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New England Regional Association for Language Learning Technology |
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Richard House, Pres. NERALLT |
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| New England Regional Association for Language Learning Technology Spring 2008 Newsletter |
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President's Message |
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The two hands-on Workshops planned for Thursday will allow participants to experience some of the ways that Flash Video can add movement to web content, as well as how the Jabber Server allows for text, audio and video chats. Some of Friday's sessions will involve iMovie and ways in which faculty have integrated “make a movie” into meaningful course assignments. Even YouTube gets a nod, since this site provides one of the most cost-effective ways of getting video in front of language learners. |
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A “schedule at a glance” appears below, but you can go to our “upcoming meeting” link to learn more and to register. You may also want to have a look at the “Conference Links” section which follows. This is a modest attempt to make some of the terms and technologies more accessible to those who may not have experienced them yet. We hope to see you at the Conference. Please register early, especially if you are interested in the Thursday Workshops. Finally, we owe a debt of gratitude to Irene Starr who is filling in for a harried Barbara Lindsey as newsletter editor. Barbara will return with the post-conference edition! -Dick |
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NERALLT Spring ’08 Conference Program at a Glance Language Learning in Action: Moving Images in a Digital World Thurs. - Fri., May 1 - 2, 2008 |
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Thursday, May 1st Thursday Events 1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.: Language Resource
Center (LRC), 207 Fisk Hall, Parking: TBA
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
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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
7:00 p.m. Dinner at
Luce Restaurant, 98 Washington Street,
Middletown, CT (See next page for Friday's Schedule) |
Conference Links:
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“GIS” Graphical Information Systems: www.digitalhumanities.org/dh2007/abstracts/xhtml.xq?id=229 “Portkeys” refers to a Harry Potter concept whereby “an enchanted object will allow those who
touch it
at a precise time to travel great distances.” www.jaymansfield.com/Potter.htm “Digital Storytelling” got its start through the “Center for Digital Story Telling.” www.storycenter.org/index1.html iMovie is described at: www.apple.com/ilife/ Flash Media Server is showcased at: http://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productid=1528&loc=en_us The Jabber Server is described at: www.jabber.org/what-is-jabber |
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Friday, May 2nd
Friday Events 8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.: Woodhead Lounge, 1st floor, Exley Science Center, Parking: TBA
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration
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, 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 Shiri Goren, Robin Ladouceur, and Mark Sanford (Yale University) |
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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: 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 4:35 p.m. Closing Remarks
5:00 p.m. Optional: Post-conference Tour of Wesleyan’s Language Resource Center, 207 Fisk Hall |
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Agenda Items will include the
following. Please note that our
Business Meeting time allotment is short this time, so we'll attempt to focus
and move through these rapidly, with follow-up by eMail and in our
Post-Conference Newsletter. |
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Joint
Meeting with NEALLT Spring 2009 ·
Fall
2008 Meeting Theme and Location ·
More
“networking” time at meetings |
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Publish
“Proceedings” of Conferences ·
Why
be a NERALLT member |
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Hotel Info Wesleyan's list of area
hotels: www.wesleyan.edu/about/lodging.html#anchorWalk |
Richard House, Pres. NERALLT
Language Resource Center
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
email: rhouse@cisunix.unh.edu
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Webmaster Dick House