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Fall
Conference - Call for Proposals!
The
MinneTESOL Fall Conference 2009 will be November 6 and 7, 2009. For
details on location (The Northland Inn), keynote speakers, and much more,
go to www.minnetesol.org and click on Fall Conference.
The Call
for Proposals is now available. Please consider submitting a proposal and
sharing your expertise with your colleagues!
www.minnetesol.org
2009
Essay Contest Winners!
Congratulations
to our 2009 Essay Contest Winners:
Adult: Tong Vue
College:
Kyung Joo Cha
Secondary: Ekaterina Dahl
Elementary: Mor
Yang
Read all the essays by clicking the link below.
A big
thank you to all the learners who submitted essays, their teachers, and to
Laura Funke for coordinating this contest.
2009 Winning
Essays
College
Interest Section Event
On
May 16, 2009, the College Interest Section held a spring workshop at the
Minnesota Literacy Council entitled "Innovations in Technology for
Nontraditional Adult College ESL Learners." Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt started
out the workshop with a presentation on free resources from the Center for
Language Education and Research (CLEAR) at Michigan State University. She
highlighted the Revisions tool for writing classes, audio drop boxes, and
conversations. She demonstrated ways of using these resources by showing
us her Wiki's capability.
Alicia Andre from MCTC presented her
ongoing development of a hybrid course. She showed us her challenges, and
how she has overcome technical difficulties by modifying course content.
Her use of the Flip video Web cam showed the ease to which we can use a
laptop to video shoot and edit. She showed us ways to use the tools for
classroom management as well.
Linnea Barton of U of MN Crookston
showed us the evaluation of simplicity of use vs. time investment-one of
the frequent challenges of using online resources in analyzing the payoff
to the developmental aids. She created guidelines for analyzing the best
use of online technology: consider goals first, think of integration,
don't underestimate complexity, provide necessary support, and involve
students in decisions. Web sites were given out by all instructors.
As we move more and more toward integration of technology, these
workshops will be increasingly necessary to have. Thanks to the presenters
and the attendees who gave up a spring Saturday morning to learn more
about technology.
-from Ann Browning-Zerby
Wisconsin
TESOL Conference
The
Wisconsin Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (WITESOL) and
the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Bilingual/ESL Program are
pleased to announce a Call For Proposals for our 2009 Joint Conference-
Tell Me a Story: Sharing our stories, Sharing our lives
Friday
and Saturday, October 9-10, 2009
Holiday Inn and Convention Center,
Stevens Point
Share how you engage children and adults in
imagining the possibilities for themselves as they learn language. Tell
authentic stories of culture. Describe advocacy, successful instruction
and current research and continue a tale of professionalism, cultural
exchange and community that is evolving in Wisconsin and across the world.
To submit a proposal click on:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Dy_2fNJfh6GK5I3nv7dqYD1g_3d_3d
Please
note: Deadline for submissions is July 1, 2009
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Advocacy
Volunteers needed!
MinneTESOL
is working to do more in the area of advocacy for ESL teachers and
learners, as well as issues related to our profession such as immigration,
language, and education policy. Are you interested in getting involved? We
are forming an Advocacy Committee, and we need your help! Please contact
Patsy Vinogradov at patsy@minnetesol.org.
Watch this page for more
links and information related to advocacy issues. And if you have a link
or resource we should share with our membership, please let us
know!
Volunteer
Scanning Needed!
As you know, the Minne WI TESOL Journal is now an online publication.
This medium allows our journal to be available and accessible to anyone
with an internet connection.
However, many years of past journals are only available on paper.
We'd like to scan these journals in and post them online, so that
these excellent articles could also be easily accessed. We need a
volunteer to take the time to scan and save these articles for posting.
Could you help us? Instructions and guidance will be offered, if you
can provide the time and dedication! Contact Patsy at patsy@minnetesol.org
if this is the job for you!
CARLA
Summer Institutes
Most of the CARLA Summer Institutes are Full!
This has been another banner year for the CARLA summer institute program.
Six of the institutes have already filled and for several of those
the waiting list is also closed. Many of the others are close to filling.
Go to the CARLA institute web page to check availability before you
register.
Registration Details
The cost of each of the CARLA summer institutes is $350 if registration
is received by May 31, 2009 and $400 after that date. More information
and registration forms are available on the CARLA website at: http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes.
To request a copy of a brochure you can email the CARLA office at:
carla@umn.edu.
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