On Saturday, October 12, 2014, WSU alumnus Daniel Trego, BA in Spanish and TESOL, presented how World Language teachers can create a non-traditional classroom---a flipped classroom---where students complete preparation work online before coming to class. The workshop included numerous ideas on how instructors can focus class time on student-centered interaction rather than on teacher-fronted presentations.
Mr. Trego is a Spanish instructor and the coordinator of technology-enhanced instruction in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University. After completing his undergraduate work from Wright State University, he received his Master's Degree in Applied Spanish Linguistics and a certificate in college foreign language teaching from MSU.
In attendance at this workshop, which was hosted by the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, were two current WSU World Language teacher candidates in the graduate program (Matt Williams and Marie Jergens), a recent graduate from the WSU Graduate program (Cherie Brewer-Coon), and Joe Yuppa, WSU adjunct instructor of German and Spanish. Mr. Yuppa is also the World Languages Program Director in Teacher Education.
