Teacher Workshops
Teacher workshops on various topics are offered each year by CES, often in conjunction with other area studies centers or with Hemispheres, the international area studies consortium at UT.
Upcoming Workshops
Music as Motivation: Spanish Language Workshop
CLASS REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Cost: Workshop is free of charge
Mezes 1.120, UT Austin Campus
Music has the ability to make you positive and feel motivated. In this workshop we are presenting a series of activities using music to create motivation and aid in Spanish language learning. This one-day Spanish language workshop will give valuable information that K-12 teachers can take back to their classrooms. Again taught by the very popular Mina Lavin, her workshops are always fantastic!
Seating is limited. The workshop is completely free to attend.
Sponsored by the Center for European Studies, Texas Language Center (TLC) and Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL)
Past Workshops
RFI WORKSHOP: Real French for the classroom: using authentic material to improve listening skills
RFI is the leading French international news channel broadcasting worldwide in 13 languages via its FM network, the Internet, mobile telephones, cable and satellite to an audience of more than 35 million regular listeners in the world.
For teachers, the vast range of RFI programs provides a tremendous resource of news and audio clips in spoken French.
The Center for European Studies at UT Austin and the France-UT Institute are delighted to host a FREE workshop for teachers of French of all levels on Monday, November 14. This RFI workshop aims to enable teachers to use different radio formats for various pedagogical purposes.
The workshop will take place:
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, UT Austin Campus
Monday, November 14, 2011
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Refreshments will be served. There is no cost for the workshop and parking will be paid at AT&T, but seats are limited.
Please RSVP: https://surveystation.austin.utexas.edu/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=m41Hlo3M
If you have any questions, please contact Sally Dickson at ces@austin.utexas.edu or 512-232-4311.
At the Crossroads: Integrating the Balkans into the European Union
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Several Balkan States are eligible to apply for European Union membership, but thus far Slovenia is the only Balkan country to have achieved member status. What challenges do the other Balkan countries still face, and what advantages would they see as EU members? Who is moving towards economic stabilization and regional cooperation, and who is struggling with reconstruction and their war-torn past?
The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies and The Center for European Studies are offering a one-day workshop for Secondary School educators. At this workshop, UT professors will discuss the history of the EU and the current progress of several countries, and then explore ways to incorporate the ideas into curriculum materials for their own classroom use.
The workshop will be held on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Registration is free and includes handouts, parking, lunch, and snacks. Registration is limited to 25 teachers on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please return the registration form by fax by November 1, 2010
Interested educators should contact:
Allegra Azulay, CREEES Outreach Coordinator, at 512-471-7782 or aazulay@mail.utexas.edu
Teaching with Defiance: Jewish Resistance and the Bielski Partisans
A Hands-On Educator Institute on Teaching with the Film
Friday, March 26, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Historical background/context on WWII and the Holocaust will be provided by a professor from the UT History Department. Brendon Rennert, Tuvia Belski's grandson, will lead the workshop on Jewish armed resistance and using the Defiance/Bielseki curriculum in your classroom.
