented at many conferences worldwide and he is now helping schools across Alberta integrate this lab. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Carolyn L. M. King, M.Ed.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Using Games & Gadgets to Engage Students and Support Grammar in L2+ Learning **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 8:45 – 10:00 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> General
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: English with examples in English, French & some in German

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">This session is designed to incorporate an innovative and effective method of teaching grammar. We will explore how to tap into intrinsic motivation through the use of games of various types as well as gadgets that are familiar to today’s students. Part of the session includes invitation to teachers to exchange additional ideas.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Carolyn is well-known for her deep commitment to effective teaching and promotion of second language learning. She continues to be a feature presenter at conferences in Canada and other countries. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Yoshimi Hirata
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Using "Anime & Manga" in teaching Japanese **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 8:45 – 10:00 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Japanese teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Japanese


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The Japan Foundation developed the new website "Japanese in Anime & Manga". The session will introduce this website and also discuss and showcase resources and classroom teaching activities using anime and manga.

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Yoshimi is a new language advisor for Alberta Education. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Serge Gingras
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">How learning (a Language) Works **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 8:45 – 10:00 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> All teachers; examples will be given for Divisions 2 to 4 in sample languages.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">In this interactive session, we will explore the main processes involved in first and second language acquisition and how approaches in second language instruction have evolved over the last few decades. A better understanding of how language acquisition works, an exploration of our own learning experiences in first and second languages, and a greater awareness of how the way each of us approaches our own learning influences how we approach teaching contribute to more effective and authentic teaching and learning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Serge has taught French and Spanish for over 25 years. His current research interests include language acquisition and retention, brain and memory, and approaches to teaching and learning. He is currently a French and Spanish instructor at the Red Deer College. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speakers: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Wieland Petermann
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Instruct? Enforce? Practice? How authentic tasks can motivate students in the German classroom **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 8:45 – 10:00 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> German Teachers of all levels
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> German

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Whether dealing with new vocabulary or with confusing prepositions, students need to be encouraged by meaningful tasks and assignments. When can exercises, pattern drills, tasks and authentic assignments be most effective for learning German? The session will look at some common activities in the class room and discuss their usefulness.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Wieland Petermann is currently assigned as the German Language Consultant within the // //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">International Education Services branch of Alberta Education. His position is // //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">co-sponsored by the Central Agency for Schools Abroad in Cologne, Germany. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">SATURDAY, OCT. 29 SESSION 2 ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Brenda Dyck
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">How tweet It Is! Customizing Your Own PD Using Emerging Technologies **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 10:20 - 11:35 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> All language teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Learn how to establish and custom design your own Personal Learning Network using Twitter and other emerging technology applications with tantalizing names like Delicious, Google Reader, and iGoogle.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Brenda Dyck is a Technology Consultant with the Calgary Regional Consortium. Brenda taught Grades 1-8 and she currently works as a sessional instructor at the University of Alberta and Red Deer College. Brenda writes Click Here! a regular column for Middle Ground Magazine, a publication of the National Middle School Association. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Vitaliy Shyyan & William Dunn
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Intercultural competence and Interpersonal Connections in the Language Classroom **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">10:20 - 11:35 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> General
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">As global citizenship and intercultural competence continue to receive increasing attention in the field, second language classrooms offer an ever richer context in which to emphasize self discovery, self expansion and community building. This session will explore the dynamics of language-culture education by focusing on the affective dimensions of building intercultural competence and interpersonal connections. It will include an introductory presentation of key concepts pertaining to intercultural competence and the value of a holistic approach that incorporates affect, imagination, and creativity. This component will be followed by hands-on demonstrations of instructional strategies and activities. //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Dr. Vitaliy Shyyan is a postdoctoral fellow at the Ukrainian Language Education Centre, CIUS, at the University of Alberta. // //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Dr. William Dunn is an Associate Professor of Second Language Education in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Alberta. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Bev Anderson & Wendy Carr
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Teaching FSL: What’s literacy got to do with it? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 10:20 - 11:35 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> FSL
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Bev and Wendy will be sharing an exciting new FSL resource that supports teachers in integrating a literacy approach in their French classrooms. Developing oral language is key to student success in learning language, and Échos Pro builds in this important connection throughout, along with comprehensive teacher support for assessment, differentiation, and inclusion. A wide variety of texts will be explored. The presenters will model how teachers can enhance students' literacy awareness and have fun learning a new language. Samples will be provided.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Wendy Carr coordinates and teaches in the French Teacher Education Program at the University of British Columbia. She has been an FSL teacher in BC for over 30 years, consultant, director and co-author of several FSL classroom professional Resources. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Bev Anderson has worked as a teacher, university lecturer, educational consultant, author, trainer & workshop presenter. She is a co-author of several classroom professional resources and she runs her own consulting service. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Wieland Petermann
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Virtual Scavenger Hunt on PASCH Website **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 10:20 - 11:35 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> German Teachers of all levels
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> German

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Participants of the workshop will have a guided tour through the website of the PASCH network which is a worldwide platform for schools with German programs. They will explore what kind of authentic resources they can find there and how they can be applied to their German language instruction. Laptops are encouraged for getting the most out of the workshop.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Wieland Petermann is currently assigned as the German Language Consultant within the // //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">International Education Services branch of Alberta Education. His position is // //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">co-sponsored by the Central Agency for Schools Abroad in Cologne, Germany. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Gena Kolay & Christina Bexte
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: **<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">The Language of the Circle: Sharing Our Stories **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: 10:20 – 11:35 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: General
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Storytelling is an ageless FNMI teaching methodology, yet universal. Learn about using storytelling as a teaching and sharing strategy and as a tool to develop intercultural competence. Sharing our stories is the first step on a journey to valuing each other and our diversity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">:

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Gena Kolay is Curriculum Manager for FNMI Language and Culture (Alberta Education). An advocate of First Nations’ Languages and Culture preservation, revitalization and retention, Gena provides support to FNMI language and culture instructors relating to the teachings of the language and culture. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Christina Bexte, Curriculum Manager Languages, is a member of the international languages team at Alberta Education. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Serge Gingras
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">How Learning works: Learning Styles, Communication Styles and Multiple Intelligences **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 10:20 - 11:35 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> General
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Each person is unique. We all communicate, interact with others, and learn differently. In this session, we will explore how people in the same learning environment interact with others and acquire knowledge based on preferred communication and learning styles. Multiple Intelligences, identified in the early 1990’s, are other parts of the self that come into play in learning and other situations. A better awareness of our own preferred Learning Styles, Communication Styles and Multiple Intelligences is helpful in understanding how we approach our own learning, identify strategies to become better learners, and better accommodate and honour our learners’ preferred ways of learning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Serge has taught French and Spanish for over 25 years. His current research interests include language acquisition and retention, brain and memory, and approaches to teaching and learning. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">SATURDAY, OCT. 29 SESSION 3 ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Melody Kostiuk
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Increasing Target Language Use **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 1:15 - 2:30 p.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> General
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">This session will focus on interactivie strategies to engage students to actively use the target language.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Melody is a Languages Consultant with Edmonton Pubic Schools. She is currently teaching a course at the University of Alberta and has experience teaching Ukrainian among other things! //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Jennifer Yates & Sharon Lonsberry
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">iPods/iPads in the classroom **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 1:15 - 2:30 p.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Second Language Teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> English


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

Come participate in this hands-on session to learn more about how to integrate iPods and iPads in the classroom. We’ll discuss oral assessments, online dictionaries, apps for learning, and accessing podcasts/videos. These tools are ideal because they allow us to provide multiple entry points and motivation for our diverse learners. Get tips on the dos and don’ts of setting up a similar program in your classroom.

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Jennifer is a teacher at Sir John A. Macdonald Junior High School in Calgary. This is her 5th year teaching FSL and has taught grades 4 through 9. She currently uses a set of 30 iPod touches in her classroom for language learning and is excited to share successes and ideas with other language teachers. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Sharon Lonsberry is the Second Languages Coordinator at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools in Okotoks and she has expertise using iPads in the classroom. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Belen Alvarez
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Contextually Relevant Word Study: One Approach to Teaching Adolescent Vocabulary **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 10:20 - 11:35 a.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Spanish Teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Spanish

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">This session will look at how to design a learning task that reflects real contexts. We'll look at discussion topics and vocabulary that relates to student interests that they'll be motivated to learn and share with peers. Our focus on learning a "real" vocabulary will include analyzing words, searching for structurally and etymologically related words, and discovering generalization about word connections.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Belen Alvarez is a visiting Spanish teacher working for the Calgary Board of Education. She has 15 years of experience in classrooms including Spanish Bilingual programs, has a PhD in Spanish Literature, is the author of numerous publications and she enjoys delivering professional development workshops. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: Rhonda Murphy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: **<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">AIM and the FSL Program of Studies **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">1:15 – 4:00 p.m.(Double Session)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: Division I, II, III teachers with little to no experience with AIM
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language Session will be delivered in **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: English with French examples

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">In this interactive, hands-on workshop, Rhonda Murphy will share how she uses AIM to motivate and engage her junior high French as Second Language (FSL) students. Rhonda will show how teachers can use gestures, drama, songs, games, questioning techniques and error analysis to introduce and reinforce high-frequency vocabulary and grammatical structures. Come see for yourself how the outcomes of the Alberta Program of Studies can still be met through using this methodology to develop high levels of fluency in elementary and secondary French students.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Rhonda Murphy (B.Ed.), a certified AIM presenter and mentor teacher, has taught junior high FSL for over a decade with Edmonton Public Schools. Encouraged by her students’ ability to communicate spontaneously and seulement en français, she strives to make each passing year more AIM friendly. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Valeria Palladino
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">The Design of Everyday Learning! Interactive Steps towards Successful Language Learning Experiences through Instructional Design! **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 1:15 – 4:00 p.m. **//(Double Session)//**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> General
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Ever thought how functionality and simplicity are essential components of the best designs of objects/ systems in our daily lives? Bring your top three thought-provoking instructional concerns from your L2 classes to this workshop and experience how the theory of design and practical approaches can shed a guiding light to reorganize your planning, offer a fresh approach to old routines and inspire you from within!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">(You’ll be asked to share your instructional concerns prior to the session.)

http://slic2011valeria.wikispaces.com/ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Valeria Palladino is a second language educator and consultant with a passion for online technologies and pedagogically sound instructional design. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> You Fu
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Authentic Material used in Language Classroom **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 1:15 - 2:30 p.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> General
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Chinese

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Based on Narrow Reading/Listening theory, this session is to discuss how to combine reading materials and video clips on similar topics chosen from media, training students to focus on theme-based vocabulary and structures. The goal is to assist students to enhance their ability to listen, speak, read and write in Chinese.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">You Fu is the Chinese advisor in Alberta Education. She has been teaching Chinese as a second language for many years in Renmin University of China, Confucius Institute at Helsinki University of Finland, Palacky University in Czech Republic. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speakers: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Roswita Dressler
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Exploring Bilingual Identity **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 1:15 - 2:30 p.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Bilingual teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">When does one begin to become bilingual? What constitutes bilingual identity? Participants in this session will learn about theoretical conceptualizations of bilingual identity and be presented two tools for exploring bilingual identity in the classroom. After sampling these tools, participants will be shown the results of recent classroom research which made use of these tools to explore emerging bilingual identity. Time will <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">be given to discuss how these tools can be used in the classrooms of participants for future classroom explorations into bilingual identity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Roswita Dressler is a Ph.D. candidate in Education at the University of Calgary. Previously she taught German and French in K-12 schools. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Rashad Amer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Language Learning Through Physical Education **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 1:15 - 2:30 p.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Grades K – 6 Teachers of Bilingual programs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> English with examples in Arabic


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The physical education class presents surprisingly rich opportunities for second language learning. Session participants will learn how this teacher effectively integrates outcomes from his bilingual program of studies with outcomes from the physical education curriculum. The presenter will share practical ideas for engaging students in meaningful and authentic language experiences in a physical education setting.

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Rashad Amer is a teacher at Glengarry School in Edmonton Public Schools. He has an // //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">M.P.E. (Administration), M.P.E. (Coaching), B.Sc. (With Distinction), and a B.Ed. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">SATURDAY, OCT. 29 SESSION 4 ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Siobhan McKaigney
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Using Technology in the Second Language Classroom **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 2:45 - 4:00 p.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> All Second Language teachers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: English with French examples

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Visual, auditory, and animation tools allow students to create and communicate which is essential to the second language classroom. There are myriad free online technology tools available. In this session, Glogster, Voicethread, and Movie Maker will be featured. You’ll leave the session with links, handouts and additional ideas that will jump start your language classes. All languages and levels will benefit from the ideas shared in this session.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">*Laptops are encouraged but not necessary.

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Siobhan McKaigney currently teaches New Media, English and French from Grades 7-12 in Canmore, AB. She has experience in FSL Classrooms from grades 4-12 and has a passion for the use of technology! She has spent time perfecting her own French teaching skills by attending summer courses in France, Switzerland and Acadia. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speakers: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Sylvia Kennedy, Amanda Stampe, Diane Foord
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: **<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Games in the Second Language Classroom! **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">2:45 - 4:00 p.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: General
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Wanting to use games in your language classroom, but not sure how to organize them or where to use them in your program? Come join us for a session of fun. Games will be set up in stations and played in English. Opportunity will be given to discuss curriculum fit and adaptation for age and language.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Sylvia Kennedy is the district curriculum leader with the Red Deer public Schools French Immersion, World Languages. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> John Zacaruk
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Simply Teaching with Technology **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 2:45 - 4:00 p.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> General
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> English

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Imagine a family of easy-to-use tools that work together to help you teach creatively and allow students to learn actively. Imagine tools that dramatically expand your teaching options and streamline how you meet everyday challenges. You could focus on simply teaching, with no worries about dealing with technology issues. Class would be more visual and engaging for students. They would learn more, and enjoy it more. Our new MimioClassroomTM family of interactive technologies provides all these benefits and more.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Description: **

//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">John Zacaruk has been asked to present on behalf of DYMO / Mimio - A Newell Rubbermaid Company. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: Rhonda Murphy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: **<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">AIM and the FSL AB Program of Studies **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">1:15 – 4:00 p.m. //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">(Double Session) //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: Division I, II, III teachers with little to no experience with AIM
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language Session will be delivered in **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: English with French examples

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">In this interactive, hands-on workshop, Rhonda Murphy will share how she uses AIM to motivate and engage her junior high French as Second Language (FSL) students. Rhonda will show how teachers can use gestures, drama, songs, games, questioning techniques and error analysis to introduce and reinforce high-frequency vocabulary and grammatical structures. Come see for yourself how the outcomes of the Alberta Program of Studies can still be met through using this methodology to develop high levels of fluency in elementary and secondary French students.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Description: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Rhonda Murphy (B.Ed.), a certified AIM presenter and mentor teacher, has taught junior high FSL for over a decade with Edmonton Public Schools. Encouraged by her students’ ability to communicate spontaneously and seulement en français, she strives to make each passing year more AIM friendly. //

**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Valeria Palladino **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">The Design of Everyday Learning! Interactive Steps towards Successful Language Learning Experiences through Instructional Design! **

**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 1:15 – 4:00 p.m//. (Double Session)// **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> General **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> English

**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ever thought how functionality and simplicity are essential components of the best designs of objects/ systems in our daily lives? Bring your top three thought-provoking instructional concerns from your L2 classes to this workshop and experience how the theory of design and practical approaches can shed a guiding light to reorganize your planning, offer a fresh approach to old routines and inspire you from within!

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Valeria Palladino is a second language educator and consultant with a passion for online technologies and pedagogically sound instructional design. // Click here to the information about the session.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Mona Lam
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session Title: ****<span style="color: #4581e3; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Make French Sizzle at Home and School with MOZAIKONLINE **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 2:45 - 4:00 p.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Target Audience: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> FSL
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Language session will be delivered in: **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> English


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Session description: **

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Make your French classes integrated, differentiated and fun! Discover our curriculum-based, online application supporting classroom education - available to teachers, students and parents. Mozaik Online offers a variety of multimedia language resources that are ready to use but are also customizable.

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Mona Lam Deslippe of MLD Solutions Inc. has been providing technology-based solutions to meet the needs of businesses and education since 1989.From data management and office administration solutions to creative websites, MLD develops computer applications that are user-friendly and adaptable. //