This year, the CLTA Conference is taking place in the heart of Silicon Valley and thus offers us the opportunity to connect to the innovation that the valley represents. Thanks to our partnership with Apple, Inc., we will be able to offer 5 sessions on using Apple technologies such as iLife, Garage Band, iPhoto, iTunes, etc. The presenters, all language teachers, will join us by courtesy of Apple's Distinguished Educators' program. In order to assure that there is ample time for attendees to be able to directly interact with the applications being presented and to allow time for questions, we have been asked to limit sessions to 30 or 40 participants, depending on the presenters. The session abstracts are below.

We hope that you are as excited as we are about this new feature at this year’s annual conference. It will allow many of us to explore how to integrate these new technologies in our teaching and make learning more relevant for students.  

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Apple Tech Training

Apple and Apps

Requirements to attend the sessions below:

1. Participants will need to bring their wifi-enabled Apple laptops or iPads with the appropriate software/apps installed.
2. This is a ticketed session, and it is limited to 30 registered participants.
3. You must preregister for this session by emailing Lorraine d'Ambruoso at lordamb@comcast.net. Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. She will acknowledge your reservation. There is no additional fee to attend these sessions beyond regular conference registration.
4. You may pick up your ticket at the reservation desk.

Saturday 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Apples and Apps in the World Language Classroom, Part 1

Presenter(s): Kelly Morphy and Molly Malone, Bel Aire Elementary School (Tiberon)

This double session will focus on teaching Spanish using a wide spectrum of Apple technology, such as iLife, iWork, Garage Band, iTunes and iMovie as well as iPods and iPads. Part 1 will focus on best practices in building a dynamic website and blog, using iWeb and Garage Band.  Teachers will walk away with the ability to create and implement their own website, as well as use Garage Band to create rich language podcasts for their students. The examples will be in Spanish but they can be applied to any language. 

Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Apples and Apps in the World Language Classroom, Part 2

Presenter(s): Kelly Morphy and Molly Malone, Bel Aire Elementary School (Tiberon)

This double session will focus on teaching Spanish using a wide spectrum of Apple technology, such as iLife, iWork, Garage Band, iTunes and iMovie as well as iPods and iPads. Part 2 will focus on the use of the iPad as a motivating instructional tool in the foreign language classroom.  Apps will be presented as well as curriculum and project ideas.  Teachers will have time for some hands-on exploration of the various apps shown.  The presenters will also model the use of a document reader as a presentation tool for iPads, and how to use the website dropbox.com for file transfer among iPads and other computers. The examples will be in Spanish but they can be applied to any language. 

Creating Tech Projects

Requirements to attend the sessions below:

1. Participants will need to bring their wifi-enabled Apple laptops with the appropriate software/apps installed.
2. This ticketed session is limited to 40 registered participants.
3. You must preregister for this session by emailing Lorraine d'Ambruoso at lordamb@comcast.net.  She will acknowledge your reservation. There is no additional fee to attend these sessions beyond regular conference registration.
4. You may pick up your ticket at the reservation desk.

Saturday, 2:15-3:15

Creating Tech Projects for Assessing Student Learning, Part 1 (Keynote)

Presenter(s): Tiffini Banks and Ramon Moreno, Del Mar Middle School

The first session will give teachers a brief explanation of how they can get started using the Apple applications Keynote and Comic Life for activities and assessments.  The second session will focus on how teachers can use iMovie to have students create films that demonstrate their Spanish knowledge. Both sessions will include project ideas for middle school and high school, samples of student work, benchmarks and rubrics. The examples will be in Spanish but they can be applied to any language.

Saturday 3:45 - 4:45

Creating Tech Projects for Assessing Student Learning, Part 2 (iMovie)

Presenter(s): Tiffini Banks and Ramon Moreno, Del Mar Middle School

The first session will give teachers a brief explanation of how they can get started using the Apple applications Keynote and Comic Life for activities and assessments.  The second session will focus on how teachers can use iMovie to have students create films that demonstrate their Spanish knowledge. Both sessions will include project ideas for middle school and high school, samples of student work, benchmarks and rubrics. The examples will be in Spanish, but they can be applied to any language.

Saturday 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Creating Tech Projects for Assessing Student Learning, Part 3 (Comic Life)

Presenter(s): Tiffini Banks and Ramon Moreno, Del Mar Middle School

At this third session, the presenters will give an overview of how to use Comic Life with an explanation of basic features, including inserting bubbles and photo dragging. They will show examples of how Comic Life can be used to assess students use of vocabulary in context. Examples will include introductory bubble conversations, restaurant menus, fashion reviews, movie reviews, emotions, and friendships.  Participants will practice using Comic Life, if time allows. The examples will be in Spanish but they can be applied to any language.