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- Description - Have you been wanting to create your own website but don’t think you have the time? Well, think again! Google has completely revamped their Google Sites app and has made it highly user friendly and efficient to use. In under 15 minutes you will have a sleek, professional website that you can use to house materials, make announcements and welcome parents.
Description - The francophone world is prolific with great songs that can enhance our lessons about culture and grammar. So how are you using music and music videos to hook your students ? Come share your ideas and hear those of others who share a passion for music in the French classroom. Each attendee should be prepared to share an idea, activity, or song they have used with other attendees.
- Description - Come learn about ACTFL’s Integrated Performance Assessment and how you can begin to create your own. From the Interpretive phase to the Interpersonal phase, students use information they learn from readings and audios to engage in meaningful interactions with other students. Learn how to select the appropriate resources and create task based activities to help students showcase what they learned.
- Description - We often hear how French is losing ground to other languages but is that really the case? Perception is reality, so let’s work together to change the perception. Come hear what other districts are doing to encourage students to choose the language of Molière and CONTINUE their studies through senior year. Each attendee should be prepared to share an idea, activity, or strategy they have used with other attendees.
- Description - Guest host Evan Downey of St. Luke’s School, New Canaan, CT will present an example of a lesson designed using the Project Based Learning pedagogy and take your questions on how to make it work for your classroom. This webinar will give you all the information you need to employ this approach yourself.
- Description - We all know QuizLet is a good study tool for students, but are you maximizing it's full potential? Come learn how to use QuizLet to:
- create games like 'Password,' 'Guess who?,' 'Chutes and Ladders'
- make Interpersonal Speaking tasks similar to the AP Exam
- personalized Dynamic Dictionaries for students
- prononciation practice
- and more!
- Description - Creating rubrics can be a time consuming task. Filling out rubrics for each student can be even more time consuming. Calculating the grade using the rubric and a calculator is the most time consuming! Come learn how you can create an electronic rubric that when combined with Google Classroom will make the process more efficient for you and your students. Participants will learn how to format cells to look like a rubric as well as learn various types of formulas that will automatically calculate a total rubric score, convert the score to a percent grade and even provide the letter score. No knowledge of Google Sheets (or Excel) required!
- Description - Are you thinking of organizing a trip to France or Québec? Or do you want to start an exchange program with a sister school aboard? Have questions? Don't know where to start? Or are you concerned about the future of your existing program? Come learn about all the phases of planning, implementation, and maintenance of these types of programs. Topics to be discussed include:
- Trip/Exchange Objectives
- How and why to choose a destination
- Gauging student, parent, & administration attitudes towards trips & exchanges
- The various phases of planning
- Insurance and student safety
- Chaperone Responsibilities
- Post-Trip Evaluation
- And more!
- Description - Do you wish you could easily edit audio files for use in class? Have you been wanting to create AP-like simulated conversations using signal tones and 20 second response times? Have you tried various audio editing software but find them difficult to use? This webinar will present the free, downloadable software Audacity which allows users to import various audio file types, edit them and download them into an MP3 format. The ease of use of this software makes it a must have for all language teachers of all levels.
- Participants will learn how to:
- Download and install the free software
- Import an audio file to be edited
- Delete unneeded sections of the audio & insert other audio clips or silence
- Changing the speed, tempo, pitch and other audio effects
Level-up your power points & Google slides with pear deck
- Description - Using PowerPoint/Google Slides is a good way to present information to your class and/or engage students in various formative assessments with whiteboards. But do you wish there was a way to increase student engage and see how well each individual student is understanding (or not) the lesson at hand? Come learn how you can use Pear Deck to take your current presentations to the next level of student engagement with activities that will provide you with specific data on every student. Pear Deck allows you to embed different types of questions into a presentation format while students a device (either personal or school provided) to respond to these questions. The responses are then collected in a Google Sheet for analysis later on. Come learn the tips and tricks to make to transform your presentations!
- Participants will learn how to:
- Create a Pear Deck presentation
- Import an existing PowerPoint Presentation or Google Slide
- Embed questions such as true/false, multiple choice, open-ended & yes/no.
- Export results into a Google Sheet and plan for future instruction
- NOTE: Pear Deck requires that all users (both teachers and students) have a Google account. Typically, this means that a school or organization has implemented Google Apps for Education.