October 25, 2024 Professional Learning Day

1. You must sign up for this session by 8:00 AM on October 24, as an account must be created for you on the WIDA website. 
2. Participants will then receive an email from "WIDA Secure Portal" when their account has been set up. 
3. You can access this webinar by logging into the WIDA website through that email and clicking the "Professional Learning" tab. Then, scroll through the list of offerings until you find your session. Click "Learn More and Enroll" Click "Enroll Now". (blue box on the right hand side of the screen.

Duration
3Hours (You can start this webinar today. You will be given an opportunity to continue this learning on November 5.)

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Engage with theories and approaches that integrate inquiry-based thinking and student-led discourse in the social studies classroom
• Explore teacher-centered practices to uplift multilingual student voices and extend background knowledge through the use of multimodal text
• Synthesize literacy-centered research to encourage the presentation of multiple perspectives

.Description
In an increasingly connected world, Social Studies teaching and learning provides a unique opportunity to foster connections between our multilingual students’ identities as global citizens and their social context. It provides a platform to elevate multilingual experiences through their voices, highlight multiple perspectives, and develop a critical understanding of history. This self-paced workshop features concepts, theory, terminology and approaches that promote thinking and discourse through a global lens. The course also includes consideration of literacy across multimodal text types, the integration of content and language learning, and increased accessibility of materials through the use of technology, inquiry and translanguaging practices.

Module Topics
Introduction
Module 1: Welcome and Introduction
Module 2: Inquiry-Based Approaches for Student Discourse
Module 3: Text Types and Text Analysis in Social Studies
Module 4: The Power of Storytelling Through the Human Experience
Module 5: Multimodalities and Technology in the Social Study Classroom
Module 6: Conclusion and Resource Gallery
Additional Learning Opportunities
References
eWorkshop Survey