Activity Name: IWLA Technology Strand 2009
Activity #: DR290299991001
Activity Dates: October 9, 10, 2009 (paperwork due October 17th, 2009)
Location: Marriott-Downtown Des Moines & DMACC Urban campus
Credit: 1 License Renewal Credit through Heartland AEA 11
Please note: You cannot receive credit for BOTH the IWLA Conference & and the IWLA Tech
Strand—you must choose one or the other this year.
Activity Description: Participants will attend and document their participation in a variety of
technology-oriented sessions at the 2009 IWLA conference and will also attend the postconference workshop at DMACC. The sessions offered will include topics related to pedagogy
and applications of second life, virtual travel, wikis, Moodle, audio drop boxes, etc., for use in
the foreign language classroom. To conclude their experience, participants will post their lesson
plans and reflection papers on the group's wiki so that we can learn from each other and reflect
on other possible applications of this technology in the future.
2009 IWLA conference sessions with a technology focus (participants should
attend/document FOUR of these for credit):
Saturday, October 9th (IWLA conference)
8:00-8:50 Challenges of Teaching in a Classroom/Lab
10:45-11:35 Using Music and Music Videos to teach Grammar and Vocabulary
2:10-3:00 CALL evaluation: Effectiveness & impact of Spanish learners using a web-based
multimedia program
3:10-4:00 Software in a Stick: Portable open-source software for language learning & teaching
4:40-5:30 Wrap-up session, discuss credit requirements, sharing session of learning so far
Saturday, October 10th (morning-IWLA conference)
9:30-10:20 Top Technology learning tools from a Digital Immigrant
10:30-11:20 Virtual Travel along the Camino de Santiago
11:30-12:20 Teleport, fly, dance, and build: new skills for language learning in Second Life
Saturday, October 10th (Post-conference workshop)
During the post-conference workshops on Saturday, October 10th, participants will attend 2
sessions according to their preferences (determined at registration).
Lab #1 - 1:00-3:00 - Audio/Visual, 3:00-5:00 – Audio/Visual
Lab #2 - 1:00-3:00 - Getting your class online, 3:00-5:00 - Getting your class online
Lab #3 - 1:00-3:00 - Webtools, 3:00-5:00 - Electronic portfolios.
To receive credit, participants should complete the following:
1. Submit a session list reflecting the presentations/workshops you attended
2. Submit a 2-3 page summary/synthesis of what you learned from these sessions. This may
also include further questions that you have or analysis of the hurdles you may face to
implementing some/any of these applications
3. Submit 1 lesson plan detailing how you will use/apply at least 1 technological application
you learned about.
4. Submit a “course evaluation”—available online at the Heartland website
Items 2 & 3 should be posted to the IWLA Tech workshop wiki (directions will be provided at
the workshop) so that your fellow participants can share in your learning and hopefully get other
ideas for how they could apply them.
Deadline for completion of these tasks is October 17, 2009 to receive Heartland credit.
“Grades” will be submitted on October 19th, and you must be registered by then in order to
receive credit.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Below are the directions to register online for license renewal credit through Heartland.
Participants are to mail their own registration form and payment to Heartland if paying with a
check (see instructions below). NOTE: Participants must be registered before the last day of
the course. To maintain the participant's security, instructors are asked not to handle
registration forms and payments.
Course Title: IWLA Technology Strand 2009
CREDIT CARD PAYMENT-1. To register for credit and paying with a credit card, please go online to www.aea11.k12.ia.us.
Under the Quick Links Area, click on Professional Development Catalog. This is the most secure
way to register with a credit card.
2. On the catalog search page, scroll down to OR Enter an Activity Number and enter the
activity number: DR290299991001
On the Activity Detail page, under “Fee Option” choose: o $25.00 - License Renewal Credit
Remember....You can only register for credit online with a credit card.
After you click Add to Cart, please verify or correct your personal information and click Submit. -On the Shopping Cart page:
o Click “Pay-Credit Card.” This will take you to the credit card site. Once you have completed
the payment process, click the button “Important: Your registration is NOT COMPLETE until you
CLICK HERE” once to complete your registration and then wait for confirmation
You may verify successful completion of the registration process by returning to the “Search for
Activities” page and click “To view your class history and current enrollment Click here…”
CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYMENT-To register for license renewal credit and paying by check or money order, please print off the
registration form that you can download from the website (located under Quick Links....
"Classes, Workshops and Trainings").
If you need assistance, please call Professional Development at 270-0405 or 1-800-255-0405,
Ext. 14354