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California Language Teachers' Association
CLTA News Flash
- In this issue:
- You can still register for the conference
- Conference Hotel Reservations
- Conference Interest Sessions
- Apple Training Sessions at Conference
- Continuing Education Units at Conference
- Our Sponsor: Southern Oregon University, Summer Study in France and Mexico
- Guinness World Record in Fair Oaks, CA? - 24 hour live webcast
- Educators are now using the videoconferencing tool to connect foreign-language students to native speakers
- Need a teacher? Need a Job?
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CLTA Conference 2011
- Theme: South Bay Language Cabaret
- March 17-20, 2011
- Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, California
- Although the pre-registration period is over, you can still register for the CLTA Conference with a late fee of $50. In order to be processed, all mail-in registrations need to reach Sue McKee, conference registrar, by Saturday, March 12. If you wait to register on site, the on site registration fee is $100.
- Online conference registration
- Go to http://tiny.cc/2373o.
- Registration Information
- Please read before completing registration
- Note from Registrar
- If your school is sending us your registration, please send in a copy directly to the conference registrar when you submit it to your school. This way we can hold your place and watch for your registration to come from your school.
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Conference Interest Sessions - Special training for Apple users
- Apples and Apps in the World Language Classroom, Part 1 and Part 2: iLife, iWork, Garage Band, iTunes and iMovie as well as and iPads.
- Creating Tech Projects for Assessing Student Learning, Part 1 (Keynote)
- Creating Tech Projects for Assessing Student Learning, Part 2 (iMovie)
- Creating Tech Projects for Assessing Student Learning, Part 3 (Comic Life)
- Requirements to attend these:
- 1. Participants will need to bring their wifi-enabled Apple laptops and 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 these sessions by emailing Lorraine d'Ambruoso at lordamb@comcast.net. She will acknowledge your reservation.
- 4. You may pick up your ticket at the reservation desk.
- 5. There is no additional fee to attend these sessions beyond regular conference registration.
- See complete descriptions of the Apple sessions
- Conference Registration Online
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Continuing Education Units
Attendees at the CLTA Conference can earn up to 2 units of Continuing Education Units offered through San José State University. Registration information and attendance logs will be available at the Hospitality Desk at the conference. One unit of credit is available per 10 hours of sessions (for $70), 1.5 units per 15 hours (for $105) and 2 units per 20 hours (for $140. To get the full 2 units of credit, a participant would need to attend at least one of the 3-hour workshops offered on Thursday. Payment can be by credit card or personal check.
- For Conference Questions
- Paula Hirsch, Conference Coordinator
- phirsch@windwardschool.org
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- This CLTA newsflash is sponsored by
- Southern Oregon University is now accepting applications for the 2011 Summer Language Institutes in Guanajuato, Mexico & Angers, France. A hands-on program for working Spanish & French Teachers
- *Option to earn a Master's Degree in Arts & Letters with emphasis in Language Teaching"
- Check us out at http://sou.edu/summerlanguageinstitute E-Mail: sli@sou.edu
- Call for details: (541) 552-6743 Also on Facebook!
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- Guinness World Record in Fair Oaks, CA?
- 24-hour marathon LIVE webcast about the benefits of language study
- Local high school students to attempt Guinness World Record for longest live, uninterrupted webcast Feb. 22-23 for Discover Languages Month
- High school students in Fair Oaks, California, and their teacher, Nicole Naditz, have put together a 24-hour marathon LIVE webcast about the benefits of language study in honor of Discover Languages Month. The entire webcast will stream live out of Naditz's classroom at Bella Vista High School from 8:30 a.m. Feb. 22 through 8:30 a.m. Feb. 23. Viewers will be able to watch live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/discover-languages-discover-the-world
- See details.
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- Need a teacher? Need a Job?
- Go to CLTA's Jobs bulletin board. Post your job opening. Post your name as a candidate.
- http://www.clta.net/jobs/
- Contact us:
- Lorraine D'Ambruoso, Executive Director
- CLTA, 1688 Sandyrock Lane, San Jose, CA 95125
- (408) 448-5356 (office/home)
- lordamb@comcast.net
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