My Presentations

 Sponge Activities for the World Language Classroom

Keeping it Real: Using Authentic Materials

Engage, Excite, and Envigorate with Music- with Charlies Beattie and Alysha Homlquist Posner

Diversity in the German Classroom with Bartell Berg and Charlene Heinzman

Increasing Student Engagement

Do the Inclusive Thing with Daphne Warren

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