Innovation Showcase for World Languages
December 11, 2013
Statesville High School
Welcome to a day of professional sharing of best practices!
You will choose 3 different sessions to attend throughout the day.
Please go directly to the location of your first session when you arrive.
Time
Session Title & Description
1: 00-1:50
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Option 1: “Blended Learning in the World Language Classroom” with Dr. Campbell from Duke
University, Patty Magnuson from South High, and students who participated in the program:
Participants will learn about the Global Leadership Institute Program which offers cross-cultural
opportunities, educational programs, and curricula materials for to educators. (Rm B120.)
Option 2: no longer available
Option 3: “The Sound System, Technology in the Classroom, & Second Language Strategies”
Marcela Nasri, Maria Roldan, Raquel Swierczewski & Melissa Heinrich from Northview IB: This
session includes three mini-sessions that all address closing learning gaps. Participants will first
learn a strategy for teaching decoding skills to increase pronunciation accuracy that has been
successful in a Spanish classroom. Next, presenters will share various ways to engage students in
instruction through technology tools and targeted strategies. (Rm.B122)
Option 4: “The Layered Curriculum” Presented Virtually by Sherrard Lewis: Participants will learn
about differentiated instruction based on Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences
meshed with Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy to provide every child with an individualized educational
plan full of choices, curiosity, and engagement. (Rm. B123)
1:50-2:00
Transition to 2nd session
2:00 – 2:50
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Option 1: “Blended Learning and Differentiation” Presented by Brittany Brown & Rosario Garcia
of West High: What does it feel like to be a student in a blended learning classroom? Join this
interactive session that moves learners through a blended learning activity that focuses on
differentiating instruction and meeting learner needs. (Rm.B120)
Option 2: “Blended Learning examples in French and Spanish” with Leslie Plyler, Jennifer
Husbands, and Alba Lopez from Statesville Middle: Stations will include activities on interpretive
communication, verb conjugation and practice, as well as a station for sharing ideas and concerns
with blended learning. (Rm. B121)
Option 3: “World Language Assessments” with Helen Williams of Lake Norman High: Participants
will dig deeper into the NC DPI World Language Assessment Examples and use them to create
meaningful, proficiency based assessments that you can use in your classroom. (Rm. B122)
2:50- 3:00
Transition to 3rd session
3:00 – 3:50
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3:50 – 4:00
Option 1: “ACTFL Updates” Presented by Brittany Brown & Rosario Garcia of West High:
Participants will get timely updates from the ACTFL national conference. Content of this session
will be driven by presentations from the conference. (Rm. B120)
Option 2: “SAS Curriculum Pathways” Mitsi Upshaw from South Iredell High School: Participants
will be able to register for a free account through SAS Curriculum Pathways. After registering,
teachers will be able to create customized lesson plans to use in their Spanish (as well as Social
Studies, Math, Science and English) class the next day! (Rm. B121)
Option 3: “eBooks and Technology in the World Language Classroom” with Kim Fox & Hannah
Lee of North Iredell High: Learn how students can use eBooks and other technology to reflect on
learning, and to improve skills. Find out about a method for immediate feedback that cuts down
on cheating and individulizes not only instruction, but assessment. (Rm. B122)
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