Electronic Village 2006

Internet Classics Fair 2006

Thursday and
Friday, March 16-17, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Electronic Village
Convention Center, Tampa, Florida

Organizers: Chris Sauer &

Christine Bauer-Ramazani

Thursday, March 16

Station	Presenter(s)	Title / URL
Mac1, 2	Leslie Opp-Beckman leslieob@uoregon.edu	Thailand-University of Oregon Videoconferencing Series for English Language Teachers (Session was webcast: by www.worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/Tesol2006-Leslie_Opp-Backman) http://thaiuo.uoregon.edu/
Mac4	Timothy Healy tohealy@earthlink.net	Teaching ESL writing through website publishing
Mac6	Thomas Leverett leverett@siu.edu	This is your program: This is your program on weblogs http://thisisyourbrainonweblogs.blogspot.com
Mac8	Claire Bradin Siskin cbsiskin+@pitt.edu	Demonstration of iChat iChat is software for text-, audio- and video conferencing. The software is free with all recent Macintoshes. http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat/
Mac10	Ashley Hastings ahasting@su.edu Brenda Murphy bmurphy@su.edu	Using Blackboard forums in TESOL teacher education This presentation demonstrates how students in the Shenandoah University distance TESOL teacher education program use Blackboard discussion forums for a variety of interactions, including: (1) responding to specific questions related to a lecture; (2) raising their own questions and issues related to a lecture; (3) posting and responding to essays on current issues in TESOL; (4) reporting on assigned observations of classrooms; (5) scheduling presentations on campus; (6) coordinating work on projects. http://bbd.su.edu/
PC10/11	Chris Jones clj@harmony.azwestern.edu	“What’s Up?” an ESL Magazine Online (Session was webcast by www.Worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/tesol2006_chris_jones) “What’s Up?” is an ESL magazine online, and it publishes writing of ESL students at Arizona Western College. It is an ongoing project where any ESL student may have one of his/her writings from an ESL class published online. It encourages students to write and to recognize the value of their writing. The session will show the magazine and provide a handout about the format for making such a magazine. http://www.azwestern.edu/modern_lang/esl/cjones/mag/index.htm
PC5	Andy Bowman ielc.lab@wichita.edu	eDictionary eDictionary helps students learn vocabulary while they browse the Internet. This downloadable plug-in features thousands of entries either defined in simple English or displayed in thumbnail-sized pictures.”
PC7	Bartoshesky, Abigail abigail@mail.smu.edu	American Culture Club In this session, participants will explore the American Culture Clubhouse, a non-commercial website designed to help learners acquire insight into US language and culture. The clubhouse is constructed of theme-based rooms that contain annotated links to authentic popular culture websites. The presenter will navigate the site and provide content and instructional ideas for teaching aspects of contemporary American culture. This site will be most useful for teachers of high school, college and adult ELLs. http://home.gwu.edu/%7Emeloni/eslstudyhall/usculture.html
PC2	Lyra Riabov l.riabov@snhu.edu	Teacher-Created Website and the Web-based Blackboard as Tools of Instruction in ESL / CALL Classes This demonstration explores the structure of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) course and ESL/Culture Websites which are designed and used by Professor Lyra Riabov as a tool of instruction in Southern New Hampshire University, the Institute for Language Education Master of Science in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and for the Intensive English program. The attendees will also explore Professor Lyra Riabov Web-based Blackboard^™ course content, features, and student activities, which enhance the learning process in these courses. http://blackboard.snhu.edu/ http://acadweb.snhu.edu/Riabov_Lyra/EFL537_CALL.htm

Friday, March 17

Station	Presenter(s)	Title/URL
PC10/11	Randall Davis eslrandall@yahoo.com	Breaking the Sound Barrier on the Web (Session was webcast by www.Worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/Tesol2006_Randal_Davis_Presentation) This presentation will focus on helping teachers learn how to author multimedia for the Internet, from selecting hardware and software to preparing their recording “studios” to get the best sound. http://www.esl-lab.com 12:00-12:30 Interview with Randall Davis (Session was webcast by www.Worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/interview-with-randall-davis-at-tesol2006)
PC8	Kerry Purmensky kpurmens@mail.ucf.edu	Creating Group Reflection using the WWW: Weblogs and Discussion Boards for Creating Communities
PC7	Paula Emmert emmert4@yahoo.com	Task-based WebQuests in ESOL curriculum WebQuests are web-based, inquiry-oriented activities that can be utilized to support the instructional process. The presenter demonstrates how WebQuests developed in 1995, can be utilized in ESL environments. Definition, parts and underpinnings of WebQuest strategies, and tools for classroom integration will be emphasized during this Electronic Village presentation. http://www.call-esl.com/
PC5/6	Abigail Bartoshesky abigail@mail.smu.edu	Using a Course Management System to teach an ESL Methods Course Online This session illustrates the valuable, online component of an ESL/Bilingual Education Teacher Education course Second Language and Literacy Acquisition. The course materials, assignments and an intra-course communication system are housed on an electronic classroom organizer called Blackboard. The presenter will demonstrate how a web-based course management system (such as Blackboard) provides instructors, students and guest participants with a number of tools for collaborating, sharing information and documents, keeping up-to-date records and much more. http://courses.smu.edu/ Click the button marked Log On to Blackboard User ID is: smu-guest Your password is: smu-guest
PC4	Marian Thacher mthacher@otan.us <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]>	OTAN for Teachers – Adult ESOL Web Resources
PC2	Phil Hubbard efs@stanford.edu	An Invitation to CALL: Foundations of Computer Assisted Language Learning This site was originally developed to accompany a CALL “mini-course” offered as a 1-unit elective supplement to an ESL methodology class, with the aim of providing a broad but relatively shallow survey of the field. Although still used in that capacity, it has been redesigned as a resource for independent study and CALL teacher educators. www.stanford.edu/~efs/callcourse
Mac1, 2	Thomas Robb trobb@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp	The Famous Personages Project (Session was webcast by www.Worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/Tesol2006_ThomasRobb-The_Famous_Personages_Project) This project features short sketches in English of over 500 famous people in modern Japan. The project was started about 10 years ago and has recently been converted to a Wiki to allow anyone to update the biographies. Information will be supplied on how you can contribute, or start one for another country. http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous 3:30-4:00 Interview with Tom Robb (Session was webcast by www.Worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/tesol2006-Robb-interview)
Mac5	Michael Feldman mfeldman@bu.edu	Lessons Learned – Four Levels of Using Blogs in ESL CANCELLED
Mac7	Karen Woodman karen.woodman@une.edu.au	Me and MAAL: 10 tips for developing successful online grad courses Particpants will learn tips for successful online course and program development, including design, planning and implementation issues.
Mac9	Jim Bame fabame@cc.usu.edu	Nicenet The demonstrator will show various uses of Nicenet and show participants a) how to set up a course site for themselves and b) various courses and activities the demonstrator has done over the last 6 years using Nicenet. An extensive handout with other Internet sites describing using Nicenet will be available.

Internet Fair Classics 2006

TESOL’s Electronic Village: Internet Fair
Classics, March 16 & 17, 2006

ARCHIVE

Web Cast Organizers:
Jeff Lebow (http://www.Worldbridges.com)
and
Christine
Bauer-Ramazani

Moderators:
Chris Sauer and
Christine
Bauer-Ramazani

We thank
TESOL,
the CALL-IS, the Electronic Village team, and the Electronic Village
Online Coordinators for their
on-site assistance with these events.

Time

Presenter(s)

Title/URL

2:00-2:40
p.m.,
US EST

WorldClock

Chris Jones

clj@harmony.azwestern.edu

“What’s Up?” an ESL
Magazine Online
(Session was webcast by
www.Worldbridges.net;
archive available at

http://webheadsinaction.org/tesol2006_chris_jones)

“What’s Up?” is an ESL magazine online, and it publishes writing of
ESL students at Arizona Western College. It is an ongoing project
where any ESL student may have one of his/her writings from an ESL
class published online. It encourages students to write and to
recognize the value of their writing. The session will show the
magazine and provide a handout about the format for making such a
magazine.

http://www.azwestern.edu/modern_lang/esl/cjones/mag/index.htm

2:45-3:25 p.m.,
US EST

WorldClock

Leslie Opp-Beckman

leslieob@uoregon.edu

Thailand-University of Oregon Videoconferencing
Series for English Language Teachers
(Session
was webcast:
by

www.worldbridges.net; archive available at

http://webheadsinaction.org/Tesol2006-Leslie_Opp-Backman)

http://thaiuo.uoregon.edu

F R I D A Y	Time	Presenter(s)	Title/URL
	12:00-12:30 p.m., US EST WorldClock	Randall Davis eslrandall@yahoo.com	Interview of Randall Davis (by Christine Bauer-Ramazani) (Session was webcast by www.Worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/interview-with-randall-davis-at-tesol2006)
	2:00-2:40 p.m., US EST WorldClock	Thomas Robb trobb@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp	The Famous Personages Project (Session was webcast by www.Worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/Tesol2006_ThomasRobb-The_Famous_Personages_Project) This project features short sketches in English of over 500 famous people in modern Japan. The project was started about 10 years ago and has recently been converted to a Wiki to allow anyone to update the biographies. Information will be supplied on how you can contribute, or start one for another country. http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous
	2:45-3:25 p.m., US EST WorldClock	Randall Davis eslrandall@yahoo.com	Breaking the Sound Barrier on the Web (Session was webcast by www.Worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/Tesol2006_Randal_Davis_Presentation) This presentation will focus on helping teachers learn how to author multimedia for the Internet, from selecting hardware and software to preparing their recording “studios” to get the best sound. http://www.esl-lab.com
	3:30-4:00 p.m., US EST WorldClock	Thomas Robb	Interview of Tom Robb (by Christine Bauer-Ramazani) (Session was webcast by www.Worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/tesol2006-Robb-interview)