Games in The Remote Language Classroom: Aer We Doing It Right?
Read the article in the ACTFL Distance Learning Special Interest Group Fall 2020 Newsletter (pages 12-16) DL_SIG_Newsletter_Fall_2020_FINAL
On ACTFL First Virtual Convention; Highlighting Success.
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Professional Development Dec. 2020
Virtual Escape The Room Game For Language Teaching; Tips and Suggestions on Creating Your Own
Read the full article here: End-of-Year-2020-rev. Massachusets Foreign Language Association Newsletter pages 7-9
Creating and Enhancing a Community Feeling in my Remote Class; All About Attitude
Read the article here. (Connecticut Council of Language Teachers’ World Language Exchange, pages 11 – 13)
Spooky Not So Spooky Halloween!
A workshop for creating and using virtual Escape the Room Game in the class. Yale Center for Language Study. Slides from the Presentation:
Tech-Tips for the Connecticut Council Langage Teaching
Reducing Learner Anxiety While Learning Remotely
Read the full article in The Language Educator, SUMMER 2020|VOLUME 15|ISSUE 3
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Towards a Stress-free Academic Year 2020 – 2021!
Read it on the American Association of Teachers of Arabic site (Click here)
Escape The Virtual Room; Arabic Restaurant Edition
Today I used the first Virtual Escape room that I made. Click here to see if you can “escape the room”!
Digital Storytelling: The Answer To Boosting Culture When Teaching Language Remotely
Read the full article here (pages 10 to 12).
Enjoy a perfect Zoom class session every time!
How to Zoom teach like a pro! Read Full Article Here.
Share Fair 2020!
In order to maintain a connection to some physical aspects that we missed when we had to move our class online, I created a Weekly Book Club where we were reading the physical book. Nothing beats flipping the actual page 📚.
Planning for Project-Based Language Learning
Certificate of Completion from this year’s Summer Institute. This indicates fulfilling requirements equivalent to two graduate-level semester credits, encompassing the following activities:
- developed and outlined a contextualized project-based language learning task;
- fostered language proficiency development through the design of appropriate communicative events embedded in project-based language learning experiences;
- employed effective scaffolding strategies for language, content, interactions, process, product, and use of technology;
- designed effective assessments for project-based tasks;
- used appropriate technology for supporting project-based language learning.
Consider The Physical Environment As You Teach Online
Read Full article in the CT COLT Summer 2020 Newsletter (page 12) to find out why you might want to stand when you teach online.
Madrasa Platform Animates book and adds it to library
Madrasa is the biggest Arabic online educational program serving over fifty million learners. A Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiative, it is run in cooperation with UNESCO, UNICEF and ICESCO. I am both happy and proud that they selected my book to be animated and added to their library. Link to videos here and here. … Continue reading Madrasa Platform Animates book and adds it to library
Summer Proficiency Institute
Engaging Group Activities During Synchronous Sessions
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“Teacher Strong: Ready for Whatever Fall Throws at Us”
Two weeks ago, the New York Council for Teachers of Arabic held it’s first virtual summer institute under the title “Teacher Strong: Ready for Whatever Fall Throws at Us”. Over three days, over 75 Arabic language educators in and outside the US attended presentations that were devoted to designing engaging synchronous sessions as well as … Continue reading “Teacher Strong: Ready for Whatever Fall Throws at Us”