NERALLT Spring ’08 Conference

Program at a Glance

Language Learning in Action: Moving Images in a Digital World

Thurs. - Fri., May 1 - 2, 2008
at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT

 

Host: Emmanuel Paris-Bouvret (Wesleyan University)

Conference Program Co-Chairs: Emily Wentworth and Mark Knowles (Yale University)

 

Full Program - pdf document List of Participants - pdf document

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Thursday, May 1st

 

Thursday Events 1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.: Language Resource Center (LRC), 207 Fisk Hall,
Wesleyan University, corner 262 High St./College St., Middletown, CT.
Tel. (860) 685-3393. See: http://www.wesleyan.edu/virtualtour/

Parking Info   (pdf - use ACROBAT READER for best display)

 

1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Conference Registration

 

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Workshop I: Kalliope and Flash Media Server

(Pre-registration required online. Limit: 15)

Emmanuel Paris-Bouvret and Phil Isaacs (Language Resource Center, Wesleyan University)

 

Break 15 min.

 

2:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Workshop II: Put Some Jabber in Your Classroom

(for Mac. Pre-registration required online. Limit: 15)

Otmar Foelsche and Thomas Garbelotti (Arts & Humanities Resource Center, Dartmouth College)

 

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese to follow for Workshop participants
Downey House Lounge, 294 High St./Court St.

 

7:00 p.m. Dinner at Luce Restaurant, 98 Washington Street, Middletown, CT
Tel. (860) 344-0222. (http://lucect.com/main.html). Reserve with NERALLT registration.

 

Friday, May 2nd

 

Friday Events 8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.: Woodhead Lounge, 1st floor, Exley Science Center,
Wesleyan University, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT.

Parking Info   (pdf - use ACROBAT READER for best display)

 

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration
(Continental breakfast available)

 

8:45 a.m. Welcome

Emmanuel Paris-Bouvret and Dean Krishna R. Winston (Wesleyan University)

Richard House, President of NERALLT

 

9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Keynote: GIS and Multimedia as “Portkeys” to Language Learning

Joel Goldfield (Culpeper Language Resource Center; Associate Professor, Fairfield University)

 

9:50 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Presentation: Digital Storytelling to Engage Language Learners

Elizabeth Langran and Jenn Cirino (Fairfield University)

 

Break 10 min.

 

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. Presentation: Preparing for the Real World: Online Dating
and Digital Video Projects for Students of Modern Hebrew

Shiri Goren, Robin Ladouceur, and Mark Sanford (Yale University)

 

11:45 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. Presentation: YouTube in the Classroom

Kathleen Ruiz and Viria Kopp (ACES-Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School)

 

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Luncheon

 

1:15p.m. - 2:10 p.m. NERALLT Business Meeting

 

2:10 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Presentation: Japanese iMovie Project

Miri Nakamura (Wesleyan University)

 

2:55 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. Presentation: Multimedia Narration in the Classroom:
Writing with Digital Storytelling

Nicole Vaget and Shaoping Moss (Mount Holyoke College)

 

Break 10 min.

 

3:50 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. Presentation: Showcasing Your Language Resource Center
Michael Jones (Language Resource Center, Swarthmore College)

4:35 p.m. Closing Remarks

 

5:00 p.m. Optional: Post-conference Tour of Wesleyan’s Language Resource Center, 207 Fisk Hall