Conferences and workshops

I was lucky to attend NECTFL this year and present with the absolutely wonderful Rebecca Blouwolff. If you haven’t attended your regional conference, and you have the ability to attend- you should! There are really great sessions by a variety of presenters. Also, if you have been presenting on your own and haven’t presented with

FLENJ Presentation and Reflections

I was excited to participate in the series of Tech Chats with the Foreign Language Association of New Jersey! I will say that I have been eyeing some of the former chats and really wanted to go, but things are hard. So give yourself some grace (a big part of the chat!) and know that

ACTFL Reflections: Authentic Resources

This ACTFL, I really wanted to make sure that I had a chance to see people who I don’t get to see all year.  Therefore, my sessions weren’t focused on one single thing, but I ended up with a few key strands that I can develop and focus on this year.  One of the first

Brillante Domingo, ideas for tomorrow and post-ACTFL

Happy Friday Sunday!  I am straight up exhausted from ACTFL, and I didn’t even have to travel that far to get home!  I have been to three other ACTFLs, but this one was incredible.  It was a great mix of friends from home, friends from afar and new friends.  Thank you so much to everyone

Hometown guide to ACTFL

I am so excited for ACTFL this year!  Literally, my social calendar typically only has one or two events per weekend.  However, this weekend, my schedule is packed!  I am sure that you are already trying to figure out what sessions to attend (me too!) and what to wear.  Luckily for me, many teachers have

EdCampCIVa reflections 2019

I am so happy to report that we had another successful edcamp this year!  It continues to grow, and we were up to 53 people this time!  It has been great to see the same faces year after year, so we can start to really develop a relationship that goes beyond professional development.  And as

FLAVA: Motivating Students to Talk during Interpersonal Tasks and Assessments

Other Maris Hawkins Resources

Today, I wanted to give a quick round-up of places where you could find more of my resources as a few deals on going on today/tomorrow! I am participating again at Comprehensible Online!  In my session, I detail how I spice up whole class novel instruction.  At first, I really struggled with it, but now

Reflections from NECTFL: Part I- This Week

This was my favorite NECTFL ever!  Granted I have only been to one other one before- but it was still my favorite!  I was able to connect with many more language teachers than before, Michelle Walpole was pretty much my conference buddy (and I could count on her to know where to go if I

Accessible Authentic Resources: NECTFL 2019

NECTFL has been so amazing this year!  While I will have to probably post 10 blog posts to digest all of the information- my biggest takeaway has been- why didn’t I do workshops sooner?  I learned so much my first day alone!  Today, I will be presenting on how to make authentic resources accessible using