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As a conference co-chair for the Third VirtuaTELL Conference, I am pleased to announce:

Conference Theme: Technology Enhanced Language Learning: Investigate, Identify, and Innovate

There will also be an Innovative Technology Use Teacher Competition

The Third VirtuaTELL Conference will be on May 6th, 2023.

This year’s conference theme reflects on current trends and approaches in technology-enhanced language learning and teaching to investigate, identify and innovate within a broad consideration of related issues, including (but not limited to) the following: millennials and language acquisition; 21st Century pedagogies embedded in and using technology for language teaching and acquisition; assistive technologies, technology in special education; culturally relevant and asset-based pedagogy, gamification, e-assessment; and immersive realities for diverse linguistic learners.

The Third VirtuaTELL Conference website

Third Annual VirtuaTeLL Conference Call for Proposals deadline will be March 1st, 2023.

It was my pleasure to present this workshop for the VirtuaTELL Spring 2022 Conference on May 14, 2022, NYS TESOL

I believe that in alignment with SDG 4.c that teachers are the change agents for the future.
4.c By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.
Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin
Assistant Professor and TESOL Practicum Coordinator
Touro University
Graduate School of Education, New York, NY

This workshop covered:

The Philosophy of Abundance
Understanding Trauma and Its Impact
The Stress Response System
Words Matter
Teaching materials on refugees, asylum and migration for primary and secondary education
UNHCR Teaching About Refugees 2021 – Language Learning Guidebook
Teaching Techniques for Multilingual Learners
The Teacher Tech Tool Wheel
Google Resources
The Internet Archive
Open Educational Resources
Q&A

I am sharing the workshop with all the global conference participants and educators who support displaced learners. I believe that in alignment with SDG 4.c that “teachers are the change agents for the future. “

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Teaching is an Act of Love
Let us move away from deficit thinking and the scarcity education model where education providers together with a group of experts use expensive resources such as required purchases for materials, texts etc., and paid access to platforms which in essence constitute a social justice issue.
Instead, let us embrace the social and situated nature of learning while embracing and developing an asset-based approach to teaching and learning.
Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin
Assistant Professor and TESOL Practicum Coordinator
Touro University
Graduate School of Education, New York, NY

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