Monday, November 28, 2011

December 2011

Happy Holidays Everyone!

The IHLA office and board wishes you all a great and serene holiday season. We know you are all on your way to the last few classes of the fall of 2011 and your students must be very excited for the holiday break.

We thank all people who have participated in our great sessions we offered during this fall. We summarize the list below for you to all review.

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  1. Wiki Spaces Session Part I - computer lab workshop - this was offered twice, on September 29 and on October 13, 2011.
  2. Wiki Spaces session Part II - computer lab workshop - this was offered on October 13, 2011.
  3. Spoken Interactions two-part workshop, with Dr. Olenka Bilash - This was offered on October 30 and November 5, 2011.
  4. Vokis, Audioplas and Google Maps - computer lab workshop - offered on November 3, 2011.
  5. The 2012 MLD IHLA school meeting - held on October 6, 2011.
  6. The IHLA Heritage Schools Portfolio Project workshops, with Carlos Soler Montes, from the Instituto Cervantes in Albaquerque, New Mexico (sessions were held in May, August and November 2011).
  7. Humanistic Approaches to Language Learning - a workshop offered at the IHLA office on November 26, 2011.
  8. The Magic of Podcasting - computer lab workshop - offered on December 1, 2011.

We are hoping to offer a great number of new sessions and leadership programs for the winter and spring of 2012. Stay tuned for more information about new sessions.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE
The IHLA office is in the process of moving and renovating its spaces. This will affect the way in which our school members and individual members will be able to communicate and stay in touch with IHLA.
As of December 1, 2011 please ensure you communicate with IHLA via email - at: edmontonihla@gmail.com 

We will do everything possible in our power to respond o your needs and questions promptly via email. There will not be anyone responding to phone calls or faxing until the move has taken place and we communicate with you about the changes.

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2012 MLD Day - Book your calendars for February 25, 2012 - from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
We have received a great number of registrations to this great IHLA event. 19 schools have registered to date to participate in the event in one form or another. The schools who have registered are listed below:
  • S. Basil- Jan Pawel II program (Polish)
  • Van Lang Vietnamese Heritage Language School   
  • Ramgarhia Khalsa School
  • Telugu Language School of Edmonton   
  • Ivan Franko School of Ukrainian Studies
  • Meyokumin School
  • Sikh Cultural Spiritual Assembly of Alberta
  • Norwood Chinese School
  • Comitato Promotore della Lingua Italiana-Italian Preschool
  • Russian Educational Centre
  • Gabriela Mistral Latin American School
  • Henryk Sienkiewicz Polish School
  • St. andrew's Ukrainian Language classes for Adults
  • Gil Vicente Portuguese School
  • Filipino Language & Culture School of Edmonton
  • Saturday Polish School "M.Chrzanowska
  • HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ POLISH SCHOOL
  • The Edmonton Korean Language School
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If you are a school who has registered to the event you have received a confirmation message from IHLA via email and have until December 17, 2011 to share the details of your contributions for the event.

If you want to register there is still a bit of time: click on this link and complete the online form. We will email you the confirmation and you can take it from there.

Check the list below and go to the IHLA organizing document and the video explanation to review all the steps.

Did you respond to these questions in your confirmation email message? (if not you should send your responses asap to IHLA at edmontonihla@gmail.com .
  • do you need a table for your school?   yes/no
  • will your students be sending essays? yes/no
  • will your school do a performance? yes/no
  • will your kids do a skit? yes/no
  • will your students submit recorded presentations? yes/no
  • will your school submit video presentations? yes/no
  • will your school request a community performance? yes/no
  • will your students want to participate in the language table?
ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED DIGITALLY TO THE IHLA EMAIL BY DECEMBER 17, 2011. 

You can email us for clarifications if you need them IHLA will not be able to accept late submissions. We thank you for cooperation.