Block Meetings 2024
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The 2023-2024 Block Meetings were held in January 2024. Both dates and locations will vary by block. Block Meetings differ from normal conferences in that they are handled by the Prefectural Advisor and Block Assistants for each respective block. Below are the schedules and power points for each block meeting. If a file is too big for the wiki, it will be linked to through Google Drive.
North Block
Organizers:
- Vanessa Limenyande(PA)
- Noel Darby (Block Assistant)
- Olivia Peacock (Block Assistant)
Date:
- Friday, January 12th, 2024
Location:
- Kitaakita City Community Center (北秋田市交流センター)
Presentations:
- 9:00~9:30 Registration and Welcome
- 9:30~10:15 Ice Breaker
- 10:25~11:10 Language and Compassion
- 11:20~12:05 Being an ALT - Setting Goals in each year
- 13:05~14:05 Cultural activity: Tea ceremony
- 14:15~14:45 Winter and Disaster Preparedness
- 14:55~15:40 Connecting with dialect, why you should learn Akita-Ben
- 15:50~16:00 Closing Ceremony
Capital Block
Organizers:
- Maitseo Bakwena (PA)
- Mikalia Morris (Block Assistant)
Date:
- Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
Location:
Presentations:
- Cultural activity:
Yuri Block
Organizers:
- Aiya Perrine (PA)
- Gabrielle Gibb Faumuina (Block Assistant)
Date:
- Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
Location:
Presentations:
- Cultural Activity:
South Block
Organizers:
- Charles Van Bourgondien (PA)
- Andrew Stewart (Block Assistant)
- Nick Bush (Block Assistant)
Date:
- Thursday, January 11th, 2022
Location:
Presentations:
- Beyond Bullet Points: Incorperating PowerPoint games and activities into your lessons. This lecture covered ESL elementary - senior high school level games to play in class. It gave resources to find free PowerPoint games online and broke the ice on how to create your own games.
- Cultural Activity: Build A Tower, Build A Team
See also
| Block Meetings | |||||||||
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
