NERALLT Fall 2007 Meeting

New England
Regional Association
for
Language Learning Technology

Fall 2007 Meeting Information
October 25 - 26, 2007
“Web 2.0: Participatory Strategies for Language Learning”
Link to the Conference Site at Saint Michael's College

Hosts : John Graves, Susan Breeyear, Saint Michael's College, VT ( jgraves@smcvt.edu )

Program Chair : Audrey Sartiaux, Director of the Language Center, Union College, NY ( sartiaua@union.edu )

Committee Member: Barbara Lindsey, Director of the Multimedia Language Center, Uconn, CT ( barbara.lindsey@uconn.edu )

Spider Man's web is not the only net with which to catch students and faculty's attention!
Come, share, and learn about Web 2.0, its many facets and pedagogical uses to entice teaching and learning of languages.
And who can resist the beauties of Vermont in the Fall?!!!

Before you attend, consider reading some of the articles about Web 2.0 at the following links:

What is web 2.0? Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software by Tim O’Reilly (O’Reilly, Sept. 2005):
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning? by Bryan Alexander (Educause Review, March-April 2006, Vol. 41, Number 2)
http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm06/erm0621.asp?bhcp=1

Social Software in Academia by Todd Bryant (Educause Quaterly Vol. 29, Number 2, 2006)
http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/eqm06/eqm0627.asp

Web 2.0: Building the New Library by Paul Miller (Ariadne, Issue 45, Oct. 2005)
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/miller/

On Skype and Podcasting:
Emerging Technologies: Skype and Podcasting: Disruptive Technologies for Language Learning by Robert Godwin-Jones (Language Learning and Technology, Sept. 05, Vol. 9, Number 3)
http://llt.msu.edu/vol9num3/emerging/default.html

The hotel arrangements have been finalized and the dates chosen for the conference.
Reservations must be made 30 days prior to the event in order to get the negotiated rate.
The reservations have been held under the name "NERALLT."

NERALLT Fall 2007 Saint Michael’s College

Scheduled Days of the Conference:

Thursday, October 25th
Friday, October 26th

Saturday, October 27th (reserved in the event that participants want to
spend the weekend)

University Inn: 15 rooms http://travel.yahoo.com/p-hotel-376166-university_inn_suites-i;_ylt=AqszAHk1zw3qJ9IGyH2TLbT8xmoA

5 Dorset St
South Burlington, VT 05403
1-877-477-5817

Days Inn: 10 rooms http://www.daysinn.com/DaysInn/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=04873&brandInfo=DI

124 College Parkway
I-89 & Route 15
Colchester, VT, 05446 US
(802)655-0900
Fax: (802)655-6851

Hampton Inn: 15 rooms http://travel.yahoo.com/p-hotel-357493-hampton_inn_conference_ctr-i;_ylt=Av9_ORybmLQWVTxVrigdRBj8xmoA

42 Lower Mountain View Dr
Colchester, VT 05446
(802)655-6177
Fax: (802) 655-4962

For more information, contact:
John Graves
Manager, Language Learning Resource Center
Saint Michael's College
jgraves@smcvt.edu
802.654.2878