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Mary Risner Female New Smyrna Beach, FL United States

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Advertise My Courses? How Demeaning!

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Started Dec 13, 2011

Why “Global Fluency” Matters

4 Reasons Why “Global Fluency” Matters – an open letter to 6th graders everywhereby Jim Vanides …Continue

Started Dec 8, 2011

United States Falls in Competitiveness Rankings

Started Apr 30, 2011

How Do You Design For Creativity?

Great presentation on the necessary balance of divergent/convergent thinking.The suggested exercises in the last slides look great for interesting class discussions. …Continue

Started Feb 17, 2011

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What is your interest in joining NOBLE?: I am passionate about the study of foreign language, culture and area studies and believe that having an understanding of them is important for all to be successful in life for personal and professional purposes.

What is your position?: Administrator

What language(s) do you speak?: Spanish, Portuguese, French

If you are a teacher, what subject do you teach?: Spanish, Portuguese

What is your educational level of interest?: secondary, community college, college, university

Do you have a website?: http://www.nble.org

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ACTFL H.S. Video Winner-Languages Around the World

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Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs west -- the myths that mystify

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RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

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At 5:02pm on March 27, 2011, Cristin Bleess said…: Thanks, Mary! I did have a good trip home. I had a great time at the conference and am excited to get to work on creating the syllabus for our new "Spanish for Leadership" course! I read a neat article about China and pinball machines in the airplane magazine. I'm going to post it once I scan in the article.

At 7:35am on February 14, 2011, Nita Sharma Yajnik said…: I am glad to be a part of NOBLE.

At 1:45am on May 26, 2010, Deb Reisinger said…: Hi Mary,

Yes, I usually attend CIBER (have presented for last 3-4 years), but looking for more conferences, too! I'll see what I can add in French.

Deb

At 5:09am on May 6, 2010, Eileen Kramer said…: Hi Mary,

Thanks for your message; no, I don't know the person you mentioned. I teach in the CELOP program, English for Academic/Special Purposes.

The resources on this site look very interesting; looking forward to exploring more.

Eileen

At 5:07am on April 11, 2010, Shannon Anderson-Finch said…: Hi Mary,

Thanks for the welcome! And for the suggestion to start a discussion in the forum.

Shannon

At 12:08pm on March 24, 2010, Franz Futterknecht said…: Enjoy the conference and tell me what you learned there.

At 5:00pm on March 23, 2010, Mirta R. Zidovec said…: Thank you, Mary. In addition to the teaching of Spanish, I am teaching a Humanities course on Latin America.This course focuses on a special topic, the existence and development of a common Latin America identity and regional identities from the discovery of America to modern times.

At 6:21pm on March 12, 2010, Chelsy Hooper said…: Thanks for posting my blog! I don't mind at all, I appreciate it! I'm also on Twitter (hooperc97) and Skype (hooperc97) Thanks again, and I enjoyed the 21st century skills powerpoint very much. BTW I used to teach French! I am looking forward to being an active member of this ning.

At 9:08pm on March 11, 2010, Livia Wein said…: Hi Mary, It is nice to see you on line. You keep people in touch! thanks. Livia

At 4:12pm on March 11, 2010, Annie Higgins said…: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25d9149a-2a51-11df-b940-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
from other MBA programmes.

"We determined from the outset to focus on interpersonal skills in a different and more holistic way," she says. "The way a job candidate has learnt to lead, communicate and manage conflicts can make a fundamental difference between two people with an otherwise similar education."

The weekly, all-day "Friday Forums" seek to instil such skills

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