TALS

The Texas Association of Language Supervisors presents
A TALS workshop led by Thomas Sauer, October 7, 2010 (San Antonio)
 * It's Flat World After All: Creating Communities for Generation C **

This workshop focuses on new kinds of literacies for a new generation of learners. Media, Information, Network, Interculturality, Digital Citizenship, and other 21st Century Literacies are the building blocks for creating learning experiences where students are learning to teach themselves and make global connections. District Language Supervisors will work in teams using web 2.0 tools to create a community that is designed to flatten the learning experience for themselves and others. The workshop is designed to open doors to new modes of teaching and learning and focus on the learner an a world language communicator, collaborator and creator.

Learning Targets As a result of this workshop:
 * I can appreciate the potential of globally collaborative projects for students and teachers - increasing internationalism, inter-cultural understanding, and global awareness.
 * I can understand the power of Web 2.0 tools & learn how to choose the right tool for connecting learners, teachers and classrooms.
 * I can begin to build a professional/personal learning network (PLN) of interested and enthusiastic colleagues, both face-to-face as well as virtual participants.
 * I can desgin a hands-on workshop model where student-centered, project-based learning is fully integrated with a technology-rich environment. The strategies, structures and techniques in this model are easily applied to the classroom setting.

Focus Questions
 * What could (should) learning look like in the future?
 * How can we begin to embrace the future, today?
 * How can global collaboration bring the world into our classrooms?

Navigation Use the links at left to navigate, or start here:
 * See who's here on the participants list
 * Start your group project
 * Start (or continue) a conversation about the Future of Learning
 * Explore (and add to) the cohort resources