Extending Community: Stories, Culture & Technology in the Classroom

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How can cultural experience help to develop language skills? How can we reach beyond the classroom to create a sense of community? This session explores the spheres of personal narrative and technology and how they intersect with ESL to open rich opportunities for teaching and learning.

Ginna Allison — educator and award-winning public radio producer, Web developer and writer — is fascinated by the possibilities for language learning through personal history and folklore.

Christine & Regina

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