Meredith White

2020 Georgia Foreign Language Teacher of the Year

Meredith White earned her B.A., B.S., M.Ed., and Ed.S. all in World Language Education from the University of Georgia. Her focus on novice learners works to ingrain proficiency, authentic resources, genuine tasks, student-guided thematic units, and making language learning enjoyable. When she isn't at PRHS teaching Spanish, she's at Georgia State University teaching educational methods classes or presenting/attending state, regional, and national workshops. Passionate about sharing and collaborating with other teachers, she blogs, moderates the PLN #langchat, and serves on the GGC College of Education Advisory and SEALLT Executive Boards.

Instagram à la Mode: Social Media for Regular, Relevant, Rewarding Language Engagement

In this session, participants will experience how Meredith uses Instagram for and with her own novice Spanish students. Through a how-to demonstration, insider tips, and artifact creation, educators can engage in Instagram as a forum for authentic resources that meets students where they are. In learning how to curate an intentional, meaningful target language experience with Instagram, participants will see how their own and their students' motivation and participation can increase resulting in increased engagement and proficiency. Instagram = Instalanguage!

This presentation will be available for on-demand viewing on December 2nd during Global CRED. Register for Global CRED below, it’s quick easy and free!