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Vicky Masson

Teacher - World Language - Spanish
Norwood School
Primary (5 to 8 years old), Elementary (9 to 12 years old), Middle School (13 to 15 years old)
Teacher/Educator
World Languages

Vicky Masson has 15+ years of experience teaching Spanish as a second language to students from PK to high school in the United States. Born in Argentina, she graduated from Escuela Nacional Superior en Lenguas Vivas “John F. Kennedy.” She also has a B.A. in Humanities and a Certificate of Diversity Awareness from University of Maryland University College in the United States. 

Vicky and Marcela Velikovsky completed the 2018 Smithsonian Virtual Teacher Curricula Creation Opportunity fellowship with the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (SCLDA). Her work with Marcela “People, Place and Time: How Art Reflects Culture” was awarded “Best of GWATFL” and they presented it at Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) in February 2019. They also presented at PZ in Another Language, at Bullis School, and at ACTFL. In May 2019, they gave a webinar at the Smithsonian Learning Lab on "Global Competence Strategies for the World Language Classrooms." 

Vicky has been a board member at Greater Washington Association of Teachers of Foreign Language (GWATFL) since 2017. She was designated as a #TeachSDGs Cohort 3 Ambassador 2019 and was selected for the Leadership Initiative for Language Learning (LILL) 2019-2020. She is passionate about education, professional development, and global competence. @VickyMasson21

Vicky Masson's collections

 

Beauty

<p><strong>Essential Questions:</strong><br /></p> <p>-How are perceptions of beauty and creativity established? </p> <p>-How do ideals of beauty and aesthetics influence daily life?</p><p>This collection was created by Vicky Masson. </p> <p>#Spanish #Global Competence #Global Thinking Routines #Harvard Project Zero Thinking Routines </p>
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Celia Cruz

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Diséñalo tú mismo: Mini exposición

<p>Sigue leyendo para diseñar una mini exposición con objetos de tu hogar.</p>
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People, Place, & Time: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2019

<p>This collection serves as a companion to the presentation<em> </em><strong>P</strong><strong>eople, Place, and Time: How Art Reflects Culture - Smithsonian Collections</strong><em> </em>given at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2019 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo on November 23, 2019.  Targeted to language educators, this presentation explores how museum resources, Global Thinking Routines, and the Sustainable Development Goals can help students understand how art reflects culture, increase their language proficiency, and develop global competence and 21st century skills.  The presentation shares three case-study collections designed for the Spanish-language classroom: <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/people-place-and-time-how-art-reflects-culture-collection-1-night-of-the-dead-by-alan/Nb9pV5J3KxcVcMGC#r"><em>Night of the Dead by Alan Crane</em></a>, <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/people-place-and-time-how-art-reflects-culture-collection-3-caja-de-memoria-viva-ii-constancia/qpUs2NRDeJtLU9vT#r"><em>Caja De Memoria Viva II: Constancia Colón de  Clemente by Adrián Román</em></a>, and <em><a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/people-place-and-time-how-art-reflects-culture-collection-2-mndez-v-westminster-1947-national-postal/0fVr52E75MDpAypW#r">Méndez v. Westminster 1947</a>. </em> <br /></p> <p>This collection includes presentation slides, links to the three case-study collections, museum resources, Project Zero thinking routines, examples of student work, and more. </p> <p>Presenters: Marcela Velikovsky (Bullis School), Tess Porter (Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access), and Vicky Masson (Norwood School).</p> <p>#Arago #Rafael Lopez #Spanish / English #Mexican-American #California #Latino Civil Rights #Empathy #Desegregation #Critical thinking #Curiosity #Stamps #LatinoHAC <br /></p>
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Selfies de antes y de ahora / Selfies Back Then... And Now

<p>Selfies de antes y de ahora </p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Esta coleccion fue producida en colaboracion por Marcela Velikovsky y Whitfield Mastin de Bullis School, y Vicky Masson de Sheridan School, conjuntamente con el Learning to Look Teacher Institute 2016 de la National Portrait Gallery.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>En este proyecto, los estudiantes primero usan estrategias de lectura de retratos, rutinas de pensamiento y rutinas de pensamiento global como guia para describir y analizar un autorretrato de Jose Gomez Sicre y Jose Clemente Orozco. Luego, los estudiantes aplican esas estrategias para crear su propio selfie y para observar, discutir e interpretar el de sus pares. </p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Esta coleccion incluye el plan de clase y las actividades de aprendizaje que los docentes pueden usar como guia. Tambien incluye ideas para utilizar en forma interdisciplinaria.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Para la version en ingles, visite la coleccion Selfies Back Then And Now</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>#NPGteach<br /></p><p>Tags: Spanish; español; portrait; National Portrait Gallery; visual thinking; artful thinking; thinking routines; global thinking routines; Latin America Art; José Clemente Orozco; José Gómez Sicre; Spanish</p>
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Using Authentic Resources: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2019

<p>This collection gathers resources to help language students understand how art reflects culture, increase their language proficiency, and develop global competence and 21st century skills.  This collection includes artwork relevant to exploring and learning about cultural topics, guiding questions to help with lesson planning, Project Zero Global Thinking Routines, and the Sustainable Development Goals. </p> <p>The second resource in this collection gives instructions for use and was specifically created to guide participants' collection development during the presentation <strong>P</strong><strong>eople, Place, and Time: How Art Reflects Culture - Smithsonian Collections</strong>.  A collection containing the full presentation slides is available<strong> <a href="http://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/YkDj8CsKbAw08L4z">here</a>. </strong></p> <p>This presentation was given at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2019 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo on November 23, 2019. Presenters: Marcela Velikovsky (Bullis School), Tess Porter (Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access), and Vicky Masson (Norwood School).</p>
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