Emerging
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to Attend the CSUMB 6th Annual
DigitalStream Conference
March 25-27, 2004
2004 Theme
Seeing and Speaking: A Vision Of Language! Please join DigitalStream’s exciting seminars, workshops, and discussions with colleagues while exploring the most effective practices and applications for seeing and speaking languages. How can the field best support the recent focus on learning strategic languages? How effective are the newest and currently available technologies? What have we learned regarding distributed and on-line course-work?
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New! DigitalStream Pre-Conference Workshops
March 24, 2004
Enhance your DigitalStream experience by joining the conference early to participate in one or two of the following all-day workshops:
| Wednesday 3/24: |
| SANAKO Lounge Workshop |
Click Here for Workshop description
Location
The DigitalStream Conference is held at the CSUMB campus on Sixth Avenue. Please see the Directions page for driving directions and a detailed campus map.
Please check-in at the University Center foyer to receive your registration materials and the conference program. The registration desk will be open from 3PM - 7PM on Wednesday, 3/24, from 8AM - 5PM on Thursday, 3/25 and Friday, 3/26, and from 8AM - 10AM on Saturday, 3/27.
Keynote Speaker - Tom Welch
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Tom Welch is currently “Director of Seeding Innovation for the
Office of the New Economy” for the state of Kentucky. There,
he is responsible for conceiving of and directing the K-16 education
initiatives for that office. He works closely with the Kentucky Department
of Education as well as the business community and governmental agencies. Mr. Welch graduated from Asbury College, KY with a BA in English and French. After teaching English and coaching debate, he was reborn as a French teacher, where his love of teaching and especially foreign language teaching really took hold. His years as a full-time classroom teacher led to an increased discovery and use of the technologies of the day. He was the first teacher in his school with a personal computer, the first one with his own fax, the first to have an email account, etc. His enthusiasm for using technology to help in the student learning process was a key to his students’ success as well. Tom was selected as Kentucky’s Teacher of the Year. In 1992, he left the classroom to become the Foreign Languages consultant for the Kentucky Department of Education. During that time, he also was elected president of the state’s foreign language teachers’ organization and also served as one of twelve members of the task force which authored the National Foreign Language Student Standards. Next, he accepted the challenge of opening a new high school that would incorporate the latest technology and curriculum innovations. As principal, he insisted that all administrators also teach one class every day. During his time as principal, He taught not only foreign language, but also an introductory math class, as well as history, humanities and a class in entrepreneurship. Always an ardent revolutionary when it came to school reform, Tom left the high school after six years as principal, to assume his current position. His passion for the effective use of technology in education has never waned and he continues to challenge his colleagues at the annual conferences of ACTFL and ASCD about the role of technology in achieving the ultimate goal, which is improving the way we help students learn. |
Conference Schedule
Please click on the day for a more detailed description of events.
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Vendor Expo
Several vendors willl be onsite to exhibit and present their company's
products and services which demonstrate best practices in the use of technology
for enhancing the teaching of languages and cultures.
Please visit the Vendor Information page for more information.
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