Name: Movies Make Meaning
Start: 2025-01-25T10:45:00-0700
End: 2025-01-25T11:45:00-0700

Welcome to SWCOLT-AZLA 2025 at Gila River Resort & Casino - Wild Horse Pass.

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Saturday January 25, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am MST

Full length movies, short films, selected scenes, cultural videos-it all fits into a proficiency based classroom to engage students on a totally different level. By harnessing the world of media, students connect with the language in a more complete and meaningful way. Come and join this session on a quest to bring videos into the world language classroom to harness the power of technology for proficiency!

Presenters: Margarita De Leon Viera & Jennifer Newman-Cornell

Speakers

Jennifer Newman-Cornell

Educator, Northwest Career and Technical Academy

I teach Spanish II, Spanish III, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature and Spanish V. I love to collaborate and work in PLCs with other teachers. I am the Professional Development Chairperson for the Professional Language Association of Nevada (PLAN-the Nevada state world... Read More →

Margarita De León Viera

West Career & Technical Academy

From Gurabo, Puerto Rico, I come from a family of educators, my mother, retired principal, Margarita Viera Pérez being my biggest inspiration. I started my career as a Theatre Arts teacher in Puerto Rico, for 8 years where I directed plays, a movie and advised a dance club. In 2014... Read More →

Movies Make Meaning (1) pdf

Saturday January 25, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am MST
Ocotillo A

60-minute presentation

Company All Languages
Audience Secondary
Subject English
Area The Learning Experience

SWCOLT 2025

Jennifer Newman-Cornell

Margarita De León Viera

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