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Spring 2013
"Back to Basics: Technology in Moderation"
Description: Do you ever want to turn off PowerPoint for five minutes? Have you ever been in a classroom with no computer, projector, or Internet? Do you have a great idea of how to keep your students focused without using too much technology?

In five minutes, each presenter will share a classroom activity that they have developed to reduce the use of technology in the classroom. In our era of computers, smartphones, and tablets, sometimes students are more familiar with phone applications and social networks than how to have a face-to-face conversation. A foreign language class with limited technology can still be fun and effective, focusing on the four main skills that are targeted in the classroom.
Hurst   Sarah Kay Hurst
French and Italian
“A Kinesthetic Connection: Learning Vocabulary through Spirited Gestures”
Lidster   Ryan Lidster
Second language Studies: Intensive English Program
“Variations on the ‘Relay’ Task for Fun, Fluency, Form, and Formative Assessment”
Treusdell   Kelsey Treusdell
Spanish and Portuguese
“Garfield’s (Im)perfect Day: Practicing Aspect through Storytelling”
Showalter   Cate Showalter & Ryan Lidster
Second language Studies: Intensive English Program
“ ‘Histograms’ for Encouraging Meaningful Interaction”
Trotter   Veronika Trotter
Slavic Languages and Literatures
“Word-Paper-Scissors”
Young   Jocelyn Young
Spanish and Portuguese
“Lo tengo! Using Bingo to Aid in Vocabulary Acquisition in the Spanish-Language Classroom”
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About Share Fair
  • Come Meet Colleagues
  • Hear Practical And Proven Suggestions You Can Use
  • Ideas From All Languages Are Welcome
  • A Variety of Refreshments Are Provided
Presentation Parameters
*Presentations at the Share Fair are limited to 3-5 minutes. We encourage presenters to invite audience members to participate and actually "do" the classroom activities you share.  In other words, the Share Fair is not a place to just "tell" and discuss theory. Rather, it is a place to "show" and "include" the audience in hands-on activities, each of us can modify as needed and use in our language classrooms!
The focus of each Share Fair event is determined by the theme of the semester, but other topics are not excluded. You can use the following as suggestions or hints on how to fit your idea into the theme:
  • Technology (internet, e-mail, video, computer- assisted language learning)
  • Four skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing)
  • Culture (big C and little c)
  • Learning strategies
  • Group-work
  • Pragmatics; language in a social context
  • Pronunciation
  • Time management/ class organization / classroom etiquette
  • Testing and assessment
Share Fair Archive
  • 2012 Fall - From Foreign to Familiar: Overcoming the "Strange" for New Language Students"
  • 2010 Spring - "THE “6TH C”CYBERTWIST On Foreign and Second Language Acquisition
  • 2009 Fall - “Warm-Ups and Wrap-Ups”
  • 2008 Spring - Beyond the Reading Comprehension Questions: "Hearing" Texts, "Speaking" Texts, and "Writing" Texts
  • 2007
    • Fall - Hot off the Press: Bringing the World to Your Classroom
    • Spring - Learning Through Art
  • 2006 Fall - Beyond The Textbook
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