Fluency MC
Storytelling Secrets for the Digital World
A live session with Story Paul, hosted by Fluency MC
2 Weeks
Course Start Date: 9 Sep 2014
tutorial
live class
“Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.” -Hannah Arendt
Storytelling has existed since the dawn of mankind. It's embedded in our psyche. Whether our ancestors told stories to teach a skill, warn of danger, pass on tradition or provide entertainment, the storytelling template hasn't changed much since the beginning of civilization.
What has changed is that over the past few hundred years, modern and standardized education has turned its back on this amazing tool. Fortunately, the tide is turning. Storytelling as a communication tool and a catalyst for creativity is seeping its way into business, science, and other fields. And leading the charge is language education.
The focus of this webinar is to provide teachers with an overview of what storytelling is and how digital storytelling can be implemented in a learning environment to teach every aspect of language.
You’ll learn about
- The core elements of a story
- Why storytelling is so effective in education, especially in language education
- How we can use technology to support effective and rewarding storytelling activities in and out of class
- Paul’s own contextual language training approach, the S.T.O.R.Y Method. You’ll view samples of his story-based instructional videos and discover how they may be used by both teachers and independent learners. Paul will also provide tips on how teachers can make their own videos.
A recording of this webinar will be available to all who enroll.
About Story Paul
Paul Ponce (aka Story Paul / Pablo Ponce) is a Teacher of English as a Foreign Language as well as an Audiovisual Media Producer from Miami Beach, Florida. Grandson of an Argentine airline executive, Paul grew up speaking two languages and traveling and meeting people from all over the world. Paul holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Audiovisual Media. He began his career in film and television production as a writer and producer and then gravitated toward educational media. After moving to Buenos Aires, he trained to be a TEFL instructor. He has taught professionals in business environments and high school and college students as well as trained language teachers in the use of educational technology. As internet access became a global reality, Paul set a course toward online education. He has taught for several leading online English schools and today runs his own online English language service StoryPaul.com. Paul divides his time between teaching, writing educational content for third-party educational services, and producing engaging educational videos.
Web StoryPaul.com
Twitter @StoryLingo
Facebook Facebook.com/StoryLingo
Language of instruction: English
- Live one-hour webinar on September 16 at 12:00 pm EST
- Learn how stories really work
- Learn why storytelling is effective in education
- Learn how to use digital storytelling in EFL
- Discover Paul’s Story Method and his video stories
Jason R Levine (Jase, for short) is Ambassador and Knowledge Entertainer at WizIQ, where he recruits teachers and develops online courses. He has fifteen years of experience as an English teacher, teacher trainer, and materials writer. Jase is the creator of ColloLearn, an approach to English language learning based on the songs he writes and performs as Fluency MC. He has led teacher training programs in fourteen countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East.
Jase teaches in the online MA TESOL program at the New School and writes songs and chants for several publishers, including Oxford University Press. He is chair of TESOL’s Video and Digital Media Interest Section and works as an English Specialist with the U.S. Department of State.
After earning an MA in TESOL from Hunter College in 1999, Jase taught at several schools before becoming the director of curriculum development for Embassy CES. In 2002, he co-founded a TOEFL preparation school for international students in New York City.
Jase maintains the ColloLearn YouTube channel and the Fluency MC Facebook page. He is an active administrator of over a dozen Facebook groups for English language teachers and learners, including How to Improve Your English, Jason R. Levine Fans,Innovative Teachers of English, and Teachers Teaching Online.
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