Feb

10

MIWLA Connect Update – the power of one

February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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? [...]

Jan

16

Want to join an online community specifically for world language educators? Meet our ning, MIWLA Connect

January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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!