TESOL 2008 ELECTRONIC VILLAGE SPECIAL EVENTS
April 2-5, 2008
New York Hilton & Sheraton New York
New York, New York, USA
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: January 4, 2008
If you submit by December 7, 2007, you will get an early decision by January 1st.
You are invited to submit a proposal for participation in one or more of these TESOL 2008 CALL Interest Section Special Events. You are welcome to submit proposals to more than one event, and it is possible to have more than one proposal accepted (depending on space availability and quality of the submission)
. Windows and Macintosh equipment will be available at no charge, along with CD ROM Drives, Internet connections, and (for the Showcase, EV Hardware Fair and EV
Mini-Workshops) projection equipment. Plan to bring a minimum of 100 handouts per Fair/Showcase acceptance slot since these are very popular events!
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE FAIRS:
Presenters have approximately 20-30 minutes to demonstrate their material on 1-2 computer(s) without projection equipment in a presentation format similar to a "poster session." Participants walk around the EV, dropping in and out of demonstrations, thus precluding highly structured presentations. A demonstration may be repeated a second time (an additional 20 to 30 minutes), if interest warrants
and space allows.
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE HARDWARE FAIR:
The Hardware Fair is a variant of the regular fairs, where presenters will demonstrate their material for 20-30 minute intervals, so people can go around the room and see the event multiple times. The variation is that presentations will be on devices which may or may not include computers, but may also interact with them in some way (see description below for suggested items).
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MINI-WORKSHOPS:
One presenter introduces a topic to a small group of workshop participants. The workshop is "hands-on" in a computer lab setting. Each workshop - with instruction and "hands-on" practice - lasts 90 minutes.
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE SHOWCASE:
A selected group of presenters will demonstrate their software or application for 8 to 12 minutes each. A brief question and answer session follows each presentation.
EV FAIRS
This year's EV Fairs combine internet applications and computer applications. In the EV Fairs, teachers or teachers, developers share their use of computer-based resources. These resources can be software (PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, Focus on Grammar, Word Attack, Skype, etc.) or websites (presenter-made or public like CNN.com, Yahoo! Groups, an online concordancer, etc.)
Demonstrations may highlight student projects, activities or curriculum created for students or educators.
Examples:
-Email projects
-Lesson plan archives for teachers
-Vocabulary worksheets using an online thesaurus
-Skimming/scanning activities using a local newspaper webpage
-Research/writing exercises for investigating Internet hoaxes
-Vocabulary flashcards using iFlash on an iPod
-A descriptive writing activity combined with HyperStudio illustrations
-Web 2.0 activities, using social networking or SecondLife
PROPOSALS
Please submit your proposal(s) for the EV Fair online at
http://www.langconcepts.net/ev2008.html
EV Hardware Fair
Do you have an innovative, effective or otherwise interesting instructional activity that utilizes hardware other than a conventional computer? Do your students use hardware in an interesting way? If so, why not share it with others in the EV
Hardware Fair. Presenters will be located at stations around the Electronic Village demonstrating use of specific kinds of hardware like:
-handheld devices
-cameras
-portable technologies
-smartboards
-clickers
-ELMOs
-MP3 players
-cell phones
It is suggested that you bring your own small hardware (as in hand held device, camera or cell phone) or ask the company (like Smart) to send you a loaner for the larger equipment (like interactive whiteboards) to demonstrate at the workshop (they are usually good about this). Some responsibility for hardware by the presenter will be needed.
PROPOSALS
Please submit your proposal(s) for the EV Hardware Fair online at
http://www.langconcepts.net/ev2008.html
EV MINI-WORKSOHPS
The EV Mini-workshops are limited-seating ticketed events that provide hands-on experience. Participants gain experience in adaptation of software and/or hardware for CALL purposes and create products for teaching and learning.
Examples:
-Movie Making
-Working with audio and/or video
-Creating Internet teaching and learning resources
-Developing online collaborative environments
-Teaching with an interactive whiteboard
PROPOSALS
Please submit your proposal(s) for the EV Mini-workshops online at
http://www.langconcepts.net/ev2008.html
DEVELOPERS' SHOWCASE
The Developers' Showcase is one of several ways in which the CALL-IS disseminates information about computers and computer- assisted instruction to the ESL/EFL professional community. The Showcase provides an opportunity for the designers of ESL/EFL software to display their work, and for potential users, software
developers, and marketers to examine and react to it. We especially welcome projects produced by teachers for their own students or projects produced under development grants.
This Showcase includes materials in the following two categories:
1. disk-based software, including floppy-disk, hard disk, and CD-ROMs.
2. web-based software, including both programs that can be accessed
directly from the web and those that can be downloaded.
The Showcase is not a commercial venue. Only work that is not yet on the market will be considered. The following types of software are not acceptable for the Showcase:
* Software that is already contracted with a publisher
* Software that has been offered for sale independently, or which the presenter plans to sell independently, including by subscription or as shareware
* Software given away free to promote a commercial interest
PROPOSALS
Please submit your proposal(s) for the Developers' Showcase online at
http://www.langconcepts.net/ev2008.html
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