NERALLD Spring 1998 meeting
Friday April 24, 1998, at Harvard University

AGENDA

9-9:30 am Coffee

9:30-10:30 Bob Doyle, Director, Department of Instuctional Media Services: CREATING A NEW LANGUAGE LAB: The Plan, The Reality

10:30-11:00 Questions and answers

11:00-12:15 Ivan Audouin, Instructional Computing Specialist: PROS AND CONS OF DIGITAL VS. ANALOG

12:15-1:00 Tour of Language Resource Center

1:00-2:30 Lunch, a break for fresh air, a short business meeting

2:30-4:30 Panel Discussion: Faculty Involvement (faculty members from Harvard and elsewhere), followed by Q&A/discussion

These questions have been submitted to the faculty panel:
-- "What makes a teacher successful in the lab?"
-- "How much of your success is based on individual initiative,
and how much is it due to institutional support structures?"
-- "What support structures need to be in place to encourage faculty?"
-- "What are the obstacles you've overcome, and how?"
-- "Is what you are doing transferrable to other institutions?"

The talks and panel discussions will be audiotaped. The afternoon panel is also open to interested faculty members.

Free lunch sponsored by Harvard and NERALLD

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A half-day hands-on workshop -- Thursday April 23, 1-5 pm
Tufts University -- Olin Center, Packard Avenue -- Medford, MA

PLUG-IN with NERALLD!

Enrollment limit: 15 (NERALLD members given preference)

New! Previously billed for web novices, this workshop has been upgraded! If you ARE a novice, please sign up... and if you know how to use the web but need to learn about downloading audio and video files, fonts and handling error messages when working with streaming a/v, please join us!

Program: explore sites that use the plug-ins
-- learn to download plug-ins
-- download fonts
-- deal confidentally with error messsages

PLUS! Carmen Greenlee's excellent list of international radio sites!

Address your questions ABOUT THE WORKSHOP to Ed Dente at edente@emerald.tufts.edu or tel: 617-627-3036. Sign up for the workshop with him also.

Reservations for workshop are required. Ed will give you directions and parking information when you sign up.

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A Message from IALL's President Elect, Read Gilgen of UWisc-Madison

The last time I looked, NERALLD was still a regional group of IALL, the International Association for Language Learning Technology. I believe you are the oldest and most independent of all the regional groups, but I urge you nonetheless to look to and take advantage of what IALL has to offer.

The best immediate source of IALL information can be found on the web at which has been enhanced recently with new and up-to-date information. For example:

-Contact people
-Current news
-Links to regional group sites
-Link to the LLTI Listserv
-Link to the Software Database
-Link to The IALL Journal


IALL has been working hard lately to make sure the Current News is indeed current and useful. There you can find news tidbits, a current calendar of events, job announce-ments, and much more. Did you know, for example, that this fall we have posted more than 15 job openings (language technology only)? We've posted guidelines for planning a conference, and hope soon to post other interesting and useful information. If you have suggestions, or if you want to add calendar or other information, please contact me directly <read@lss.wisc.edu>.

Stay in touch. IALL & NERALLD need you!

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RELATED TO OUR UPCOMING MEETING: HELPFUL IALL PUBLICATIONS

IALL has new editions of its most popular and informative publications:

IALL Language Laboratory Design Kit -- The Design Kit is available for $15. to IALL members, $25. to non-members.

IALL Management Manual
The Management Manual costs $20. for members and $30. for non-members.

Information about IALL and its publications can be found at polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/IALL/Pub.html

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Volunteerism is alive and well in NERALLD! Special thanks to Mary Fetherston, new member, Guest Editor and Interim Lab Coordinator at URI, and to Dick House who will do a stint as Guest Editor of the follow-up newsletter. Also appreciated are Irene Starr and (your name here!), who will be taking notes at the upcoming meeting.

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WHERE TO PARK AT HARVARD
Directions to the Business School Parking Lot:
Please Read This Before Looking at Maps

If you are coming from the east or west, you will end up on Storrow Drive. When you see signs for Harvard Square, Cambridge, go to outside lane (don't use underpass). This part of Storrow Drive becomes Soldiers Field Road. Follow arrows pointing to North Harvard Street. Go down North Harvard Street (less than 1/2 mile), Harvard Stadium will be on your right. Just before you reach the end of the stadium, there's a narrow street on the left. There's no sign but there is an old-fashioned lamppost with a red sign on it that says VISITORS' PARKING LOT. Take that left, go to the guard's booth, mention the NERALLD conference, then go to the Visitors' Lot. The shuttle bus stop is across the street from the last row.

If you are coming from the north or south, get to Harvard Square, go down John F. Kennedy Street, cross the Lars Anderson Bridge and you will be on North Harvard Street. Proceed as indicated above.

Please make sure you get on the bus that goes to the Lamont Library! The space has been reserved for you from 8am to 8pm. It's a pleasant walk to Lamont, if you have the time.

Shuttle Bus Schedule
>From Soldiers Field Park to Lamont Library
7:35 a.m.
7:55 a.m.
8:20 a.m.
8:50 a.m.
9:15 a.m.

>From Lamont Library to Soldiers Field Park
4:25 p.m.
5:05 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
6:25 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
Clickable maps available at: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/map/

Additional map will be sent with confirmation of your reservation.

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NERALLD Dues Have you forgotten to pay your dues this year? Renew now at the half-year rate of $15.00. Check out our new dues renewal form elsewhere at this site! http://www.marlboro.edu/~neralld/membership.html

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There is no truth to the rumor that Tag Tanalski and Matthew Mattingly are doing a session on "Flora and Fauna (and Microbes) of the Language Lab..."

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NERALLD Spring 1998 meeting
Friday, April 24, 1998, at Harvard University
Reply/Reservation Form

Reservations for the meeting and dues payments should be addressed to Bruce Parkhurst, Geddes Language Ctr, Boston Univ, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA 02215 Tel: 617-353-2640, Fax 617-353-2519, email brucep@bu.edu

Name:

Institution:

Address:

City, State Zip:

Telephone number:

FAX:

email:

5 QUESTIONS -- PLEASE ANSWER THEM ALL!
1. Will you be coming to the Friday meeting at Harvard?

2. Will you attend the Plug-In Workshop Thursday 1-5 at Tufts? (Questions about the Thursday workshop should be addressed to Ed Dente, email edente@emerald.tufts.edu or tel: 617-627-3036)

3. Will you attend Ed's party Thursday evening? (Workshop attendance not required to come to the party!)

4. Do you need to renew your NERALLD dues? Our $15.00 half-year rate applies if you renew at this time. If you answered yes, please indicate if: ... payment is coming under separate cover (CHECKS PAYABLE TO NERALLD) or ... if you will pay at the meeting on 4/24

5. Free parking from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Harvard Business School. Many thanks to Bob Doyle for making this possible! Will you use this parking lot?

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Overnight accommodations APRIL 8
Attendance at the Workshop APRIL 17
Attendance at the Meeting APRIL 17
Ed's party APRIL 17

NEED MORE INFORMATION?

Please address any questions about the Friday meeting program to Connie Christo (our gracious host) tel: 617-496-0607, email christo@fas.harvard.edu

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ED'S HAVING A PARTY AND YOU ARE INVITED!

Ed Dente, our host for the Plug-In Workshop at Tufts University, is hosting a party Thursday evening at his house. He has a 6' grand piano, sheet music and we know there is musical talent among us! Join Us! For details contact Ed at tel: 617-627-3036 or edente@emerald.tufts.edu. Food will be served.

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OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS

NERALLD is handling the reservations through April 8, after which time you are on your own. Please contact Bruce Parkhurst at Boston University to make arrangements at 617/353-2640, fax 617-353-2519, or brucep@bu.edu.

For those wishing to stay close to Friday's meeting site at Harvard, we are holding five rooms at the Irving House, a lovely house within easy walking distance of Harvard Square. Rates given are for one night.

Sorry, the B&B mentioned in the LLTI posting is no longer available.

Irving House 24 Irving Street Cambridge MA 617/547-4600 FAX 576-2814
Private bath, double bed
$105 for one person
$120 split between two people
Private bath, queen bed
$115 for one person
$130 split between two people
Private bath, queen plus twin
$115 for one person
$130 split between two people
Extra person (beyond what's anticipated in the rate structure above)?
-- $15 added.

Included in these rates are off-street parking and continental b'fast.

On a tighter budget?

We are also holding rooms at "A Friendly Inn at Harvard Square" 1673 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA 617/547-7851 tel/FAX

$77 per person single bed
$87 per room with double bed
$97 per room with queen bed

All rooms feature a private bath, TV, phone, continental breakfast and free parking.

DEADLINE FOR ROOM RESERVATIONS: April 8