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Please join us in congratulating Stephanie Knight on her new position at CASLS as Assistant Director! Stephanie has been working with CASLS previously as Language Technology Specialist since June 2015. She has been working on many projects here at CASLS, such as The Bridging Project, Linguafolio Online, and Games2Teach. She holds an M.A. in Latin American studies from the University of Mexico and has diverse teaching experience in grades 5-16. Stephanie is experienced in leading professional development opportunities centered on best practices for planning, instruction, and assessment. She has been working closely with secondary schools to facilitate professional development opportunities and to strengthen connections with language studies at the university level. She will continue these tasks as Assistant Director as well as leading research and development teams, building and maintaining key relationships on and off the University of Oregon campus, and working with the Director on strategic decision-making.

On April 12 as new Assistant Director at CASLS Stephanie Knight presented at a teacher workshop through the Vanderbilt Center for Latin American Studies, called #TechCLAS: Teaching Latin America and World Language Using Technology. The focus of the workshop was on integrating technology into the world language classroom with an emphasis on content related to Latin America. Stephanie presented curriculum she made with Andrea Beebe López of Metro Nashville Public Schools featuring a breadth of technological resources such as: learning management systems, mobile applications, social media such as Instagram and Twitter, QR codes, digital games, and digital texts such as blogs, vlogs, YouTube.