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Amber Lavoie
Okanagan School of Education-UBC
Coordinator/Lecturer
Kelowna
https://education.ok.ubc.ca/degrees-programs/english-foundation-program/
About me
Amber Lavoie
is a coordinator and lecturer in UBC’s Okanagan School of Education where she teaches in the English Foundation Program, the TEAL Certificate, and the Bachelor of Education program.
Friday
, May 1
8:30am
PDT
Coffee Break
Concourse
8:45am
PDT
Opening Ceremony
Concourse
9:15am
PDT
PLENARY: Holding the Line: A Relational Ethics of Belonging and Rootedness for EAL Educators in Difficult Times
Concourse
Dr Rekiyat (Gifty) Siyaka
10:15am
PDT
Inside TELSN: The Accredited Inclusive TESOL Specialization Certificate
S1802
Mary Bertucci • Dr. Shirin Mohamadzadeh
11:15am
PDT
Digital Mindset for Assessment in EAL Programs
S1717
Beth Konomoto
12:00pm
PDT
Poster Session
Concourse
Scott Roy Douglas
2:00pm
PDT
Teaching AI Literacy and Awareness in LINC/ESL Classrooms
S1620
Sepideh Alavi (PhD TEFL)
2:45pm
PDT
Coffee Break
Concourse
3:15pm
PDT
Demonstration of the GoC's GenAI FASTER Guidelines with Gemini Storybook
S1715
John Allan
Does your research study have credibility? Here’s how to tell!
S1802
Gordon Moulden
4:00pm
PDT
Annual General Meeting + Prize Draw
N2201 Theatre
5:00pm
PDT
TCF Awards Ceremony
N1200 (Lower Café)
Saturday
, May 2
9:30am
PDT
Translanguaging-informed critical use of GenAI to support EAL learners
S1620
Serikbolsyn Tastanbek
Make Patterns Stick: Improv Games for Confident Student Speaking
S1714
Susan Abrill
10:30am
PDT
Coffee Break
Concourse
11:00am
PDT
Making AI Visible: A New Approach to Teaching Beyond Plagiarism
S1620
Fuat Ramazanov • Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton
2:00pm
PDT
Smarter Learning: Making Learning Strategies Visible in EAL
S1809
Zahra Basiri
Strength-Based Flourishing in the Adult ESL Classroom
S1715
Carolyn Kristjansson
3:00pm
PDT
Coffee Break
Concourse
3:30pm
PDT
PLENARY: AI in Language and Academic Literacy Education - Where Do We Go From Here?
N2201 Theatre
Dr Steve Marshall
4:30pm
PDT
Closing Ceremony + Prize Draw
N2201 Theatre
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