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ACTFL 2017
Sat, 11/18: 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Session
Omni Nashville
Room: Music Row 1
The presenter will expose the audience to how to use a free educational tool called Socrative. This tool provides immediate feedback, increases the students’ digital literacy and increases their self-paced learning and autonomy. It also visualizes their understanding and creates a supportive classroom environment.
Session Presenter
Mohamed Ansary, University of Arizona
Applicable Language
Arabic
Audience Level
All
Keywords
Assessment and Feedback
Language of Presentation
Arabic
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Technology for Building Multiple Literacies & Intercultural Communicative Competence
Half Day Workshop ($50)
Tuesday, 10 May 2016 9:00am-12:00pm Location: Wells Hall B102 Conducted by: Mohamed Ansary and Sonia Shiri
Choosing
an appropriate technology-based tool to use in the classroom should not
be random. Every tool that the teacher uses should serve a specific,
clear goal. This hands-on workshop explores free tools that teachers can
use to support different types of learning. The workshop will explore a
variety of tools that K-16 teachers can use to integrate culture into
the classroom. Some other tools will serve how to increase students’
multiple literacies to support their intercultural competence.These
strategies address the 21st century skills and the ACTFL’s
World-readiness standards such as communication, collaboration and
culture.
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My Workshops in 2015-2016
Workshop Title: Using Technology for Increasing Students’ Multiple Literacies and Intercultural Competence
(Thursday January 21st, 9 am to Noon)
Speakers: Mohamed Ansary (University of Arizona) and Sonia Shiri (University of Arizona)
Abstract:
The ever-increasing number of tools and free multimedia software can be confusing and even daunting for teachers. Choosing an appropriate technology-based tool to use in the classroom should not be random. Every tool that the teacher uses should serve a specific, clear goal. This hands-on workshop explores free tools that teachers can use to support different types of learning. The workshop will explore a variety of tools that K-16 teachers can use to integrate culture into the classroom. Some other tools will serve how to increase students’ multiple literacies to support their intercultural competence. These strategies address the 21st century skills and the ACTFL’s World-readiness standards such as communication, collaboration and culture.
Link: http://cercll.arizona.edu/development/conferences/2016_icc/workshops
http://cercll.arizona.edu/_media/development/conferences/ic_2016_program_spreads.pdf
http://cercll.arizona.edu/_media/development/conferences/ic_2016_program_spreads.pdf
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Curriculum and Assessment Workshop
In-Person Sessions:
October 28 – November 1, 2015
April 6 – April 10, 2016
Webinar Sessions:
December 7, 2015
February 8, 2016
March 7, 2016
Description:
Concordia Language Villages is continuing its collaboration with the Qatar Foundation International for the 2015 – 2016 school year. Two on-site workshops will be offered again at the Language Villages in Bemidji, Minnesota on October 28 – November 1, 2015, and April 6 – 10, 2016. The focus of this year’s program is on curriculum development and assessment. Participants will design curricula and assessments for their Arabic language programs based on ACTFL’s World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages and the principles of Understanding by Design created by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.
Beginning with the end in mind, participants will create a curriculum framework for their Arabic language program, identifying outcomes for novice, intermediate, and advanced language learners. Next they will select themes and essential questions to guide the creation of level-appropriate formative and summative performance assessments in the three modes of communication: interpretive, presentational and interpersonal. Finally, the teachers will develop scoring guides and rubrics to evaluate student performance. At the second workshop, participants are asked to bring samples of student work to share in order to evaluate the effectiveness of both the unit design and rubrics/scoring guides.
http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/adult-programs/educator-programs/workshops-consulting/qatar
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Flagship Teacher Training Workshop
from May 26th to June 5th, 2015.
Abstract:
Participants in this workshop explore a variety of strategies and technology-based tools that are designed to build students’ communication skills and to encourage personal responsibility for learning within the language classroom. These strategies are closely tied to the application of 21st Century Skills with a focus on Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity. Participants also explore ways to become globally connected educators and support their students gain intercultural competence.
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CALICO
Technology for Building Multiple Literacies & Intercultural Communicative Competence
from May 10 to 14, 2016
The ever-increasing number of tools and free multimedia software can be confusing and even daunting for teachers. Choosing an appropriate technology-based tool to use in the classroom should not be random. Every tool that the teacher uses should serve a specific, clear goal.This hands-on workshop explores free tools that teachers can use to support different types of learning.
The workshop will explore a variety of tools that K-16 teachers can use to integrate culture into the classroom. Some other tools will serve how to increase students’ multiple literacies to support their intercultural competence.These strategies address the 21st century skills and the ACTFL’s World-readiness standards such as communication, collaboration and culture.
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The announcement of my upcoming workshop with Professor Sonia Shiri :
The announcement of my upcoming workshop with Professor Sonia Shiri :
WORKSHOPS:
Using Technology for Increasing Students’ Multiple Literacies and Intercultural Competence
Mohamed Ansary (University of Arizona) and Sonia Shiri (University of Arizona)
Using Technology for Increasing Students’ Multiple Literacies and Intercultural Competence
Mohamed Ansary (University of Arizona) and Sonia Shiri (University of Arizona)
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The 2016 International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence
The 2016 International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence is almost here! It will be held in Tucson, AZ on January 21st – January 24th. Invited speakers include:
Fred Dervin (University of Helsinki, Finland): Intercultural Competence Beyond Orthodoxies.
Dwight Atkinson (University of Arizona, USA): IC from the Side: Expanding the “Cultural” in Intercultural Competence
Paige Ware (Southern Methodist University): Intercultural Competence Inside Digital Contact Zones: Spaces of Reification, Negotiation, and Suspense
The Early Bird Registration Deadline for the conference is Monday, December 7th. Registration fees for the conference increase on December 8th, so get your registration in by Monday’s midnight deadline. Please spread the word about this deadline to anyone you know who may be interested. You can find the registration information here: http://cercll.arizona.edu/development/conferences/2016_icc
Student scholarships are available, and the application deadline for all scholarships is November 25th.
Also, online/remote options are available at a reduced rate for attending the conference without leaving your office!
Finally, a variety of workshops will be offered. They are listed below for your convenience. For all other information please click on the link above that will take you to the registration information page. We are looking forward to seeing you there.
Thank you!
Best,
The CERCLL Staff
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Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL)
University of Arizona
Web: cercll.arizona.edu
WORKSHOPS:
Implementing a Shared Course Model for the Less Commonly Taught Language
Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl (Director, Center for Language Study, Yale University), Stéphane Charitos (Director, Language Resource Center, Columbia University) and Dick Feldman (Director, Language Resource Center, Cornell University)
Designing Instructional Activities to Foster Intercultural Competence through Media Literacy
Elyse Petit (University of Arizona) and Kristen Michelson (University of Oklahoma)
Using Technology for Increasing Students’ Multiple Literacies and Intercultural Competence
Mohamed Ansary (University of Arizona) and Sonia Shiri (University of Arizona)
Beyond Culture Boxes: Teaching for Intercultural Competence in the Foreign Language Classroom
Kacy Peckenpaugh (Weber State University)
Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning: The First-Year Cornerstone
Christina Frei (University of Pennsylvania) and Bridget Swanson (University of Pennsylvania)
Intercultural (Teaching) Competence from a Universal Design Perspective
Mascha Gemein (University of Arizona) and Sumayya Granger (University of Arizona)
Developing Your Cultural Intelligence: Working Effectively Across Cultures
Michele Villagran (University of North Texas; Pepperdine University)
Developing Intercultural Competencies: Common Goals for Language and Intercultural Educators
Alvino Fantini (SIT Graduate Institute)
The Literary in the Everyday: Teaching Language as Meaning through OER Texts*
Carl Blyth (University of Texas at Austin), Joanna Luks (Cornell University) and Chantelle Warner (University of Arizona)
Teaching Intercultural Competence through Oral Histories
April Brown (NorthWest Arkansas Community College), Jessica A. Schwartz (University of California Los Angeles) and Benetick Kabua Maddison (NorthWest Arkansas Community College; Marshallese Educational Initiative)
Using Games and Simulations to Promote Literacy and Intercultural Competence
Karim Ibrahim (University of Arizona)
ICC 2016 is organized by the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL); it is co-organized by the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Program. It is co-sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Confucius Institute at the University of Arizona, College of Humanities, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona and by the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Pennsylvania State University; and the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL) at the University of Texas at Austin.
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