August 2019 Sandanona Conference Schedule

Announcement Date: August 6, 2019

The MAT Low-Residency students are pleased to invite the SIT community and the community at large to attend the Sandanona Conference on Language Teaching & Learning, which will be held on the SIT campus in Brattleboro on Wednesday, August 7, and Thursday, August 8. Please see the schedule below for details. It is also available on SIT libguides via this link. 

Welcome Message

The idea to name our group "Puffins" came during the
Sandanona Conference in 2018. A plenary speaker
presenting on environmental activism mentioned how
puffins arrange themselves in a way which may seem
random, but is in fact carefully choreographed in
reflection of their social dynamics. The birds separate
from each other seasonally, reuniting yearly, and they
also mate for life. Puffins spend much of the year
alone at sea, but they always come back together to
support each other and raise their young.

This particular puffinry would like to extend their thanks
to President Sophia Howlett and Dean Ken Williams,
and to the rest of the SIT community, for attending
and supporting our conference.

Wednesday, August 7

8:30 AM
Opening Ceremony, Rotch 205
9 AM
Plenary Speaker: Stephanie N. Marcotte, Rotch 205
10 AM
Damon Hastings, "Helping Learners Develop Academic ESL," Rotch 209
11 AM
Allie Polzin, "Exploring Identity in Multilocal Contexts," Rotch 205
1:30 P.M.
Kyle O’Brien, "Plurilingualism: A Retrospective," Rotch 205
2:30 PM
Amine Bouhzam, "Assessment for Learning in the EFL Classroom," Rotch 209
3:30 PM
Andy Oates, "Mini Melting Pots—Intentional and Organic Cultural Formation," Rotch 205

Thursday, August 8

8:45 AM
Greeting by Dr. Sophia Howlett, Rotch 205
9 AM
Plenary Speaker, Dr. Ken Williams
10 AM
Nixon Cadet, "Managing Transitions: Adapting content and incorporating context specific topics into lessons," Rotch 209
11 AM
Tami Devine, "The Use of Technology in Language Teaching and Learning," Rotch 205
1:30 PM
Tim Bowman, "From Mozart to Shakira: Music use in language classrooms," Rotch 209
2:30 PM
Megan Ellsworth, "Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?," Rotch 205
3:20 PM
Closing Remarks