FLTP Share Fair and Guest Speaker Ed Dixon Friday, April 19th 2013

Join us on Friday, April 19th in Hellems 145 for our FLTP Share Fair and a presentation by Dr. Edward Dixon from the University of Pennsylvania.

8:30-9:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:15 Creating an Online Course -- Judy McDonald (Italian)
9:15-9:30 VoiceThread Grammar Presentation on Subjunctive -- Alina Van Nelson (French)
9:30-9:45 Teaching Chinese Culture Using Prezi -- Xuechun Wang (Mandarin Chinese)
9:45-10:00 Online Assessment -- Sangbok Kim and Nigora Azimova (Korean)
10:00-10:15 CU Italian Program on Facebook -- Nivea Soto-Lightbourn (Italian)
10:15-10:30 Using the D2L Dropbox Grademark Feature for Essay Feedback -- Anne Becher (Spanish)
10:30-10:45 The iPad and the World Language Classroom -- Rebecca Allison (German); *Apps Used at the University of Denver in Foreign Languages
10:45-11:00 Social Media, Community, and Language Acquisition — Catheryn Phipps-Orive (Spanish) (CANCELLED)
11:00-11:15 Using Google Docs to Collaborate -- Jennifer Campbell (Linguistics MA TESOL)
11:15-12:00 Lunch
12:00-1:00 Keynote Speaker: "Live Online Language Instruction: Advancing Language Education Beyond the Classroom and its Impact on Educational Practices and Professional Development" Dr. Edward Dixon
1:15-1:30 Déjeuner du Matin -- Patricia Mosele (French)
1:30-1:45 Flipped Learning -- Amber Navarre (Chinese)
1:45-2:00 Weebly: An Easy Way to Create Websites -- Susanna P. Pamies (Catalan & Spanish)
2:15-2:30 Collaborative Writing with a Wiki in a Spanish Class -- Jorge Martínez Guillem (Spanish) 2:30-2:45 Plus ça change? Google Plus in the Classroom -- Alison Hicks (Libraries) (presenting via Skype from Argentina)
2:45-3:00 Hybrid Spanish 2110: A Work in Progress -- Courtney Fell (Spanish)

* The Share Fair flyer is available here

Dr. Edward Dixon began his career at the University of Pennsylvania as the Coordinator for Technology in Foreign Languages and has been a Lecturer of German since 2002. In March 2009, he became Penn Language Center's Technology Director and is active in a variety of areas related to classroom instruction and faculty training with technology. Dr. Dixon is a past-president of the Northeast Association for Language Learning and Technology and in the summer of 2010, he taught the first distance learning course in a foreign language for credit from the University of Pennsylvania. His article, "Building a model for online distance courses through social media and networks" appeared in October 2012 in a volume of papers he edited for the International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments.

As a preamble to his presentation, Dr. Dixon has forwarded us a brief interview on an article that he published last year titled, "Building a Model for Online Distance Courses Through Social Media and Networks". Check out the interview at: http://www.igi-global.com/newsroom/archive/interview-edward-dixon-first-hand/1484/ 

Note to FLTP Participants:

• You will receive 1 FLTP credit for attending 4 sessions (up to 2 credits total) 
• You will receive 1 FLTP credit for attending the keynote presentation from noon-1pm 
• You will receive 1 FLTP credit for presenting

FLTP Portfolio Intensive, Saturday April 6th and 13th 2013

The FLTP portfolio intensive sessions begin this Saturday!

The portfolio intensive is designed to help CU language faculty, instructors and TAs/GPTIs as they complete the last steps of their FLTP teaching with technology portfolio. To view past FLTP portfolios, visit http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/portfolio_showcase.shtml 

Here is a glimpse of what we will be covering on both days.
*Please note: there may be subtle changes to accommodate our visiting presenters.

Saturday, April 6th (8:30 to 3:30) 
8:30 to 9:00am: Breakfast and introductions
9:00am to 11:00am: Teaching philosophy workshop with Anne Becher (Spanish department)
11:00am to 12:00pm: Introduction to Portfolio Design (we'll look at examples, discuss content & purpose
Lunch break (30 min)
12:30pm to 1:00pm: Paper prototype (you will outline the structure of your portfolio on paper and receive feedback on the organizing scheme)
1:00pm to 2:30pm: WordPress workshop (you will create your site, the pages and subpages and get to know the program)
2:30pm to 3:30pm: Participants continue building their portfolio & Photoshoot (optional/if the weather allows it).

Those who are interested will be offered the opportunity to have their picture taken (to include in their portfolio). (Note: wear a professional top if you plan to have your photo taken)

Saturday, April 13th (8:30 to 3:30)
* Notes from April 13th
8:30am to 9:30am: Presenting content (how to present a lesson plan or an activity in your portfolio using text, images, video and annotated screenshots)
9:30am to 11:00am: Participants continue building their portfolio
11:00am to 12:00pm: Resume workshop with Annie Piatt from Career Services
Lunch break (30 min)
12:30pm to 2:30pm: Participants continue building their portfolio & Photoshoot retakes
2:30pm to 3:30pm: Participants will exchange constructive criticism of each other's portfolio

To sign up for the Portfolio Intensive: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/

To Bring:

• Your personal computer that has all of your class material on it (lessons etc) 
• A CV or Resume (this does not need to be updated) 
• A teacher's statement/philosophy (if you have one) 
• Lunch or plan to pick something up on the hill

FLTP Credits: Workshop participants will earn one FLTP credit for each day of the portfolio intensive. Please keep in mind that we expect participants to attend the full day.

Please contact Edwige or Courtney if this is not the case.