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Dr. Amanda Romjue @drromjue.bsky.social Technology-Enhanced Language Education Director for the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota. President of MAALLT; Incoming President-Elect of MWALLT; Programs Director of IALLT
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Fabrice Jaumont @fabricejaumont.bsky.social Scholar-Practitioner; Author; Education Advisor @ Embassy of France in the US
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Andrea Honigsfeld @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social Professor of TESOL Teacher Education, Author, Mom, Native of Hungary, Yoga Enthusiast, Fulbright Scholar, English Language Program Specialist https://andreahonigsfeld.com
Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social French teacher 33 years, now writing materials frenchteacher.net, blogs and books about language teaching.
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Jo Anne @joannecan.bsky.social German-speaker, Literacy Specialist and German teacher. Educational Development professional. Wife, mom, singer, patron of the arts, gardener in MN.
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Leala Holcomb @lealaholcomb.bsky.social Multigenerational deaf. Research assistant professor. Deaf education. Translanguaging and multimodal multilingual literacies. Teacher trainer.
Helen Tucker @brujablanca.bsky.social (she/her) Former MFL, EAL/ESOL teacher; now working in the charity sector. Green Councillor - Cockermouth North. #GreenParty #NEU #IWGB
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Daniel S. Ferguson @dsfrgsn.bsky.social K-12 TESOL & World Language Educator
PhD Student @ The Ohio State University
Foreign, Second, and Multilingual Education
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Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social I teach math to future elementary school teachers at Fresno State. I make math memes and explainer videos. http://linktr.ee/howiehua
Illinois Resource Center @ilresourcectr.bsky.social We provide professional development and support services for teachers and administrators who serve linguistically and culturally diverse students. #EduSky
Dr. Gilberto Lara 🇲🇽🇺🇸📚🎓 @nepantlero.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Bicultural/Bilingual Ed | Chicano - Transnational - De aquí y allá | LatCrit, Raciolinguistics, Gender Equity, Immigrant Rights, Teacher Ed, and Children’s Lit Scholar | Mil Usos | Tired También. (Views are my own)
Diane Staehr Fenner @dstaehrfenner.bsky.social President of SupportEd, former ELD teacher, author of 8 books on multilingual learners, mom of 3, first generation college grad
Nohemí Salazar @cyberfrida.bsky.social An educator. A lover of languages, cultures & travel. Lover of photography, paintings, music, literature & film. I'm free spirited & at times pleasant. She/her/ella
Julio Rodriguez @juliohawaii.bsky.social instructional technology professional; passionate about instructional design and the design of professional development for language educators; staunch believer in the transformative power of project-based learning
Bettina Hermoso Gómez @bttnhg.bsky.social University of Leeds.Profesora titular de español. Director of Routes into Languages Yorkshire & Humberside.Co-founder of the Language Journal and Leeds City of Languages.Interested in language education, authentic assessment & sociolinguistics. Boquerona ❤️
Tori Pierson @toripierson.bsky.social Educator, leader, & advocate passionate about multilingual education in public schools. VATESOL President. she/her ♉️
Carly Spina @mrsspinasclass.bsky.social Multilingual Education Specialist, Author, Speaker
My passion is serving & supporting multilingual learners, families, and communities.
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BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Moving-Beyond-Multilingual-Learners-Linguist
Will Fertman @willfertman.com Father and author of The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual, available now from Bloomsbury Academic: https://is.gd/0FoT5z
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SIOP®/SIOP® Model @siopmodel.bsky.social Savvas is your authorized source for SIOP® Professional Learning. Support K-12 multilingual learners in any classroom with the research-based SIOP® Model lesson planning framework. Learn more at siop.savvas.com
@kwebbphd.bsky.social @kwebbphd.bsky.social
Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social Provost at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Professor of Humanities: I love golden retrievers, language, literature, linguistics, film, history. Opinions are my own.
Silvia Bastow FCCT @fraubastowmfl.bsky.social Subject Leader | SLE | Instructional Coaching | MA in German linguistics | GEM | ECF | CPD | Ed.Consultant | Author | ALL council | views my own | Slovakian🇸🇰
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Cadernos de Linguística @cadlin.bsky.social A #DiamondOA journal sponsored by the Brazilian Linguistics Association (Abralin), promoting responsible research practices, collaboration, diversity, inclusion, and openness in academia.
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social supporting multilingual learners, reader, hiker, teacher educator
Website:
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*Professional Development in schools
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Señor Wooly @senorwooly.com Señor Wooly is an eLearning platform that helps learners acquire Spanish through music videos and graphic novels.
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Beckie Bray Rankin @bbrlaprof.bsky.social I am here to connect about my favorite things: curriculum development and design, coaching teachers, running francophone exchange programs, sailing, and swing dancing.
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Denise Wagstaff @mmewagstaff.bsky.social French tchr/Melrose, MA. HC & PSU grad. Tweets about teaching, tech, French stuff & what I'm doing in my classes. Blog: http://mmewagstaff.wordpress.com
Mayra Cortés-Torres 🇵🇷☕️🏝✈️ @mcortestorres.bsky.social Spanish educator - engaged in online and F2F Spanish as SL and HL, curriculum design, open educational resources, educational technology
Ben Fisher-Rodriguez @mrfishersays.bsky.social HS German and Spanish Teacher / Blog at MrFisherSays.com / Co-host of SLAyyy at https://slayyypod.com / NEA Foundation Teacher of Excellence 2024 / PNCFL Teacher of the Year 2023 / WAFLT Teacher of the Year 2022 / he/him
Marci Harris @marciharris.bsky.social French teacher at Community High School • District Curriculum Coordinator Ann Arbor Public Schools • University of Michigan Alum • MIWLA President 2020 • Central States Conference Chair 2024 • LILL Cohort 1 •
Jason N. Smith, Ed.D. @drjasonnsmith.bsky.social Inclusive language educator & researcher | UW-Oshkosh Adjunct Instructor in French | ACTFL #affinity facilitator | #WLE | #DEIB | #LGBTQ+ | #BLM 🏳️🌈. All views are my own. #Edusky #langchat #iteachWL #MFLBluesky #linguistics #interculturality
Dr. Valerie Sun @mllevalsunshine.bsky.social Author 📚, speaker, trainer, dual immersion advocate 🇫🇷🇹🇼, edtech enthusiast 👩🏻💻, proud principal 👩🏻🏫, theatre lover 🎭, avid reader 📕📘, runner 🏃🏻♀️, and curriculum junkie 📖
Hannah Lukow @hannahlukow.bsky.social PhD’ing in Applied Linguistics at Penn State. I research the politics of language learning, Yiddish, language and social movements, queer/trans linguistics
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Lea Graner Kenndy @leagk.bsky.social World Language Independent & ACTFL Consultant & educator
Central States: Languages for All! @cslang4all.bsky.social Serving and Supporting World Language Educators in AR/IL/IN/IA/KS/KY/MI/MN/MO/NE/ND/OH/SD/WI
Find us everywhere! https://beacons.ai/cslang4all
Marcela Summerville 🇦🇷 @marsum.bsky.social Owner & Director of Spanish Workshop for Children | Author | Language Learning Consultant
Driven by a passion for immersing young minds in language through play, imagination, and creativity—all in 100% Target Language (TL).
CNN @cnn.com Asking the hard questions and bringing unique perspectives from across the globe. This is CNN.
Jesse McNulty (he/him/his) @jessemcnulty.bsky.social Ed Specialist, Office of Digital Learning at the Delaware Dept of Education - here for all things #edusky #education #edtech and #k12edu
Mike Neumire @mneumire.bsky.social K-12 instructional coach in search of ways to leave the world more playful than I found it. Would make an excellent podcast guest. #UDL
https://sites.google.com/cccsd.org/levelup
Graham Stanley @grahamstanley.bsky.social Teacher Development Lead for the British Council. M.Ed ELT & Educational Technology. Books: Language Learning with Technology (CUP); Remote Teaching (British Council); Digital Play: Computer games and language aims (Delta)
Eric Wenninger @ericwenninger.bsky.social Writer | Teacher | Traveler | Language learner | Music lover | Bike commuter | ericwenninger.com | An Uncommon Commute: ericwenninger.substack.com
M Cristina Rodríguez-Villa @mcr-v.bsky.social 🌏 World Language Educator
IB MYP Language Acquisition | Spanish Heritage Advocate
🌐 Empowering learners to engage, connect, and grow as multilingual global citizens
✨ ACTFL LILL Cohort 3
#EarlyLang
Thomas Sauer @tmsaue1.bsky.social used to like being social online, now learning how to be social in real life.
Nualang @nualang.bsky.social Inspire Language Students to Speak with Confidence.
The smart new way to get your students engaging in conversation!
https://nualang.com/
Matt Miller @ditchthattextbook.com Fun, techy teaching. 10+ yr educator. Keynote speaker. 6x author. AI / EdTech. 📫 100k+ educators get practical tips + ideas in my newsletter: http://ditch.link/join
@LangChatPLN @langchatpln.bsky.social #LangChat • Global Online PLN since 2011 • Community + Connections with 🌎 language educators & enthusiasts • Third THURSDAYS [TBD] • 8 pm ET/ 7pm CT/ 6pm MT/ 5pm PT • Tune in •
Speakable @speakable.bsky.social Let's get your class talking in the target language!
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Laura Sexton @sraspanglish.bsky.social Spanish teacher by day, artist when I can
AATF @aatfrench.bsky.social The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) is the largest national association of French teachers in the world.
Katy Wheelock @vivelexperience.bsky.social World Language Educator & travel professional with a passion for language learning and designing experiential travel. Come travel with us in Senegal & Tunisia! Learn.Experience.Connect. www.vivelexperience.com
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Lisa Urso @mmesraurso.bsky.social “Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.”
Mike Travers @traversteach.bsky.social Spanish Teacher, MAFLA President, NECTFL/ACTFL Presenter. Love talking about grammar, curriculum writing and anything related to language teaching https://madlanguageteacher.weebly.com/
Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social Professional Development Officer at SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages https://scilt.org.uk. Primary languages. Professional learning. Leadership Development. she/her/hers. Joined Aug2024. Reposts ≠ endorsements
@psandrock.bsky.social @psandrock.bsky.social
LLLAB @languageboard.bsky.social Language Learner Literature Advisory Board (LLLAB)
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Craig Randall @trustbasedcraig.bsky.social Author/Developer Trust-Based Observations—transforming observations to a model of trust and support teachers deserve—it’s all about “the how”
Andrea Payne @schooledbypayne.bsky.social TDSB French Immersion teacher, teacher-librarian, math nerd, techie, bookworm, learner, facilitator, wonderer, wanderer, baker, knitter, tinkerer, contrarian. Winner of the Prime Minister’s Excellence in Teaching Award.🏆
She/Her, 🏳️🌈
Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social A high school teacher for 23 years to ELL & English-proficient students, community organizer for previous 19 years, author or editor of 13 books on education, Ed Week teacher advice columnist, committed - though mediocre - basketball and Pickleball player.
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social Data visualizations & information graphics by David McCandless. Plus favourite finds & graphics from around the web. Making sense of the world - well, trying to - since 2009.
https://linktr.ee/infobeautiful
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social Professor in the academy working with communities within and beyond it in the fight for a more equitable world
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Catherine Ousselin @catherineousselin.bsky.social Language Advocate & Global Citizen | French Teacher & Polyglot | ACTFL TOY Finalist & ASCD Edu Honoree | World Language & #Edtech Presenter. Ally🏳️🌈🌎
LJ Randolph Jr @proferandolph.bsky.social Language Education professor at UW-Madison dedicated to justice, abolition & liberation | ACTFL President | Past President of FLANC & AATSP-NC | Views = mine | He/Any
Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Virginia.
Vice Chairman, Senate Intel Committee.
VPM News @vpm.org News and information from VPM News, Virginia's home for public media 📰
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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social I’m for 21st learning spaces - and they exist everywhere. Retired, rewired school superintendent and now Ex Dir of the Va School Consortium for Learning and a lead with SocolMoran Partners. co-author Timeless Learning