Calendar and Speakers - Annual Convention - 2023

PANAMA TESOL CONVENTION 2023

“Inspiring Innovation in English Language Teaching”.

September 18 to 23,2023

 

Virtual sessions 

First session 

5:15 pm to 6:15 pm

Second session 

6:45 pm to 7:45 pm

Third session 

8:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Monday Sept 18

Sponsor Pearson 

Keynote Presentation by Pearson 

The Future of ELL Assessment: How can we survive AI? by Alejandro Gil 

1- Discovering our own teaching philosophy by Gonzalo Diaz

2-Effective ways to use AI in teaching student-led research.by Prumel Barbudo

3-Fostering Sustainable Practices Through ELT by Marcela Villán

4. Podcast Forums: A Collaborative Approach to Language Learning by Graciela Martinez

5. Demonstrating the Power of Extensive Reading on Standardized Test Achievements by Catherine Cheetham/Melody Elliot

Keynote presentation:

Dr. Kate Mastruserio Reynolds Mastruserio Reynolds 

Not Your Grandma’s Grammar: The Role of Grammar in Content and Language Integrated Instruction by Dr. Kate  Mastruserio Reynolds 



Tuesday Sept 19

Sponsor OurStory Scape 

1-From WHAT? To WOW! in Language Assessment by Gonzalo Diaz

2-Groundwork for Creative Writing by Kilda Palacios

3-Good habits for effective teachers by Isabel Cubilla

4. Inquiry-guided Adventures for the development of metacognitive competencies” by Romina Estalles

5.  Nurturing Inclusion and Motivation in Your English Class by Lorena Ojeda

1-Empowering English Learners in Panama: Language Proficiency and Cultural Fluency by Christian Schoepke

2- Thinking routines as a springboard to reading, writing and speaking by Daniela Saine 

3. Designovation, Unleashing the Art of Thinking by Albert Fernandez

4.Simple Present, Third-Person Singular Grammatical Structure Acquisition in Writing by Jean Carlo Nuñez and Karol Paola Hernández Gómez

1-Teacher Habits that Inspire and Boost Learning by Francisco Brizuela

2-21st Century skills to foster agency by  Marcela Kanowski

3. Translanguaging –vs- Code Switching by Ricardo Roman

Wednesday Sept 20

Sponsor Vista Higher Learning

Keynote presentation  from Vista Higher Learning –

 «Empowering Educators: A Workshop on Social-Emotional Learning« by  Luis Fernando Rincon

1-Empowering Academic & Professional Learners: Tailoring Language Instruction Effectively by Cesar Correa

2-Finding Inspiration through Innovations in Professional Learning by Raichle Farrelly  

3-Fantastic Free Tech Tools for Language Teachers by Eva Ramos

4. From bread to filling: essential ingredients for an engaging class by Cecilia Bonavetti

5.The Alpha and Omega of Next-Gen Teaching and Learning by  Silvia Breiburd

1-A Practical Guide to Strengthen a Classroom Community by Kilda Palacios

2-Sparking Very Young Learners’ Curiosity in the English Classroom by Monica Aguilar

3- Enhancing Language Acquisition through Educational Technology by Kayla Timmons-Fanny Giuliani

4-Relative Clauses in Written Hong Kong English: A Corpus-Based Study by Chi Wui Ng

5. 3T’s Of Crypto by Manuel Rivera

Thursday Sept 21

Sponsor Quality Leadership University

Keynote Presentation from Nat GEO – Jair Felix  NAT GEO

What If? Motivating Learners in All Classrooms by Jahir Felix

1-Using the Teaching and Learning Cycle to Scaffold Expressive Skills by Fernando Gonzalez

2-Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century: Using Instagram in Literature Analysis by Pilar Capaul

3-Scaffolding thesis writing by Araceli Salas

4. Fusion between Old School and New Age Teaching by Lissa Ramirez

5. Implementing Context-Based Learning: The Book Launch Case Study by Giselle Donalicio

Keynote Presentation from RELO / Regional English Language Office – US Embassy

Motivate While You Manage: Four Student-Centered Activities to Inspire Engagement by Virginia Nicoali US specialist 



Friday, September 22Asynchronous Homework Assignments
Saturday 23, 2o23

SATURDAY 23, 2023

8:00 am – 8:45 am: Registration and Expo Hall

8:45 am – 9:00 am: Opening words by Panama TESOL President – Mónica León

9:00 am – 10:00 am: Dr. Debra Suarez – Tesol International Association: Innovations in Leadership: Teachers and Responsible Leadership in Schooling

10:00 am – 10:15 am: Dr. Debra Suarez – Presentation to promote the  TESOL  International Convention, Tampa 2024 

10:15 am – 11:15 am: Nancy Reeves – Pearson: Find a unique ally in ChatGPT

11:15 am – 11:30 am: Break and Expo Hall

11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Glenn Mathes –  Vista Higher Learning: The Roaring Twenties: Zooming to Robots

12:30 pm – 12:45 pm: RELO – US Embassy

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch and Expo Hall

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Mauren Guevara – Quality Leadership University: AI….InnovAIting : are you up to the challenge?

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Debbie Psychoyos – Fundación Proed: ELT Innovation: Let»s Make it About Our Students!

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm: Break and Expo Hall

4:15 pm – 5:15 pm: Grazzia Mendoza – Helta TESOL: Contributing to Learner Agency, Empowerment and Long-life Independent Learning

5:15 pm – 5:30 pm: Closing words by Incoming President Zuleika Zapateiro

5:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Networking event and Expo Hall

Monday, September 18, 2023

First session 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm

Keynotes Speakers

Dr. Debra Suarez
Tesol International Association: Innovations in Leadership: Teachers and Responsible Leadership in Schooling
Nancy Reeves
Pearson: Find a unique ally in ChatGPT
Glenn Mathes
Vista Higher Learning: The Roaring Twenties: Zooming to Robots
Mauren Guevara
Quality Leadership University: AI….InnovAIting : are you up to the challenge?
Debbie Psychoyos
ELT Innovation: Let»s Make it About Our Students!
Grazzia Mendoza
Contributing to Learner Agency, Empowerment and Long-life Independent Learning

The Future of ELL Assessment: How can we survive AI? by Alejandro Gil

Alejandro Gil

Second session 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm

Discovering our own teaching philosophy by Gonzalo Diaz

Gonzalo Díaz

Audience Focus: College-level high-school, Middle school, Elementary

Session Type: Workshop / Demonstration Workshop / Demonstration

Effective ways to use AI in teaching student-led research by Prumel Barbudo

Prumel Barbudo

Audience Focus: Higher education,College-level high-school

Session Type: Talk / lecture

Fostering Sustainable Practices Through ELT

Marcela Villan

Audience Focus: Higher education,College-level high-school,Middle school,Elementary

Session Type: Talk / lecture Talk / lecture

Podcast Forums: A Collaborative Approach to Language Learning

Graciela Martinez

Audience Focus: Higher education,College-level     high-school

Session Type: Workshop / Demonstration Workshop / Demonstration

Demonstrating the Power of Extensive Reading on Standardized Test Achievements by Catherine

Cheetham and Melody Elliott

Audience Focus: Higher education,College-level high-school

Session Type: Talk / lecture Talk / lecture

Third session 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Not Your Grandma’s Grammar: The Role of Grammar in Content and Language Integrated Instruction by Dr. Kate Mastruserio Reynolds

Dr. Kate Mastruserio Reynolds

Tuesday September 19,2023

First session 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm

From WHAT? To WOW! in Language Assessment by Gonzalo Diaz

Gonzalo Díaz

Audience Focus: College-level high-school, Middle school, Elementary

Session Type: Workshop / Demonstration Workshop / Demonstration

Groundwork for Creative Writing

Kilda Palacios

Audience Focus: Higher education,College-level high-school

Session Type: Talk / lecture Talk / lecture

Good habits for effective teachers

Isabel Cubilla

Audience Focus: Higher education, College-level high-school, Middle school, Elementary, PK

Session Type: Talk / lecture

“Inquiry-guided Adventures for the development of metacognitive competencies”

Romina Estalles

Audience Focus: Elementary, PK

Session Type: Talk / lecture, Workshop / Demonstration

Nurturing Inclusion and Motivation in Your English Class

Lorena Ojeda

Audience Focus: All levels

Session Type: Workshop

Second session 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm

Empowering English Learners in Panama: Language Proficiency and Cultural Fluency

Christian Schoepke

Audience Focus: Higher education, College-level high-school, Middle school, Other

Session Type: Forum including Q&As, Panel discussion, Talk / lecture, Workshop / Demonstration

Thinking routines as a springboard to reading, writing and speaking

Daniela Saine

Audience Focus: Higher education,College-level high-school,Middle school

Session Type: Workshop / Demonstration

Designovation, Unleashing the Art of Thinking

Albert Fernandez

Audience Focus: College-level high-school, Middle school

Session Type: Workshop / Demonstration

Simple Present, Third-Person Singular Grammatical Structure Acquisition in Writing

Jean Carlo Núñez Jiménez and Karol Paola Hernández Gómez

Audience Focus: Higher education, College-level high-school, Middle school, Elementary

Session Type: Talk / lecture

Third Session 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Teacher Habits that Inspire and Boost Learning

Francisco Brizuela

Audience Focus: Middle school, Elementary

Session Type: Workshop / Demonstration

21st Century skills to foster agency

Marcela Danowski

Audience Focus: College-level high-school, Middle school, Elementary

Session Type: Talk / lecture

Translanguaging –vs- Code Switching

Ricardo Roman

Audience Focus: Higher education,College-level high-school

Session Type: Talk / lecture Talk / lecture

Wednesday, September 20,2023

First session 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm

"Empowering Educators: A Workshop on Social-Emotional Learning"

Luis Fernando Rincón

Second session 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm

Empowering Academic & Professional Learners: Tailoring Language Instruction Effectively

Cesar Correa

Audience Focus: Higher education,College-level high-school,Middle school

Session Type: Workshop / Demonstration Workshop / Demonstration

Finding Inspiration through Innovations in Professional Learning

Raichle Farrelly

Audience Focus: Other, please specify

Session Type: Forum including Q&As Forum including Q&As

Fantastic Free Tech Tools for Language Teachers

Eva Ramos

Audience Focus: College-level high-school, Middle school, Elementary, PK

Session Type: Workshop / Demonstration Workshop / Demonstration

From bread to filling: essential ingredients for an engaging class

Cecilia Bonavetti

Audience Focus: Middle school,Elementary,PK

Session Type: Talk / lecture Talk / lecture

Title The Alpha and Omega of Next-Gen Teaching and Learning

Silvia Breiburd

Audience Focus: Primary and Secondary teachers. School administrators.

Session Type: Practice-oriented session

Third session 8:00 -9:00 pm

A Practical Guide to Strengthen a Classroom Community

Kilda Palacios

Audience Focus: Higher education, College-level high-school, Middle school, Elementary, PK

Session Type: Talk / lecture, Workshop / Demonstration

Sparking Very Young Learners' Curiosity in the English Classroom

Monica Aguilar

Audience Focus: PK, Elementary

Session Type: Workshop / Demonstration Workshop / Demonstration

Enhancing Language Acquisition through Educational Technology

Kayla Timmons and Fanny Giuliani

Audience Focus: Higher education,College-level high-school,Middle school,Elementary,PK

Session Type:  Workshop / Demonstration Workshop / Demonstration

Relative Clauses in Written Hong Kong English: A Corpus-Based Study

Chi Wui Ng

3T's Of Crypto

Manuel Rivera III

Thursday, September 21, 2023

First session 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm

What If? Motivating Learners in All Classrooms

Jair Felix

Audience Focus:

Session Type: 

Second session 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm

Using the Teaching and Learning Cycle to Scaffold Expressive Skills

Fernando Gonzalez

Audience Focus: Higher education, College-level high-school, Middle school, Elementary

Session Type: Forum including Q&As

Shakespeare in the Twenty First Century: Using Instagram in Literature Analysis

Pilar Capaul

Audience Focus: Middle school

Session Type: Talk / lecture

Scaffolding Thesis Writing

Araceli Salas

Audience Focus: Higher education

Session Type: Talk / lecture

Fusion between Old School and New Age Teaching

Lissa Ramirez

Audience Focus: College-level high-school,Middle school,Elementary,PK

Session Type: Forum including Q&As,Talk / lecture Forum including Q&As,Talk / lecture

Implementing Context-Based Learning: The Book Launch Case Study

Giselle Donalicio

Audience Focus: College-level high-school

Session Type: Talk / lecture

Motivate While You Manage: Four Student-Centered Activities to Inspire Engagement

Virginia Nicolai

Third session 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Saturday, September 23rd, 2023

Innovations in Leadership: Teachers and Responsible Leadership in Schooling Contexts

Debra Suarez, PhD, MS-TESOL, MBA

TESOL/TEFL Career Professional, National Adviser, International Educator, TESOL International President-elect

Find a unique ally in ChatGPT

Nancy Reeves

Vista Higher Learning: The Roaring Twenties: Zooming to Robots

Glenn Mathes

AI....InnovAIting: are you up to the challenge?

Mauren Guevara - Quality Leadership University

ELT Innovation: Let's Make it About Our Students!

Dr. Debbie Psychoyos - Fundación Proed

Contributing to Learner Agency, Empowerment and Long-life Independent Learning

Grazzia Mendoza

Partners
1. US Embasssy – RELO Office https://pa.usembassy.gov/relo/
2. Quality Leadership University https://qlu.ac.pa/maestrias-en-panama/maestria-en-linguistica-aplicada-con-enfasis-en-tesol/
3. Pearson https://www.pearson.com/languages
4. Vista Higher Learning https://vistahigherlearning.com/