{"id":3472,"date":"2017-10-20T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/?p=3472"},"modified":"2018-03-21T17:08:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:08:22","slug":"little-sponges-speaking-gaetc-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/20\/little-sponges-speaking-gaetc-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Sponges\u00ae CEO to Speak at the GaETC Conference!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3472\" class=\"elementor elementor-3472 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-rurgicu elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"rurgicu\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-knny639\" data-id=\"knny639\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ihalq14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ihalq14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On November 9th, Natalya Seals, Little Sponges Founder and CEO, will be presenting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>\u201c<\/em><em>Online Curriculum for Early Learners on the Path to Biliteracy\u201d<\/em><\/span> <\/a>at the Georgia Educational Technology Conference.\u00a0 Bilingual education is quickly becoming a national priority.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/early-education-young-dual-language-learners-weak-many-states\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">32% of young<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">students<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">in US are Dual Language<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Learners<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> Schools are facing many challenges with educating them due to significant shortage of bilingual teachers and limited budgets. Little Sponges offers an innovative solution that addresses these challenges.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We invite you to attend Little Sponges presentation to learn more about our innovative curriculum and how technology is positively transforming dual language learning for young children and helping close the achievement gap between ELL and non-ELL students. Several session participants will have an opportunity to win one year subscription to Little Sponges program.\u00a0 The session will take place on\u00a0<strong>November 9th at 4:30 PM in room Spanish 3-4.<\/strong>\u00a0Also, we invite you to stop by our Little Sponges booth (#707). You will have an opportunity to meet the main characters of Little Sponges program and learn more about our interactive curriculum. We will be offering a special<strong> Welcome Gift <\/strong>for new subscribers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaetc.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Georgia<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Educational<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Technology<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Consortium<\/span><\/a> is dedicated to the professional development of educators. For more than two decades, the Conference has played a key role in helping educators at all levels increase their understanding of the role of technology in education. The Conference provides educators the opportunity to learn about the latest in educational technology.\u00a0<\/span>This year&#8217;s annual conference will be held from November 8th to November 10th at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Georgia+International+Convention+Center\/@33.645584,-84.4597651,17z\/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x88f4e2c190b8c585:0x9eff9956aa8f6290!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f4e2c1f1d1fd2d:0x3d233c1ee099da74!8m2!3d33.645584!4d-84.4575711\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Georgia<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">International<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Convention<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Center<\/span><\/a>.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-i6dy9qy elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"i6dy9qy\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bhf21fq\" data-id=\"bhf21fq\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8sk0ifq elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8sk0ifq\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-20-at-10.53.09-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3448\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-20-at-10.53.09-AM.png 756w, https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-20-at-10.53.09-AM-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wgvzmuu elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wgvzmuu\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Little Sponges is delighted to be a part of this year\u2019s GaETC Conference and share our innovative approach to language learning.\u00a0 Our mission is to help children learn and develop by giving them bilingual content that makes language learning fun and easy at an early age! 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