| Date | Time | Title | Event Description | Link |
April 2nd, 2025
7:00 PM EST
Boost Conversation Skills with Nualang Discuss | Facilitator: Alexis Buschert
Students love to chat with each other, but how can we turn those conversations into productive language-learning experiences?With Nualang Discuss, teachers can create engaging conversation-based assignments. In this session, we'll guide you on how to use this dynamic feature to have students record group conversations based on tailored prompts, then submit them for personalized feedback.
Join us to discover how Nualang Discuss can elevate your classroom and experience this unique feature for yourself! | Watch the Recording |
March 18th, 2025
7:00 PM EST
Get Interpersonal: Nualang Roleplays and Chatbots | Facilitator: Alexis Buschert
Students have learned new vocabulary, but now what? It's time to put those new words and phrases into action!
Nualang Roleplays and Chatbots support students' journeys through interpersonal interactions. In this session, we will explore how these features work and how to create your own exercises—whether by using your own vocabulary or asking for help from AI. | Watch the Recording |
March 6th, 2025
7:00 PM EST
The Reviews are in! Using Rubrics to Assess and Celebrate Student Success | Facilitator: Marnina Falk
Topic: Rubrics and Grading
Just like a great show, student performance deserves thoughtful reviews! In this webinar, we’ll explore how to use rubrics to provide clear, meaningful criteria that help students shine. Learn how to design rubrics that capture key language skills and offer meaningful feedback that guides students toward proficiency. We’ll share practical tips for making your assessments more effective and actionable, ensuring that every student knows exactly how they’re performing and how to improve. Join us to make your classroom feedback as impactful as a rave review! | Watch the Recording |
February 6th, 2025
7:00 PM EST
SIP & SHARE!
Dress Rehearsal: Formative Assessments in Practice
This session is NOT recorded. | Facilitator: Marnina Falk & Carolyn Taylor
Topic: Formative assessments
Grab your favorite beverage and join colleagues from across the country for an interactive deep dive into formative assessments! In this Sip and Share session, we’ll explore how to use "dress rehearsals" to check progress and guide students toward language proficiency. Together with the facilitator, you’ll collaborate in whole-group discussions and breakout rooms to share experiences, brainstorm new ideas, and refine strategies for integrating formative assessments into your teaching. This is a chance to connect, learn, and leave with practical tools to help your students shine when it’s showtime! | Due to the collaborative nature of SIP & SHARE sessions are not recorded. |
January 13th, 2025
7:00 PM EST
Get to Know Nualang | Facilitator: Alexis Buschert
Participating in a conversation using a new language can feel daunting, but it doesn’t have to be! Join us to explore Nualang, Wayside’s versatile tool that makes language learning accessible anytime, anywhere—seamlessly integrating into any classroom environment. Through independent practice, Nualang helps students build key skills and gain the confidence they need to engage in meaningful conversations and interact with others. | Watch the Recording |
January 23rd, 2025
7:00 PM EST
Dress Rehearsal: Formative Assessments in Action | Facilitator: Marnina Falk
Topic: Formative Assessments
Get your students ready for the big performance with effective formative assessments! In this webinar, we’ll explore how to use "dress rehearsals" to check progress, provide timely feedback, and guide students toward proficiency. Learn practical strategies for integrating formative assessments into your daily lessons, helping students rehearse and refine their skills in a supportive environment. Join us to discover how these low-stakes assessments can set the stage for student success when it’s showtime | Watch the Recording |
December 17th, 2024
4:00 PM EST
The Language Classroom: Providing Timely Feedback that Matters in the Language classroom | Facilitator: Marnina Falk & Terri Hammatt
Topic: Feedback
Providing timely and effective feedback in the world language classroom is important for moving students on the proficiency continuum—but knowing when and how to provide actionable feedback isn’t always obvious. This session will examine different types of feedback for interpersonal speaking and empower participants with concrete strategies to use the next day | Watch the Recording on edWeb |
October 8th, 2024
4:00 PM EST
Assessing for Language Proficiency: It’s Showtime! | Facilitator: Terri Hammatt
Description: You are the director of a star-studded cast of students with leading roles in Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs). Come join us to see how the IPA plot unfolds as students take center stage to showcase their language proficiency. Learn more. | Watch the Recording on edWeb |
August 12th, 2024
7:00 PM EST
Empowering Students and Avoiding Academic Integrity Issues with AI | Facilitator: Maureen Lamb
Description: As students start to use Generative AI as an assistant, what strategies can we use to make sure that students are engaging with Generative AI with Academic Integrity? This webinar will review strategies to help students navigate using Generative AI and how to help ensure students are using Generative AI with academic integrity. | Register now and watch the recording (ZOOM) |
August 8th, 2024
4:00 PM
Meets Language Acquisition: Inquire to Acquire | Facilitator: Dagoberto Polanco
Description: Wayside Publishing is partnering with edWeb.net to bring everyone a session on Inquiry-Based Learning Meets Language Acquisition: Inquire to Acquire. Join Dagoberto to learn about increasing student language proficiency by drawing from their curiosity and motivation. This edWebinar aims to channel students’ interest into self-directed learning and will demonstrate how inquiry-based learning can enhance your classroom practice. | Watch the Recording |
June 14th, 2024
1:00 PM
Splash into Learning: Join Our Live Poolside Proficiency Event! | Moderator: Michelle Olah
Featured Panelists: Angelika Becker (AATG President), Karen Campbell Kuebler (AATF Region V Representative), Katrina Beeck (AATSP member and K-12 LSP (Languages for Specific Purposes)
Description: Join us poolside (or virtually from your own relaxing spot) for an amazing panel discussion with thought leaders of AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese), AATG (American Association of Teachers of German, and AATF (American Association of Teachers of French) to talk about how you can continue growing your language and intercultural proficiency without leaving the country! (P.S. There may be some tips on how you can leave the country too!) | Register and watch the recording here (ZOOM) |
June 5th, 2024
4:00 PM
LIVE Workshop: Enriching World Language Instruction through Artificial Intelligence (90 min.) | Presenter: Ed Weiss
Description: Now that artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm, world language teachers need to know how AI can enrich our professional lives. The great news is that there are numerous AI-based sites and apps that will enrich our teaching experience, save us a tremendous amount of time, and fully engage our students. The workshop will offer a very clear explanation of what AI actually is and how it can become your teaching assistant. My presentation will feature the best of the best sites along with a live demonstration of each one. Links to all of these sites will be provided. Get ready to be astounded and impressed by what AI can bring to world language instruction. | Register and watch the recording here (ZOOM) |
