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* Presentation Proposal

I. INFORMATION FOR PRESENTERS
Please read the following guidelines carefully.

BASIC GUIDELINES

Selection of presentation proposals occurs after the June 30th deadline, and selected presenters are notified immediately thereafter. Exact scheduling (day and time) is usually set by October 1st.
Presenters (and co-presenters from Kansas) must be members of KSWLA and pay conference registration fees (all exceptions must be approved in advance by the KSWLA Executive Council).
Co-presenters from out-of-state may not attend other conference sessions or activities without registering and paying conference registration fees. If they are paid members of their own state's world language professional organization, they will not be required to join KSWLA.
All sessions are one hour (60 minutes).
Presenters are responsible for bringing 50 copies of handouts for each session.

AUDIOVISUAL NEEDS

Computers are NOT provided. If you plan to use anything (PowerPoint, Keynote, Website) that requires the use of a computer, you are responsible for bringing that computer yourself -- and for knowing how to use it. If you intend to use an LCD projector, you need to know how to transfer your computer's video output to the LCD projector.
An LCD projection unit will be made available if requested, but presenters must bring and be knowledgeable about using their own computer, from which to run any electronic presentations.
Presenters are asked to bring, if possible, their own DVD players and VCRs to connect to the provided LCD projector -- mostly to guarantee that he/she already knows how to use it. If not possible, every effort will be made to provide presenters with necessary equipment.
It is the responsibility of the presenter to verify all needed equipment with the Conference Presentations Chairperson (the KSWLA Vice President).

Internet connections are generally not provided. In hotel venues, internet connections may be available at the presenter's expense. Presenters referencing internet websites should save web pages to their computers for offline use, or make screen shots to place in their presentations.

PLANNING A GOOD PRESENTATION

Audience participants are asked to evaluate each session presented, using a rubric provided by KSWLA. This rubric helps the Executive Council identify each year's designated "Best of Kansas" presentation, and measures the following criteria: presentation organization, promotion of best practices, supporting media, audience involvement, and delivery skills. A PDF of the Conference Session Evaluation Form can be seen and/or downloaded here.

Planning on using a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation to help you in your presentation? Great! But if you make it the presentation itself, you do yourself and your audience a disservice. Use it to support your presentation, not AS your presentation.

Each year's "Best of Kansas" presentation is submitted, as are those from other states, to the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages for presentation at the following year's CS Conference. Partial funding of the recipient's travel is provided by KSWLA.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For questions regarding presentation proposals, please contact the current KSWLA Vice-President, who is in charge of all aspects of breakout session (member) presentations during the annual conference. It is strongly suggested that you PRINT this page for your future reference.

II. SUBMIT A SESSION PROPOSAL
Items marked with an asterisk (*) are required fields.
SESSION TITLE

Your title should have no more than 10 words maximum.
Each part of hyphenated or slashed words counts as one word.
Your title should accurately reflect the content of your presentation.
Try to make your title eye-catching & interesting without being gimmicky.
The use of colons is permitted (example: Good Titles: Key to Success).

*TITLE OF SESSION (10 words maximum) Your session description/abstract will be used in the Conference Program. It should consist of/include:

one/two general sentence(s) relating your topic to importance in the field, theory and/or research;
one/two sentence(s) describing what you're going to do (the presenter will ... );
a summary sentence that states what participants will get, experientially or physically, out of the session (the participant will learn / see / experience / receive ... ).

Please: Spell out any acronyms used. Do not include citations.
*SESSION DESCRIPTION (Limit of 50 words)
MAIN / LEAD PRESENTER INFORMATION
*Preferred TITLE
Ms.
Mrs.
Mr.
Dr. (Ph.D.)
*Presenter's FIRST NAME(S) *Presenter's LAST NAME(S) *Presenter's E-MAIL ADDRESS *Name of SCHOOL / ORGANIZATION and its MAILING ADDRESS
*POSITION (ex: teacher, lecturer, professor, director, etc.) *School / Organization PHONE NUMBER (include area code) *Presenter's HOME ADDRESS (Street, City, State, ZIP)
*Presenter's HOME PHONE NUMBER (include area code) OTHER PRESENTERS Name(s), Affiliation, and e-mail address(es)

(example: John Smith, XYZ High School, jsmith@yahoo.com)
PRESENTATION SPECIFICS AND NEEDS
*Time Available to Present:
Friday *Evening* ONLY
Saturday *Morning/Early Afternoon* ONLY
*Either* Friday Evening or Saturday Morning /Early Afternoon
*AUDIOVISUAL NEEDS(check all that apply) - REMINDER: Computers are NOT provided.
LCD Projector
TV
VCR
DVD Player
CD Player
Overhead/Transparency Projector
*TOPIC FOCUS (check all that apply)
Assessment
Culture
Curriculum
Methodology
Standards
Technology
Travel
Level: General
Level: Elementary School
Level: Middle School
Level: High School
Level: Post-Secondary *LANGUAGE FOCUS (check all that apply)
All
French
German
Spanish
Japanese
Chinese
Russian
Latin
Other You are almost finished submitting a presentation proposal!

Before you click on the SUBMIT button below, please take a moment to read the following information:

You will receive confirmation of your submission via e-mail from the Vice President (who is in charge of member 'breakout' presentations). Please note that submitting a proposal does not automatically guarantee a place on the program. Should you, for some reason, not receive confirmation of this proposal submission, please contact the Vice President immediately. Be sure to check your e-mail regularly for correspondence related to the conference.

Now, please click on SUBMIT below to complete your conference presentation proposal.