Free professional development opportunity for K16 educators! Especially relevant for teaching social studies, urban studies, and environmental studies August 5, 6, and 7, 2025 (10am-11:30am CT, via Zoom) Maps are a compelling tool for student engagement: their visual presentation of … Continue Reading »
Contemporary Topics in Latin America: Climate Migration
Thursday, April 25, 2024
6-7pm Central
Join this free K-16 educator professional development session on climate migration, organized in collaboration with the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies, Vanderbilt University, and the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting.… Continue Reading »
Digital Humanities Workshop Series for K-16 Educators
August 1-3, 2023 (via Zoom)
Digital humanities tools are evolving to put more and more sophisticated – and easy to use – tools in the hands of educators and students. Join us to learn how to use one of the newest additions, Juncture, an open-source framework to build multimedia exhibits.… Continue Reading »
Telling Stories about the Americas: More Digital Humanities Tools for your Classroom
August 1-2, 2022
10-11:30am Central
The landscape of digital humanities tools continues to grow, with the addition of more and more cloud-based and open-source tools. Join us to learn how to use one of the newest additions, Juncture, an open-source framework to build multimedia exhibits.… Continue Reading »
Teaching Mixed Classes: Approaches and Strategies for Attending to the Needs of All Learners
Saturday, October 23
9am-12noon Central Time
Many heritage language (HL) learners study their home language in the context of mixed classes, that is, classes with second language learners and heritage language learners. However, nearly all the work on HL teaching has focused on specialized HL classes, including the development of teaching methodologies, pedagogical materials, and classroom strategies. Addressing this gap, this workshop will consider… Continue Reading »
Telling Stories about the Americas: Bringing Digital Humanities into your Classroom
August 2-4, 2021
10-11:30am Central
Digital Collections (UWM Libraries), in collaboration with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), UW-Milwaukee, will offer a free, three-session workshop series for educators focused on the open access digital humanities tool: the Knight Lab’s StorymapJS.… Continue Reading »
Latin American Children’s Book Creators
Summer Series
June 24-August 24, 2021
10-11:30am Central)
In collaboration with the International Youth Library (Munich, Germany) and Translation & Interpreting Studies (UW-Milwaukee), CLACS offers a summer series of six acclaimed Latin American children’s and young adult writers and illustrators, moderated by international children’s book specialists who know their work well. Countries represented in this year’s series include Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. … Continue Reading »
ACTFL Workshop, fall 2020
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Virtual Workshop Distance Learning Tools and Strategies for Developing Proficiency in Each Mode of Communication Saturday, October 10, 2020 10am-2:30pm In this workshop, language educators will explore tools for planning and … Continue Reading »
Telling Stories about the Americas: Digital Humanities Tools for the Classroom
August 4-6, 2020
free for K-16 educators
Digital Humanities employs information technologies to research and present humanities topics in innovative and engaging ways. With the availability of free authoring tools, educators can draw from openly accessible digital collections of maps, images and other primary sources to create multimedia classroom resources.… Continue Reading »