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Nelson French Connection FSL Educator Network
Club |
| Looking
for a venue to share ideas with your peers?
Need a place to discuss
current issues in FSL education today?
Nelson Education is offering
the solutions you need with the Nelson French Connection
FSL Educator Network Club - a brand new online professional
learning community for teachers across Canada. |
Why
join Nelson French Connection? |
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French Connection provides a unique forum to: |
- Regularly discuss your teaching issues with fellow Core French
instructors from all across Canada
- Participate in on-going professional development specific to
Core French instruction
- Receive free activities linked to current theories and research
discussed for immediate use in your classroom
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| The
Nelson French Connection format |
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French Connection uses a program called Elluminate (www.elluminate.com)
to provide online sessions for participants. Live sessions allow
participants to: |
- Listen and view the session over the internet at home or at
school
- Direct message or use a microphone to communicate with fellow
club members or the session's speaker
- Respond to survey questions and see results immediately
- Receive files with classroom activity suggestions
- Write in a whiteboard environment to interact in small-group
activities
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| 2007/08
Professional Development Topics |
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Nelson French
Connection presents a wide-variety of monthly
topics. Each topic will be presented by a special guest speaker
with professional expertise on the subject at hand.
Note: Dates
and topic of sessions may change due to presenter availability.
The club adminstrator will keep you informed by email of any
changes.
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September 12th |
Introduction: How to Use
Elluminate (30 minutes only) |
| November 7th |
Assessment Basics and Management |
| January 16th (delayed) |
Instructional Strategies Part 1 |
| February 13th |
Instructional Strategies Part 2 |
| March 26th |
Balancing the Four Skills |
| April 23rd |
Developing and Maintaining Positive Attitudes
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| May 21st |
Networking |
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- Format: Online
- Workshop Length: 45 minutes
- Start times are always 7:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
- Sessions are offered as a live, interactive session after-school/evening
(depending on your time zone)
- Sessions are then archived after a live session so that you
can watch and listen when it is most convenient to you
- An open 30-minute "follow-up" session aimed at discussing
implementation strategies and success stories follows one week
after each PD session.
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Member
Sign-Up Form
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Click HERE
to register online! |
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