This website is an online version of NOVASTARTALK, a modular workshop designed by Northern Virginia Community College to help teachers integrate technology tools and 21st century standards-based language pedagogy in less commonly-taught language (LCTL) classrooms. NOVASTARTALK is a project of the National Security Language Initiative's STARTALK program, a federally-supported initiative that promotes the teaching of critical languages in America's schools as well as the creation of learning materials, courses and workshops to support those languages.
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Register for NOVASTARTALK 2012 Summer Institute (7/2-7/6 and 7/9-7/13)

NOVA STARTALK is a summer institute in its sixth year designed to help teachers integrate technology tools and 21st century language pedagogy in the Arabic and Chinese curricula. Arabic and Chinese teachers in each language will create a collection of activities to expand the curriculum presently in place. The networking that has resulted from this course in the two past years has enriched instruction and created a bond between teachers who have worked in teams in and out of our STARTALK setting.

Teacher trainees will experience a face to face workshop with hands-on instruction by experienced leaders in technology-enhanced teaching and learning. Overt instruction will be provided on how to integrate technology and the five C’s of the National Standards at the same time.  At the end of each session, all trainees will participate in a product showcase.

  • Session 1: July 2-6 (No Class on July 4th)
    Beginner and Returning Students
  • Session 2: July 9-13
    Continuing 2011 Students and Advanced

Classes are held from 9am - 5pm with a one-hour lunch break.  Students will have access to the labs to allow ample time for project creation.  All instruction is held at Northern Virginia Community College's Arlington Center (behind the Holiday Inn):

Welcome

Videos: NOVASTARTALK participants talk about how they've benefitted from the activities learned in the F2F workshop.


NOVASTARTALK Online is an online resource that supports a summer institute designed to help teachers use technology tools and 21st century language pedagogy in the official STARTALK languages. In the face-to-face program, Arabic and Chinese teachers in each language have created technology-enhanced activities to expand the curriculum presently in place in their schools. The STARTALK teachers typically work in teams during the workshops and continue to collaborate during the school year at conferences and through the use of wikis and blogs.The networking that has resulted from this program in the past three years has enriched instruction and created a bond between teachers in and out of our face-to-face STARTALK setting.


What Participants Learn to Do


  • Apply the Standards for Foreign Language Learning while creating STARTALK language materials.

  • Apply the principles of brain-compatible learning and differentiated instruction in the activities that they produce.

  • Use technology tools that promote real communication and student engagement in language classes (i.e. QUIA, MERLOT, wikis, blogs, podcasts, social media, social bookmarking, screen capture, audio and video tools, cartoon-makers, word clouds and more) 

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