Communicate » MIWLA http://www.cindykendall.com cindykendall.com Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:32:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 MIWLA Connect Update – the power of one http://www.cindykendall.com/2009/02/10/miwla-connect-update-the-power-of-one/ http://www.cindykendall.com/2009/02/10/miwla-connect-update-the-power-of-one/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:05:49 +0000 ckendall http://ckendall.edublogs.org/?p=46 Continue reading →]]> MIWLA Connect has taken off, and I have to give a lot of credit to one person, Emily Serafa-Manschot. What did Emily do? Well, Emily invited many of her world language friends in her address book to join the community, she has started blogging, and suddenly the community is gaining feet. Why is this impressive? Because Emily probably wouldn’t call herself a techie! I’m pretty excited – we have educators from around the country and world joining us.

]]> http://www.cindykendall.com/2009/02/10/miwla-connect-update-the-power-of-one/feed/ 0 Want to join an online community specifically for world language educators? Meet our ning, MIWLA Connect http://www.cindykendall.com/2009/01/16/want-to-join-an-online-community-specifically-for-world-language-educators-meet-our-ning-miwla-connect/ http://www.cindykendall.com/2009/01/16/want-to-join-an-online-community-specifically-for-world-language-educators-meet-our-ning-miwla-connect/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:49:09 +0000 ckendall http://ckendall.edublogs.org/?p=45 Continue reading →]]> Professional Learning Communities for world language teachers can play a major role in supporting the teacher in the classroom. Unlike the math, science, social studies or language arts teachers, many world language teachers are the only teacher of their content area in the building. Of course, in larger schools this is not the case, but many American schools are small, so a teacher may find himself or herself as the only teacher of Spanish, French, German, Chinese, etc. in the building.

FLTEACH is probably the oldest online community for world language teachers. It is a listserv based out of SUNY-Cortland. It is still a vibrant, email-based community where teachers can share information, support each other, and discuss their profession.

Web 2.0 communities are now providing new places for teachers to meet, discuss, and share resources. The Michigan World Language Association has started a Ning, called MIWLA Connect, which is open to anyone interested in world languages (no need to be a member of the MIWLA). We hope this Ning provides an online meeting space for world language educators, as well as a place to share resources. Members can add document or media attachments for others to access, post photos and videos, create small groups, etc.

Are you interested in world languages? Then join us on our Ning!

]]> http://www.cindykendall.com/2009/01/16/want-to-join-an-online-community-specifically-for-world-language-educators-meet-our-ning-miwla-connect/feed/ 0 Michigan World Language Association Conference http://www.cindykendall.com/2008/10/22/michigan-world-language-association-conference/ http://www.cindykendall.com/2008/10/22/michigan-world-language-association-conference/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:07:43 +0000 ckendall http://ckendall.edublogs.org/?p=36 Continue reading →]]> The Michigan World Language Association conference is starting tomorrow. The Holiday Inn South in Lansing is the location – it is centrally located, free parking, and easy to reach for many educators from the east and west sides of the state. Hope to see you there!

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