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The University of Colorado’s Program for Teaching East Asia, in collaboration with CU’s Anderson Language and Technology Center, will host a STARTALK program for Chinese language teachers working in middle and high school settings around the US. This blended program will provide teachers with a thorough understanding of and practical experience with implementing effective learning technologies appropriate for the middle and high school Chinese language classroom. Based on the premise that the sustainability of both a program and its teachers increasingly depends on the teachers possessing skills and behaviors of a digital-age professional, this STARTALK program will introduce the theory, standards, frameworks, knowledge, and practice necessary for incorporating into the curriculum, with comfort and ease, a range of learner-centered technology tools. Program participants will work with language technology specialists, experienced Chinese language curriculum designers, and master teachers from successful language programs to gain a clear understanding of and competency in a variety of technologies around which they can create effective and engaging lessons. The program will consist of two asynchronous online modules in early July, a residential institute in late July, and online time in early August to complete a technology portfolio.

July 1, 2014 – July 18, 2014: Asynchronous Online Module
July 20, 2014 – July 30, 2014: Residential Institute
August 1, 2014 – August 15, 2014: Portfolio Completion Period

Visit the Program for Teaching East Asia website for more information: http://www.colorado.edu/cas/tea/programs/startalk-program.html. The application deadline is June 6, 2014.

For more information contact Jon Zeljo at jon.zeljo@colorado.edu or 303-735-5128.