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NNELL Summer
Institute
July 12-14, 2013
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| February 2013 |
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| NNELL Webinars |
Thank you to those of you who attended NNELL’s first
webinar by Al Martino titled
Literacy and FLES Connecting to the Common Core
Learning Standards. It was a success and
is now available
online. Members can view it on demand for free and
non-members view it for $35.
Registration is still open for our final webinar in
March:
 Engaging
Students through Digital Storytelling
Presented by Dorie Conlon Perugini
Date: March 21, 2013
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST
In today’s digital age, sharing stories with our global
community is becoming more common as new technologies
and apps make creating digital storybooks quick and
easy. In this webinar we will discuss the advantages of
using digital storytelling in the elementary foreign
language classroom. We will also explore how to use the
tools you already have available to create beautiful
digital stories that fit seamlessly into your
curriculum.
In celebration of NNELL’s 25th anniversary, all three
webinars are free to NNELL members.
Non-members may participate for $35 per webinar. To
register for webinars, go to
http://www.nnell.org/webinars after January 1, 2013.
For details on the webinar topics, presenters,dates and
times, please visit
http://www.nnell.org/webinars.
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Advocacy Update |
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NNELL is seeking members who wish to be part of the
Advocacy Committee. We are looking for help in three
different areas:
- Submit links for the monthly publication
Newsworthy, a publication which offers links to
important articles and websites with information and
resources for parents, educators, and policymakers
advocating for K-8 programs.
- Review and briefly summarize links submitted by
NNELL members for Newsworthy.
Lead discussions, post questions and share advocacy
ideas on the NNELL Advocacy Google Group. These are
non-voting positions. Any communication sent out to the
membership under the name of the Advocacy Committee must
first be edited and approved by the Early Language
Learning Advocate and the NNELL President.
Your input and expertise has the potential to help
many people around the nation. Please contact NNELL’s
Early Language Learning Advocate, Tammy Dann at
tdann@nnell.org if
you are interested in becoming a member of the Advocacy
Committee.
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We need your
help! Contact Your State Senators and Representatives
Sequestration (an across-the-board spending cut to all
discretionary federal programs) is set to go into effect
on March 1st of this year. If nothing happens to prevent
it, large cuts to Title I and IDEA will go into effect,
meaning jobs and services lost. Important language
programs, such as the K-12 Language Flagship initiative
and STARTALK, will also experience significant cuts if
sequestration is not prevented. If elected officials
agree to spending cuts that avert sequestration, there
will still be winners and losers. Now is the time for
language advocates to speak up – in an effort to protect
critical programs.
ACTFL, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages, is leading an advocacy effort to prevent
these cuts. Please help with this effort by sending a
message to your senators and representative telling them
that funding for language and education programs are
important to the future of our country! It will only
take a few minutes – click this link to make your voice
heard.
http://capwiz.com/actfl/home/ |
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Remind others to renew their membership |
 As the new membership year gets underway, remind other
early language educators that NNELL wants to keep
members connected to others interested in early language
learning around the nation. Have them consider joining
NNELL or
renewing their membership today so that they can
take advantage of all that NNELL has to offer! |
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Save the Date - NNELL Summer Institute |
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NNELL Journal Now
Available |
 The
Fall/Winter edition of Learning Languages is now
available in the Members Only area.
Please click
here to access the Members Only area to
view this publication. Thank you! |
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