42nd ANNUAL PRTESOL CONVENTION

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Transforming the Learning Experience for Life-Long Learners through CREATIVITY
University of the Sacred Heart
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Friday and Saturday,
November 20-21, 2015

Presenters
1

Anthony Cortes

Arleen Serrano

Carmen Milagros Torres Rivera

Title of Presentation
Sound Educational Practices
Engaging Students with
Special Needs: Fostering a
Person-Centered Approach in
the Classroom
Up the Spider Webfrom

University/School/
Company
Extron Electronics
Anaheim, CA
Texas State University

Position
Director of Sales and
Marketing, K-12 Classroom
Systems
Adjunct
Professor

University of Puerto Rico

Humacao

English Professor

Creativity is Fundamental to
Learning

University of Puerto Rico at

Rio Piedras

Instructor

Creating Engaging,
Communicative, and Creative
Lessons from Limited EFL
Materials

University of NebraskaLincoln

Instructor, Programs in
English as a Second Language

Creating and Learning through

Interdisciplinary Connections

University of Puerto Rico at

Rio Piedras

Assistant Professors

NYC Dept. of Education,

Brooklyn College,
Kingsborough Community
College, St. Joseph's College
University of Puerto Rico at
Mayaguez

Speech Therapist/Adjunct
Professor/ Consultant

Anancy to Compay Araa in

Traditional Tales

Clift D. Armstrong, Ph.D

Crystal Bock Thiessen

Cynthia Pittman
&
Wendell Villanueva
Debra Freedman
Elizabeth Dayton, PhD
Carpenter, Carolyn
Deron Dolphus
Gloria Franchesci Batista
Leira Martinez Toro
Michelle Morales Garca
Ranesha Smith

Do We Really Listen?

Motivation to Learn English:

Creating a Vision of a Future
L2 Self

Professor

Emily Almansa,
Theresa Mezo &
Ariana Gonzalez

10

Evaleen Velazquez
&
Maureen Sheppard

11

Eyla Santiago Ramos

12

Faith Litchock-Morellato

13

Federico Escobar-Crdoba, JD

14

Amiris Helena
&
Sandra Rodriguez

15

Helga M. Castao Hilera

16

Ivn R. Pagn Toro

17

Ivette Concepcin & Ivette

Cardona

18

Jackeline Martnez Rodrguez,

Ph.D &
Evelyn Prez Mass, Ph.D

19

Janet Kabak

20

John Hill, Ph.D

Reclaiming Student Attention

Using Free, Interactive,
Technology-Based Strategies
The Power of Inquiry-Based
Learning

Inter-American University

Facing Students Gaps: Using

Dices to Teach Sentence
Construction
Music to My Ears: Grammar
Review Through Song
Is there a Place for English
Literature in Language
Instruction?

University of Puerto Rico

Mayaguez

Instructor

Wentworth Institute of
Technology
College Board de Puerto
Rico y Amrica Latina

Assistant Professor

Become a Creative Teacher:

Come and Have Fun, Break
the Ice and Check-in
Teaching ESL with
Translanguaging

Centro Cultural DominicoAmericano (Bi-National

Center)
University of West Florida
and University of South
Alabama
Inter-American University at
San German
Capitan Correa

Academic Director

Creativity, Writing, Drama,

and Lifelong Learning
The Happiness of Learning in
a Multiple Intelligence
Environment
Happy to Write in English:
Using Music to Stimulate
Students in the ESL Classroom
How to Teach Engli$h using
Life $kills and Money! $$$
Classroom Instruction that
Helps to Improve Student
Achievement

Associate Professor

Pan American Academy

Dean of Curriculum &
Charter School, Philadelphia, Instruction
PA

Department of Education &

Universidad del Turabo

English Test Development

Manager

Student and Instructor

Teaching Assistant
Teachers of
2nd & 3rd grade
8th & 9th grade
English Professors

Middlesex County College

New Jersey Public Schools

ESL Professor and Bilingual

Teacher

University of the Virgin

Islands

Associate Professor of
Education

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Laura Martnez Ortiz

22

Lucy Perez

23

Mara Luna Prez &

Brenda Lpez Ortiz, Ph.D

24

Marge Tye Zuba, Ph.D

25

Marylian Rivera Villanueva &

Marie J. Agesilas, Ph.D

26

Toledo Melendez, M. M. &

Morales Rivera, J &
Marengo Ramos

27

Migdalia Cruz Arthurton, Ph.D

28

Miguel A De Jesus Coln

29

30
31

Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth,

Ph.D &
Chencen Cai
Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth,
Ph.D &
Timothy John Ebsworth, PhD
Nelson Omar Nazario Toro

Music as Language of
Instruction
Creative Teacher Recruitment
Strategies to Meet the Needs of
English as a Second Language
Students in Springfield
Massachusetts
Shopping at the M.A.L.L.:
Using Mobile Technologies in
the ESL Classroom
Creating Engaging Lessons
that Leave no Student
Behind in the English
Classroom
Innovating Education:
Preparing Self-Motivated 21st
Century Life-Long Educators
Creativeness: New ideas that
inspire greatness

University of Puerto Rico

Rio Piedras
Springfield Public Schools

Adjunct Professor

University of Puerto Rico at

Rio Piedras

English Professor
Instructional Designer

The Common Core for ELL

Students: What do I do for my
ELL students?
Developing grammar skills
through poetry writing
To Click or Not to Click: The
Effect of Hypertext on ESL
Reading Comprehension
Becoming Bilingual in Puerto
Rico: Teacher and Learner
Perspectives
Writers of the Round Table:
Joining the Conversation
Through Reflective Writing

University of the Virgin

Islands

HR Administrator for
Recruitment and Retention

Framingham State University Director of Program

International Education
Development
Program
Inter-American University,
Aguadilla Campus

Full-time professors

American Military Academy

/ St. Mary / Luis Muoz
Rivera Elementary School

English Teacher

Colegio San Jos Superior,

Caguas
New York University

New York University,

Steinhardt
University of Puerto Rico
Mayaguez

English Teacher
Dir. Of PhD Programs in
Multilingual Multicultural
Studies
Director of PhD programs in
TESOL and Bilingual
Education
Instructor

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Nicole M. Acevedo Feliciano

33

Oleana Sacuik, Ph.D

&
Katriamar Nieves

34

Ricardo Molina Castrilln

35

Rob Jenkins

36

Rosa Nydia Gonzlez

37

Cristina M. Salgado

38

Sandra Dones, Ph.D

&
Vigimaris Nadal-Ramos

39

Tamara JG Barbosa, Ph.D

40

Zaira R. Arvelo Alicea

41

Zuleika Morales
&
Tania Lefevre

Problem-Based Learning:
Teaching Nonfiction to Work
on
Plays and Poetry to Foster
Personal Creativity of
Expression
Inspired to Inspire: The
Creative Process of Building
Resources for Integrated
Literature and Art Units
Redeeming the Minutes: How
to Re-claim Lost Instructional
Time Through the Power of
Refocus
Frosting our Stories: A
Delicious Take on Figurative
Language
Collaborating and Cooperating
as we learn

Practical Lesson Planning

Format for the ESL University
Classroom
Edmodo a New Technology to
Enhance Teaching and
Learning
Creativity in the Assessment of
Literacy Skills
Finding the Muse: Promoting
Agility and Self-evaluation
through Writing Logs

Southwestern Educational
Society

3rd and 4th Grade English and

Computer Sciences Educator

Inter-American University
San German

Professor Emeritus
High School Laboratory
English
Director Pedagogy
Department

University of Puerto Rico

Cayey

Georgia Perimeter College

Associate Professor of
English

University of Puerto Rico

Mayaguez

Instructor

ISAT - Instituto Superior

Ansio Teixeira (College)
Niteroi Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
University of Puerto Rico

Associate Professor

University of Puerto Rico

Rio Piedras
Purdue University

Assistant Professor, English

Department, College of
General Studies
Doctoral Candidate

University of Puerto Rico

Mayaguez

Instructor
Juris Doctor

English Professor