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Friday, March 7
 

8:00am PST

D03 Let's Celebrate! Mark your calendars for a year of holiday activities. (ticket required)
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Brickstones
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Through the lens of celebrations, guide students to recognize the diversity and commonalities of the world cultures they are studying. This is a hands-on workshop with activities in all three modes to use at various holidays. Included will be letters, greeting cards, decorations, poetry, partner and group activities, and suggestions on how to adapt them to various proficiency levels and languages.
Presenters
avatar for Sally Mearns

Sally Mearns

Team Leader, Stanford World Language Project
I am a retired French and Spanish teacher and have retired for the second time form my posiition as the Site Director of the Stanford World Language Project.
avatar for Hélène Chan

Hélène Chan

Retired-SWLP
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Brickstones
  Workshop, 3-hour

8:00am PST

D06 (6-hr) Generation AI (ticket required)
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 3:45pm PST
Shutters West 1
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How is AI changing education? In this hands-on workshop, teachers will explore how generative AI can impact workload, lesson creation, and student outcomes. Dive into AI's privacy concerns and discuss its current limitations while discovering tools and prompts that can support vocabulary, stories and comprehension. We’ll also review student-friendly AI resources for future classroom integration.
Presenters
avatar for Bethany Thompson

Bethany Thompson

Digital Learning Coordinator, Vanguard Preparatory
Technology, French, eSports, Turkey Farms
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 3:45pm PST
Shutters West 1
  Workshop, 6-hour

5:00pm PST

F03 (2-hr) La cultura en el aula de español:el deporte (ticket required)
Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Courtyard 1
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How do sports create a reality to hispanic culture in the Spanish classroom? Explore the origins of the Olympic games, the role of women in sports and celebrate hispanic champions and sports heroes. This session includes interactive activities that enrich cultural competence via sports.
Presenters
avatar for Ines Garcia Sal

Ines Garcia Sal

Education advisor, Spanish Embassy Education Office
I work for the Spanish Embassy education office in Los Angeles. We promote and support the teaching and learning of Spanish through different programs such asSummer courses in Spain 2022: deadline April 1st 2022 North American Language & Culture Assistants (NALCAP) Application pe... Read More →
Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Courtyard 1
  Workshop, 2-hour
 
Saturday, March 8
 

11:15am PST

G06 Cultivating Compassion and Language: The Power of Culture and SEL in Education
Saturday March 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PST
Shutters West 2
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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Discover how to integrate Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into world language classrooms using cultural comparisons. Gain strategies to enhance student engagement, character development, and cultural competence. Collaborate to create lesson plans that align SEL with language goals, leaving with practical tools and a renewed commitment to holistic education.
Presenters
avatar for Brooke Campbell

Brooke Campbell

World Language Sales Consultant, Klett World Languages
At Klett World Languages, we strive to foster a love for learning world languages by creating meaningful content that not only sparks students’ curiosity but also transitions into real-life practice. Through our inclusive, communicative, and collaborative Spanish, French, German... Read More →

Saturday March 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PST
Shutters West 2
  Interest Session

2:00pm PST

H05 Unlocking the World with Virtual Exchanges
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Shutters West 2
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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Explore transformative benefits of virtual exchanges. Virtual exchanges offer authentic communication experiences, enhance interpersonal speaking skills, boost confidence for proficiency assessments, pave the way to the Seal of Biliteracy, and develop 21st-century skills. See how you can empower your students to become adept communicators and global citizens.
Presenters
LI
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Shutters West 2
  Interest Session

2:00pm PST

H07 Coffee and Curriculum: Crafting Thematic Units with Ease
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Great Room 8
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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Join us to blend fresh ideas and practical strategies for crafting engaging thematic units. We’ll infuse your teaching with the rich flavors of coffee culture using versatile resources, including gems from Voces Digital. Leave with renewed energy and inspiration to create lessons as satisfying as your favorite cup of coffee!
Presenters
JM
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Great Room 8
  Interest Session

3:00pm PST

I05 Using Social Media to Engage and Develop Language
Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
Gallery
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Social media reels in a language classroom? Yes, please! Engage students using content from social media influencers that provide authentic materials that can be used across all levels of instruction. Explore opportunities to simplify planning and grading while increasing student interest in language learning.
Presenters
avatar for Valerie Sun

Valerie Sun

Principal, Duff Language Magnet Academy
Hello! I'm the proud principal at Duff Language Magnet Academy, a 50/50 Chinese Dual Immersion Program in Garvey School District. When I'm not a principal, I am a teacher leader in LA STARS with instructional strands that focus on dual immersion or dual language programs. I love sharing... Read More →
Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
Gallery
  Interest Session

3:00pm PST

I07 Elevate Your Summer: Paid Travel and Professional Development as a CIEE Program Leader
Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
Shutters East 1
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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Interested in a paid summer position that allows you to travel and provides free professional development? Come learn how you can make a difference in the lives of high school study abroad participants while gaining valuable intercultural and experiential learning training. You’ll get the inside scoop from a panel of experienced program leaders and hear how they grew professionally.
Presenters
avatar for Stephen Bush

Stephen Bush

Regional Director, Global Navigator Programs, CIEE
Sponsors
avatar for Stephen Bush

Stephen Bush

Regional Director, Global Navigator Programs, CIEE
Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
Shutters East 1
  Interest Session

5:45pm PST

K08 Motivating your students with MUSIC & DANCE in the classroom!
Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Great Room 8
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Come learn techniques to keep students motivated and engaged in the classroom! Music and dance enrich the learning experience, boost engagement, and promote cultural competence by exposing students to the diversity of Spanish-speaking countries. Incorporating music and dance offers a dynamic way to reinforce culture, language acquisition, and student engagement.
Presenters
avatar for Abraham García
Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Great Room 8
  Interest Session
 
Sunday, March 9
 

8:00am PDT

L11 Express, Embrace, and Inspire: Build Students’ Connectedness Through Creative Writing
Sunday March 9, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Great Room 6
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Do your students have opportunities to express themselves and share their interests in class? Through creative writing in the target language, they can showcase their strengths, interests, and cultural backgrounds. Strategies for writing and reading will be shared to enhance learning. Let’s express and embrace distinct ideas and values while building connectedness through students’ written works!
Presenters
JT
KR
Sunday March 9, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Great Room 6
  Interest Session

10:00am PDT

M07 Interactive Tools and Cultural Connections: Transforming the Dual and World Language Classroom
Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Great Room 6
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In this interactive session, participants will explore strategies to engage students while using technology, real-life cultural contexts, and small-group activities. By examining students' work samples and participating in some engaging activities, attendees will discover the power of students engaging and its positive impact on their learning outcomes.
Presenters
LB
MK
Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Great Room 6
  Interest Session

10:00am PDT

M09 Enhance Your Playlist and Liven up Your Classroom with Songs that Reinforce Spanish Language Structures: Let’s Share Our Playlists!
Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Shutters West 2
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Want to enhance your classroom playlist? Come see how you can post songs and create activities in your LMS that are centered in music from around the Spanish-speaking world. Participate in an interactive session that highlights songs that showcase culture and all the tenses we teach. Let’s share the songs we use to enhance our upbeat classrooms while promoting cultural understanding for students.
Presenters
AS
Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Shutters West 2
  Interest Session

10:00am PDT

M11 A Day at The Museum: Using PBLL to Design Engaging Language Experiences (Part 1)
Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Courtyard 1
Feedback Survey
Project-based language learning (PBLL) has been shown to motivate students, but designing projects can be an arduous process. This session uses a museum project inspired by PBLL to provide a template for designing engaging projects that extend beyond the classroom and foster global connectedness even when it is not feasible to include all elements of traditional PBLL.
Presenters
SL
FL
Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Courtyard 1
  Interest Session

11:00am PDT

N03 Incorporating AI into Chinese Language and Culture Learning
Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Loft 1
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The use of AI in language teaching and learning has become a popular topic of discussion among educators. In this presentation, the presenter will introduce how she uses ChatGPT to design prompts that enhances a variety of class activities, discussions, projects, and assessments. The presenter will also introduce other functions of ChatGPT in her use of various class tasks.
Presenters
YG

Yujie Ge

Santa Clara University
Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Loft 1
  Interest Session

11:00am PDT

N04 Culturally Connecting the Classroom with the School, Familes and Communities
Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Great Room 8
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What are ways to connect classroom content with the rest of the school, families, and local communities? Interactively learn to create "culture connect" activities for any language, at any level.
Presenters
MT

Mari Takahashi

Teacher, South High School
Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Great Room 8
  Interest Session

11:00am PDT

N09 Decolonizing our classrooms
Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Brickstones
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Have you seen the word "decolonize" used to refer to various school subjects and curriculums? Does this seem daunting, confusing, and/or too political to you? No need to wonder anymore! In this session, the presenter will show four ways to begin the process of decolonizing your classroom, providing guidance along the way. There will be plenty of opportunities for collaboration and questions.
Presenters
avatar for Edward Stanko

Edward Stanko

Spanish teacher and Department Chair, World Languages, Patrick Henry High School
17th year Language educator; grew up surrounded by the Spanish language and Mexican culture; coffee addict and book nerd; obsessed with all things SLA
Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Brickstones
  Interest Session

11:00am PDT

N11 A Day at The Museum: Using PBLL to Design Engaging Language Experiences (Part 2)
Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Courtyard 1
Feedback Survey
Project-based language learning (PBLL) has been shown to motivate students, but designing projects can be an arduous process. This session uses a museum project inspired by PBLL to provide a template for designing engaging projects that extend beyond the classroom and foster global connectedness even when it is not feasible to include all elements of traditional PBLL.
Presenters
SL
FL
Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Courtyard 1
  Interest Session
 
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