<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Aloha! The National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawaii‘i at Manoa is pleased to offer two professional development opportunities focused on project-based language learning (PBLL) in 2015:<br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><b>FUNDAMENTALS OF PROJECT-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING</b></font></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><b>ONLINE INSTITUTE</b></font></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><b><br></b></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><b><a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/75" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/75</a></b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></font></div>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Project-based learning has had
a rich and productive history extending for over 100 years. Embark on a journey
of discovery to better understand project-based language learning (PBLL) and
explore its connections with 21st Century Skills, content-based instruction,
performance assessment and your own instructional context. Experts in the field
guide you through the creation of a project blueprint. Connect with colleagues
who have a common interest in quality PBLL implementation. </font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Complete Option 1 as part of a
facilitated cohort or Option 2 via self-paced study. Successfully complete all
assigned tasks and earn an NFLRC digital badge, which qualifies you to apply to
the NFLRC 2015 Intensive
Summer Institute in Honolulu (see below). The online institute is
<b>FREE</b>, but space is limited, so sign up today.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">PROJECT-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING
(PBLL) IN ACTION</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">INTENSIVE SUMMER INSTITUTE</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>JULY 27-31, 2015 • Honolulu, HI</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><br></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><b><a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/74" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/74</a></b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">How can I integrate Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) in
my existing curriculum? How do I design PBLL projects to incorporate 21st
Century Skills? The NFLRC 2015 Intensive Summer Institute (ISI) will help you
answer these questions with guidance from experts in the field through a dynamic,
technology-rich professional development experience. You will work on project
design for your own language classroom assisted by colleagues and guided by a
group of language professionals with background in project-based learning,
language pedagogy, instructional technology and assessment.</font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">We invite practicing K-16 world language educators to apply
to participate. The NFLRC 2015 Intensive Summer Institute (ISI) is not a beginner's
workshop. In order to join, applicants will need to first earn a digital
badge from the Fundamentals of Project-Based Language Learning Online
Institute (see above) as a prerequisite. Seats are limited and
applications will be competitive. Accepted participants will need to pay a $100
registration fee for the Intensive Summer Institute. Stipends to defray travel
expenses will be available to selected participants traveling to Honolulu for
the ISI. Preference will be given to participants currently working in
community college contexts, but all practicing world language educators K-16
are invited to apply. District supervisors and world language curriculum
specialists are ineligible to apply. </font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Badge Requirement Deadline: March 15, 2015</font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Application
Deadline: March 31, 2015</b></font></p>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">-- <br></font><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Jim Yoshioka<br>Program Coordinator<br><br></div><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">************************************************************</div></div></span><b>National Foreign Language Resource Center</b><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">1859 East-West Road #106<br>Honolulu, HI 96822-2322</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Phone: <a href="tel:808-956-9424" value="+18089569424" target="_blank">808-956-9424</a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Email: <a href="mailto:nflrc@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">nflrc@hawaii.edu</a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Website: <a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu</a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">NFLRC Facebook page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NFLRC/" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/NFLRC/</a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">NFLRC Twitter page: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/NFLRC/" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/NFLRC/</a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">NFLRC YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nflrchawaii" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/nflrchawaii</a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">************************************************************</div></div></span></font></span></div></span></div></div>
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