Donna Fields Talks about her Session

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Professor, teacher trainer and materials writer Donna Fields gives us an insight into her fascinating talk at The Image Conference in this video.

 

You can find out more about Donna and her talk below.

 

Donna Fields has a doctorate in folktales, is a professor and consultant at the Valencian International University, and is a teacher trainer for Macmillan Publishing and the Department of Education in Valencia. She is coordinator for the online English course sponsored by the Diputación of Valencia, has an English academy, and is currently working on a series of multi-lingual children’s books.

 

History, Culture and Society Taught in the Language Classroom Through Visual Cultural Identifiers

Teaching history and culture is an essential component of the any language class. This can be done more meaningfully and more interactively using visual cultural identifiers, and summarized in digital storytelling techniques. This talk will present ways of incorporating historical and cultural elements of different societies, though images; it will then present examples and the applications to create digital stories which can be used to display subsequent knowledge of the subjects.

 

Read more about Donna and her session her.

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Donna Fields

Donna Fields has a doctorate in folktales, is a professor and consultant at the Valencian International University, and is a teacher trainer for Macmillan Publishing and the Department of Education in Valencia. She is coordinator for the online English course sponsored by the Diputación of Valencia, has an English academy, and is currently working on a series of multi-lingual children’s books.

History, Culture and Society Taught in the Language Classroom Through Visual Cultural Identifiers

Teaching history and culture is an essential component of the any language class. This can be done more meaningfully and more interactively using visual cultural identifiers, and summarized in digital storytelling techniques. This talk will present ways of incorporating historical and cultural elements of different societies, though images; it will then present examples and the applications to create digital stories which can be used to display subsequent knowledge of the subjects.

 

 

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