FLAG ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Pre-Conference Workshops & PLU (SDU) Classes
| PLU (SDU) Classes and Workshops require pre-registration and additional payment! |
PLU (SDU) CLASS
Friday, 8:00 a.m. 12:00 noon & 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.;
will continue on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
| "The New GPS for Modern and Classical Languages" | |
| Presenter(s): | Susan Crooks, Georgia Department of Education |
| Focus: | All Language |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| This course will introduce teachers to the new Georgia Performance Standards, backward design as it applies to language teaching, and Thematic Units. Participants will learn how to use Thematic Units in a performance based environment as well as a variety of assessments. Teachers who have not been able to attend training on the GPS would benefit from this PLU workshop. | |
WORKSHOPS
Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
| #1: "Performance Assessment: Taking a Holistic Approach to Gain a New Perspective" | |
| Presenter(s): | Kristin Hoyt, Kennesaw State University |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| This workshop will focus on how to use performance assessment to measure and evaluate student proficiency and how performance assessment easily lends itself to learner differentiation. You will be exposed to examples and tips on how to effectively expand your assessment repertoire and how to choose from all the available testing options. Handouts will be provided. | |
| #2: "Dyads, Triads, Quads & Quints" | |
| Presenter(s): | Marie Bruner, Harrison High School |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| Activities for pairs, trios and teams. From group games to effective pair activities, how can we make sure that learners enjoy cooperative group experiences while being engaged and held accountable for their work? There will be LOTS of hand outs and resources to build your repertoire of assessments, activities and classroom management ideas. | |
| #3: "Get With It: Language Teaching in the 21st Century" | |
| Presenter(s): | Marcia Spielberger, Consultant, World Languages, Santillana |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| This workshop is designed as a "mini-refresher" for teachers who want an update on teaching world languages. It will include discussion and activities on several interesting topics including: Teaching in Context, Backwards Design, Meaningful Language Production, Reading Strategies and Sustained Use of L2 in the Classroom. We will have fun creating new activities and trying them out! | |
Friday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
| #4: "So Now You Google, But Do You Moodle?" | |
| Presenter(s): | Lee Burson, Carrollton High School |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | Secondary & Post-Secondary |
| Have your students ever begged you to do writing and reading assignments? See how one teacher has used a very user-friendly program to generate excitement for writing tasks in an upper level class. Learn how you can add Moodle into your coursework to create and manage writing tasks while giving your emerging writers a genuine reading audience-their own classmates. Best of all, it's free! | |
| #5: "Engaging (Adolescent) Learners through Thoroughly Thrilling Thematic Units" | |
| Presenter(s): | Vicki Alvis, Autrey Mill Middle School & Jamie Patterson, Webb Bridge Middle School |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| Create the components for thematic units that you can begin to implement on Monday, using local curriculum, textbooks and Georgia Performance Standards as a framework. Presenters will model an easy-to-use template for unit design along with assessment tasks and lively activities in Spanish and French that will lead students to increased communication, cultural understanding and enthusiasm for the target language. Handouts and chocolate provided. | |
| #6: "Not Just for Fun: Games with a Pedagogical Punch" | |
| Presenter(s): | Jennifer Wooten, University of Georgia |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| This interactive workshop will model how theatrical games and exercises can be used to engage students' bodies and minds in building community, acquiring linguistic and cultural competence, and even resolving conflict. Participants will play physical games and exercises throughout the workshop and discuss possible applications of these techniques in their classes. | |
| All paperwork required for recertification, professional credits, PLUs, etc. is the sole responsibility of the conference participant. FLAG assumes no liability with regard to credits for conference attendance. |
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