Renew - Refresh - Rejuvenate
World Language Workshop Spring 2023
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Self Care for Teachers and Students
Suéltalo (Castilian), Libre soy (latino), Déjalo (Sr. Wooly)
Portable Practices for Promoting Self Care - ideas to make daily changes
Move It Monday - ideas to a healthier week, has resources for Move It Monday with friends or co-workers
Calming Technique Tournament - Josh Rooke, several breathing activities to calm students, and students get to vote on favorite
Conferences and Online Professional Development
Comprehended! - Online conference with excellent presenters, available until May 2023
Comprehensible Bootcamp - Martina Bex, online sessions and live language lessons.
Fluency Matters Conference - July, best conference ever
NTPRS - Blaine Ray hosted, CI conference
NILA - Nebraska Association October converence
News from NDE
Guest Lecture Series - most sessions are recorded for the last 3 years, wide range of topics
World Language Newsletter - news from teachers around the state, and opportunities for training
Nebraska Seal of Biliiteracy - information on how to apply for the Seal
TechSnack - bite-sized tips on using technology (Flippity, Blooket, etc,)
Assessments and Seal of Biliteracy
AAPPL Proficiency Data with CI - video with Carrie Toth (Comprehensible Classroom)
Nebraska Seal of Biliiteracy - information on how to apply for the Seal
Podcasts and YouTube series
CI Diaries - with Kristy Placido and Carrie Toth, about 25 minutes focused on various topics: reading, ADI, etc.
Teaching la Vida Loca - with Annabelle, lots of videos from her classroom, great brain break ideas, and more
Teaching Spanish with Stories - Adriana Ramirez, lots of short videos on various strategies
Immediate Immersion - with Scott Benedict, variety of topics: power of repetition, student engagement, etc. Also Let's Create Hour - $10 per session, focused webinars with guided work time.
ChatGPT
ChatGPT - sign up (free) page
DALL-E - create images from natural language text
ChatGPT Examples from Workshop (PDF document)
More resources and examples - list of how to use, and research on the use of ChatGPT
Reading
Teacher Shared Ideas
Michelle Kluver - Post-reading
Tamina Hartman - shared folder ideas
More Ideas
Dr. Stephen Krashen - The Good News in Reading Research - Video on reading research
Respuestas a un texto - prompts to respond to text
One-pagers - Students summarize or reflect on a text using text and images
The World Language Bookshelf - a compilation of of class novels with brief summaries (currently for sale and where to buy)
6 Strategies to Spice Up a Reading (Comprehensible Classroom)
Learning Through Reading - Adriana Ramirez's YouTube Channel
Big CI Strategy Harvest - a database with strategies for pre and post reading and more
Persona Misteriosa - Example of using slides to provide text about famous people
How Comprehensible Must Reading Be - examples of 80, 85, 90, 98% comprehensible.
Movie Talk (or Clip Chat)
Movie Clips Database - a collection of short video clips recommended by teachers for use as clip chats, some with additional resources
Picture Talk
Fascinating Comparison Photos - a variety of photos that compare: grandfather - grandson, same nature scene in all seasons, a polluted vs clean beach, etc.
Movies and series
CEAuthres - 3 Disney series with ideas for student interaction: El Club de los Graves, Tierra Incognita, Siempre fui yo
Demos of MovieTalks or ClipChats
Martina Bex - Demo of Espacio Sideral by Jesse y Joy
Michele Whaley - Demos by teachers
How do I do movietalk? - Chris Stolz
Simon's Cat Resources - Martina Bex, free
Resources for movietalks - Dustin Williamson
Speaking
Speaking Activities and Assessments for World Languages - some fun ideas for including speaking activities in the World Language classroom.
Mi opinión - student prompts for expressing opinions
Cultural Resources
FB Arte en México - topics include sports, art, current events and more with photos
Listening
30 Listening Activities - with explanations and link to database with many more
BingoBaker - example of bingo card for Diego, multiple cards can be printed or students can play online as teacher provides prompts
Curriculum examples
Communicative Task-Based Units - example of one teachers curriculum units
Desmos Activity Collection - database of Desmos student activities - lots of ideas
Other
Ideas for the French Classroom - variety of ideas
The Research Behind Comprehensible Input - What is profiency? excellent explanation of CI, the research and the practice
Desmos Activity Collection - inactive activities for Spanish and French
Organizing Your Lessons and Resources
Lesson Plan Template - (adapted from Scott Benedict webinar) - lesson plan template to copy and use
Movie Clip Template - use to store the video clips that you use for classes
Tech Tools
TIP: Add an emoji at the front of a folder name to bring the folder to the top of the list in Google Drive. Where to get emojis? Getemoji.com
After Workshop Survey - Please complete at end of the workshop. Thank you!
Brain Breaks
Boom, clap snatch: We did Pie, mano, agarra
Boom, boom - body parts and grab a toy
Two and a Crayon - in pairs, students one crayon (or marker) to draw a picture
Hachi pachi - Annabelle Williamson, video with instructions
Presentation Slides - links to today's presentation slides in Canva
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