movement that ended slavery in French colonies 170 years ago. His father was Alsatian,  and lived in Fessenheim, where a Schoelcher museum has recently opened. I will share my visit, materials gathered there, 

Schoelcher’s historic role in politics, and an activity that teachers can use in class. See attached handout!

This hands-on session will walk participants through Google TourBuilder, Quivervision apps., Google Cardboard, HP reveal, and Google Expeditions. The session will cover the pros and cons of each app, in addition to practical applications you may be able to use in your classroom Monday. Participants may benefit from downloading the apps prior to the session to be explore the features of each more fully. 

Presenters:
 Pattie Davis-Wiley
 Monica Frazier
This session will provide K-8 WL teachers with a variety of WL digital resources and access to the dedicated PBworks website established as a Virtual Learning Community for TN K-8 teachers.  Pattie and Monica are Tennessee's state representatives to NNELL, National Network for Early Language Learning (nnell.org).

Description:
For athletes, the benefits of weight-training are self-evident: muscles require resistance to get stronger. But what forms of resistance might promote stronger language proficiency? From outward-facing group seating arrangements and chanted dictations to phonetic spellings and radio quizzes, this presentation will explore counter-intuitive ways for building proficiency in the immersive language classroom. It will focus on ways to improve classroom activities using unconventional wisdom (designed obstacles) to generate more robust back-and-forth talk among learners. 

Description: World language assessment emphasizes student proficiency in communication of the target language. Recent ACTFL standards and proficiency guidelines push teachers to design lesson instruction and assessment that allows students to take on ownership of the language. Teachers may be hesitant to redesign lessons toward this new design, but the IPA allows them to turn their already-made lesson plans into a proficiency-based assessment model that creates a sense of empowerment in students as they become more proficient and develop their own voice!
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