Nov

15

Communicate has moved!

November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Please visit http://www.cindykendall.com  Thanks and see you there!

Oct

12

This blog is on hold

October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’m considering whether or not to stay with edublogs or use my own hosting. Check back!

Nov

18

ACTFL 2009: Off to the house of the mouse

November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages national conference is at the Swan and Dolphin in Orlando. The program looks interesting and it is always invigorating to meet with fellow educators for discussion and networking.  I’ll be presenting two hands-on technology-focused workshops: Integrating Technology into Instructional Practice (6 hours) and Enter the Conversation: [...]

Oct

22

Michigan World Language Association Conference

October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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!

Jul

3

Empowering others

July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment

I just returned from co-facilitating a 10 day intense professional development institute called Mentoring and Leadership for K-12 Chinese teachers at the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University. Cherice Montgomery, my co-facilitator, did a tremendous job with curriculum development. The participants were phenomonal – what a great group of teachers of [...]

May

30

Obama: support for world languages?

May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

During a campaign stop in Colorado, Obama indicated that in order to compete in our global economy everyone should be bilingual or even trilingual. Read more at Obama Urges Education Reform.
What I find interesting about this comment is here we have a presidential candidate who himself has second language experience (Indonesian) and third language experience [...]

Mar

24

Delaware looking to add world language proficiency requirement for graduation

March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Delaware is the latest state to consider adding a world language proficiency requirement for high school graduation. Delaware Online highlights the positive move and support of the World Language Task Force, State Board of Education, etc. Kudos to Delaware!