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2010 Teaching Foreign Languages with Technology Workshop
Instructors
Prior to doctoral studies, Erin was a high school Spanish teacher, EFL teacher, and language curriculum developer. She taught at two area independent high schools (Phillips Academy at Andover and Concord Academy), the public high school in Tyngsborough, MA, the Community Day Charter School in Lawrence, MA, and a public school outside of San José, Costa Rica, where she volunteered as an English teacher through the WorldTeach program. During her time at Concord Academy, Erin served as the Wilcox Fellow Mentor Teacher and was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study Caribbean-American trans-migration at the University of Puerto Rico. Erin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University, where she got her A.B. in Comparative Literature (Spanish/English), and she received her Ed.M. in Technology, Innovation and Education from Harvard University.
Testimonials: Cick here to read what participants have to say about our workshops. Draw on the experience of hundreds of teachers, administrators, educational technology staff, library-media specialists, and others who have attended our workshops over the years. Registration: To register, please complete our Online Registration Form. Please note that your registration is not complete until we receive payment. If you have any questions please email EdTechTeacher's Community Relations Director Bev Boos or call (617) 947-7972. Payment: The cost of the two-day workshop is $595. There are two workshop payment options:
Please note: Space in our workshops is limited and they have sold-out in recent years. Spots are guaranteed on a first-paid, first-served basis so please expedite payment as soon as possible. Cancellation Policy: You can receive a full refund for your registration payment until June 1. After June 1, you will receive a full refund if we can replace you with a person from a waiting list. Otherwise you will receive a 50% refund for cancellation. Waiting List Policy: If the workshop is full, we'll put you on the waiting list, and let you know what your position is on the list. Computer Equipment: The workshop has a strong "hands-on" component, so you are encouraged to bring a laptop (or tablet) with wireless capability to the workshop. Professional Development Credits: We have applied for graduate credit from Boston University for two-day and three-day workshops. We do not expect a decision until Spring 2010. In past years we have provided PDPs (Professional Development Points) from the state of Massachussets -- 1 PDP per instruction hour - and we have again applied for authorization to provide PDPs. Hotel information: There are plenty of hotels near Boston University. Please visit the Boston University Hotels for a list of nearby options. Parking Information: There is a $10/day cash parking lot a few hundred yards west of the School of Education on Commonwealth Avenue. The closest T Stop is the Blandford Street Station on the Green Line (B). Food: Lunch is not provided, though coffee and bagels will be offered in the morning. Registrant Survey: All participants are asked to complete a pre-workshop online survey. It will be e-mailed to those who completed both registration and payment. The survey will help us identify participant needs and objectives and may influence the topics covered during the workshop. Questions: If you have any questions please click here to contact EdTechTeacher's Community Relations Director Bev Boos or call (617) 947-7972.
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This intensive two-day workshop will offer hands-on opportunities for Foreign Language educators to explore practical ways to use technology to enhance instruction of the 5 C's framework (Communication, Culture, Community, Connections and Comparisons), with specific attention to listening, speaking and writing skills. The workshop will explore innovative ideas, effective techniques, and thoughtful plans for incorporating Web-based resources, social media, and new and emerging technologies into classroom instruction of Foreign Language, with an eye towards building global awareness, collaboration skills and critical thinking. Participants will examine numerous examples of the best Foreign Language resource web sites, work with innovative tools to help students practice and improve their speaking, listening and writing skills, develop fluency with Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, and online social networks, and learn how to connect their students with others from around the world. They will also be introduced to vibrant online learning communities so that they may engage in their own ongoing learning and professional development long after the workshop’s end. Examples of technologies’ use in foreign language classrooms will be drawn from a variety of contexts and languages, and the workshop is appropriate for teachers of any foreign language. The combination of presentations, resources, and hands-on lab time to explore will leave participants with strategies to build creative, collaborative, and community-minded classrooms of the 21st century.
Erin McCloskey is a doctoral candidate in the Learning and Teaching program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), where she does research on online teacher professional development, focusing on the relationship between technologically-mediated learning and intercultural learning. Her dissertation is a qualitative investigation of how a internationally diverse group of English-as-a-Foreign-Language teachers, in the context of an online professional development course, develop their intercultural competence and build capacity to foster similar skills in their classrooms. Erin received the University’s prestigious Presidential Fellowship upon admission into the doctoral program. She has taught professional development courses about sheltered instruction for ELLs through the School for International Training in Brattleboro, VT; served as an advisor to pre-service secondary school teachers in the Boston Public Schools through the HGSE Teacher Education Program; advised HGSE faculty on the incorporation of technology in instruction; and served as a teaching fellow for several HGSE courses in the Technology, Innovation and Education program, including Teaching for Understanding with New Technologies, Emerging Educational Technologies, and Engagement and Motivation: Technologies that Invite and Immerse. Currently she is the principal consultant on a project to develop online courses for Costa Rican Spanish-literacy teachers, in collaboration with Costa Rica’s leading distance university, La Universidad Estatal a Distancia, and Amigos del Aprendizaje, an NGO dedicated to promoting research-based literacy practices in Costa Rican public schools. 
Tom Daccord is co-Director of EdTechTeacher and author of Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology: A Practical Guide for Teachers by Teachers and The Best of History Web Sites. A veteran "laptop teacher" who instructed in a wireless laptop environment for seven years, Tom has been featured in the Boston Globe ("Making Tech Connect," December 29, 2003) for his contributions to teaching with technology. He is creator and co-webmaster of Best of History Web Sites, an award-winning portal that receives upwards of two million visits a year. He is also co-director of The Center for Teaching History with Technology, whose mission is to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Montreal, Tom has taught in France, Quebec, Switzerland, and the United States. He has taught in French and English and has worked with ESL and EFL students from numerous contries. Tom has presented on educational technology topics at various national and regional conferences and has led workshops for foreign language teachers at both public and private schools.