Dear colleagues,

The TESOL Electronic Village Online announces its Call for Proposals
for the Electronic Village Online 2009

The CALL Interest Section of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages, Inc. (TESOL) offers language teachers world-wide the
opportunity to participate in the Electronic Village Online (EVO), a
professional development project and virtual extension of the TESOL
2009 Convention in Denver, Colorado. The free 6-week sessions allow
participants to engage in online discussion and/or short hands-on
workshops on topics of professional interest in the field of ESL/EFL.
TESOL member groups, in particular, are invited to sponsor sessions
related to convention presentations.

For further information on how to become a moderator of one of our
sessions, please visit our Call for Proposals page at:

http://evosessions. pbwiki.com/ CfP

Feel free to forward this Call for Proposals to other e-lists. Thank
you for helping us spread the word.

Looking forward to your proposals,

Cordially,

Dear All

I thought some of you may be interested in the IATEFL (International
Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) conference,
due to start in Exeter, UK, next week.  This is the second year there
is an "online component" - an excellent opportunity for those of us
who can't travel to the UK to see some presentations and papers from
top names in the field, and engage in some healthy debate.

There is a whole Special Interest Area around Learning Technologies
(or ICTs) with many animated and interesting discussions currently
taking place.

Access to the site and all resources is free, and there are also some
great prizes available for the online delegates.  More information can
be found at http://exeteronline.britishcouncil.org/

Regards,

Rena Penna

Presentor: Associate Professor, John Hurst
Date: Friday, 11th April
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Clayfield Room, Caulfield Campus, MONASH
Title: A Demonstration of PebblePad - an ePortfolio Tool

Abstract:
The intense interest in the use of information technology to support
teaching-related activities has recently spawned the development of
"Portfolio" systems, which have as a key goal the
documentation of key skills, interests and achievements of students
in their learning endeavours.

EPortfolios allow students to build a compendium of "assets" which
describe learning activities and outcomes, and document the
student's progress in his or her educational environment. Of course,
such a list of assets can be put to other uses, and the flexibility
of the system is a key parameter in determining how such systems
might be used.

In this talk, I shall demonstrate some experience gained in
using "PebblePad" a UK-based ePortfolio system.

Apologies for cross-posting:
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GLoCALL 2008
Globalization and Localization in CALL 2008

Hotel Ciputra Jakarta, Jakarta, 7-9 November 2008 &
Quality Hotel Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, 10-12 November 2008

GLoCALL 2008 invites proposals for presentations that are related to
computer-assisted language learning. Proposals for Papers (35
minutes), Symposia (120 minutes) and Poster sessions should be
submitted via the GLoCALL Website (http://glocall.org/) by 1 July
2008.

Proposals are encouraged within the sub-themes below, but are not
limited to:
* application of technology to the language classroom
* localizing Internet materials to the classroom
* using the Internet for cultural exchange
* managing multimedia/hypermedia environments
* e-learning, collaborative learning and blended learning
* emerging technologies
* fostering autonomous learning through technology
* Web 2.0 and language learning
* training language teachers in e-learning environments

Successful applicants will be notified by August 1st, 2008, although
those who require an earlier decision for funding purposes may
request so in the Comments area of the proposal Web form.

The conference takes the form of a 'travelling roadshow' with
Organizing Committee members, plenary speakers and whoever else
wishes to give presentations at both locations. Presenters from
outside Indonesia are particularly encouraged to submit multiple
proposals, covering both 'state of the art' themes as well
as 'practical training' so that participants with varying levels of
CALL experience will be able to benefit from conference
participation.

For further details, please visit: http://glocall.org/

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Hello all,
I just wanted to let you know that i created a wiki for us using
pbwiki.com.
Both David and I had experimented with a number of wiki providers
and returned to pbwiki as the easiest and friendliest at the moment
(but will be happy to hear about any other teacher/student friendly
providers of wikis).

Anyway, if you want to have a bit of a play with creating new pages
and editing them, please visit us at:
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http://ozcall.pbwiki.com

I made it private, to avoid silly add ons from external parties, so
you need to use a key to get in:

ozcall2008
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All welcome!

http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2008/02/04/towards-reflective-blogtalk/


for an interesting discussion on creating an awareness in students of
the blog community rather than just writing exercises. 'Ripple effect'
charts are used to make students aware of the reactions to their posts.

David asked:
> BTW could you get into the wikis okay?

Sorry, have not ventured there yet but I will in the next couple of
days. It's been a busy week.

r

HI Renata,

it's actually www.zimmertwins.com, a person called Zimmerman is the
creator, also of one of the other sites I mentioned.

Regards,

David

BTW could you get into the wikis okay?

----- Original Message -----
From: Renata Chylinski <renata.chylinski@...>
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:36 am
Subject: [ozcall] Re: wikis and comics
To: ozcall@yahoogroups.com

> David,
> Can you please give us some details about Zimmermann? A link to
> their
> site? Can't find this particular software online.
>
>
>
>

David,
Can you please give us some details about Zimmermann? A link to their
site? Can't find this particular software online.

A few ideas for lessons and CALL projects.


Some wiki ideas: make a choose your own adventure series. Memory or space
allowing,
students could create video using dig. cameras/mobiles and create a soap opera.
Slang/
Aussie dictionaries perhaps.

A colleague of mine from last year's grad. cert. TESOL was trying out comics and
comic
creation in the classroom. His blog www.englishwithblogs.blogspot.com has some
useful
sites and a commentary of what he found and did in the classroom.

Zimmerman is also useful for low levels as sentences are given and items e.g.
names, or
places + prepositions can be substituted by clicking on a list - so very good
for sentence
structure.

The Modern Language Teachers' Association of Victoria has a number of
game makers on their site.
These are very easy do download and to author:
http://www.mltav.asn.au/content/view/149/

They create either an exe file or a webpage.

I have just created a Memory Game Maker - you can have pictures,
sounds and text there - quite versatile.

Apologies fro cross-posting:
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This is to let you know that GLoCALL 2008 (with the form of a
travelling roadshow again) will be held in Jakarta and Yogyakarta,
Indonesia in the following dates:

Nov. 7: Workshop for local teachers in Jakarta
Nov. 8-9: Conference in Jakarta
Nov. 10: Workshop for local teachers in Yogyakarta
Nov. 11-12: Conference in Yogyakarta

We will send out our 'Call for Proposals' (CFP) by the end of
February and update our GLoCALL Website (glocall.org) as we go along.

All the best,

J-B

-------
Jeong-Bae Son, Ph.D.
http://www.usq.edu.au/users/sonjb/
President, APACALL
Co-Chair, GLoCALL 2008
Co-Editor, IJPL
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Here is a link to various discussions from ELT people using wikis and
blogs

http://eltnotes.blogspot.com/2007/04/eslefl-wikis.html

Pardon me, the program/site is actually called zimmertwins , see
it/use it at www.zimmertwins.ca. I must have had Bod Dylan on the
brain.

I found on Renata's link to www.call05-06.motime.com where a teacher
lists some useful internet based programs.

David

Hi again,
I have found my notes. The software is called Comic Life. People
presenting about it were from Japan and used Macs:
http://www.amazon.com/Comic-Life-Deluxe-Strip-Creator/dp/B000BGZHD8.
The link below gives you samples of student work that facilitated
academic reading on communication
http://homepage.mac.com/sylvanjpayne/comic/

Unfortunately I cannot find anything on PC version of this software,
which is aparently VERY simple to use.

One example of a class activity I have is a handout with a text on
Nonverbal Misinterpretations which contains also a cartoon with empty
speech bubbles - students are asked to fill the balloons with the info
from the text (they need to summarise, quote, paraphrase and interpret
to do so).

Is Zimmerman something similar and can it be used for PC?

R

Welcome David to our group and thanks for your post.
I have not used zimmermann myself and when searched for it on the
Webheads in Action I did not find any references to it.

But you have reminded me about a presentation I attended at the
GLoCALL conference in Hanoi in November - I  think it was a software
only available on Macs - I will double check my notes.

Do you have any URL to the Zimmermann software? Sounds very promising

R

Hi everyone, I'm a colleague of Renata's and Rita's. On following some
of Renata's suggestions for researching wikis and blogs (I've been
using pbwiki and www.blogger.com recently with general English and
IELTS Prep. classes) and someone was using an animation creation
program called zimmerman, which looks to have a lot of potential for
CALL projects.Has anyone tried it in ESL classes?

May it be the year of joy to all of you, OZCALL friends, and to your
families.

Best regards

Renata

There is an interesting discussion on Webheads about collaborative
writing online using wikis, blogs and Google Docs .
Google docs seem to do a good job. Follow this discussion here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evonline2002_webheads/

Renata

Apologies for cross posting, but as we are filling our 2008
calendars with events this one is of significance:
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World CALL 2008: CALL Bridges the word
Fukuoka (Japan): 5-8 August 2008
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Pre-conference sessions:
5 August (Fukuoka University)
Workshops (charged separately)

Conference: 6 August  (Fukuoka International Congress Center)

Conference Chair: Mike Levy (Griffith University, Australia)

Conference Vice-Chair: Masayoshi Kinoshita (Fukuoka International
University)

Keynote speakers:

Vera Menezes, Brazil

Stephen Bax, UK

Trude Heift, Canada

Katsuhiko Shirai, Japan



WorldCALL is a worldwide professional association for teachers and
educators interested in computer assisted language learning.
WorldCALL members are established professional CALL associations
from throughout the world. The current members of WorldCALL are:
EUROCALL, CALICO, IALLT, CERCLES, CCAQLL/ CELAO, ATELL & LET.

To date, WorldCALL has held two major international conferences: the
first in 1998 in Melbourne, Australia, and the second in 2003 in
Banff, Canada. WorldCALL 2008 will be held in Fukuoka, Japan, and is
being organized by LET (the Japan Association for Language Education
and Technology). LET will continue the WorldCALL scholarship program
to enable postgraduate students and junior academics to attend and
will sponsor four keynote speakers from Europe, North America, South
America and Japan.

Apologies for x-posting: this information is about:
1) e-FLT journal, Vol.4 No.2
2) call for manuscripts (in English, Chinese, French, German,
Japanese, Indonesian, Malay, Tamil, Thai or Vietnamese on research,
development or practice in Second and Foreign Language Teaching and
Learning)
3)CLaSIC Dec 2008 conference in Singapore

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1. The second issue of e-FLT, Vol. 4, No. 2, of the Electronic
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2007. We would like to invite you to read the following articles and
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Articles:
Fred Jyun-Gwang Chen
The L2 Acquisition of Information Sequencing in Chinese: The Case of
English CSL Learners in Taiwan

Jeng-yih Hsu

Lexical Collocations and their Relation to the Online Writ-ing of
Taiwanese College English Majors and Non-English
Majors

Bee Eng Wong & Soh Theng Quek

Acquisition of the English Definite Article by Chinese and Malay ESL
Learners Walee Khanthuwan

A Study of the Relationship between Knowledge of Thai Culture and
Achievement in Studying Thai as a  Foreign Language (in
Thai)

Phạm Thị Hồng Nhung

Exploring the Concept of "Face" in Vietnamese: Evidence From Its
Collocational Abilities (in
Vietnamese)


Book Reviews

Review of "studio d A1" and "Lagune 1" from a Pronunciation
Perspective
Reviewed by Mareike
Müller


A Student's Guide to Indonesian Grammar (in Indonesian)

Reviewed by Johanna Wulansari
Istanto

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Event Info Name: Digital Photostories, Enhancing Creativity
Tagline: Digital Photostories, Enhancing Creativity

Type: Education - Workshop
Time and Place Start Time: Friday, December 7, 2007 at 12:00pm
End Time: Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 4:00pm
Location: Knowplace,
http://knowplace.ca/moodle/course/category.php?id=7
City/Town: Vancouver, BC
Contact Info Email: marylou@knowplace

Description
Increasingly, classroom teachers are encouraging students to work on
collaborative presentation projects in an effort to bring forth
higher levels of creativity while at the same time teaching lessons
about software, and collaboration as a learning method. This session
will explore several ways that digital photo-stories can be used to
accomplish this end.

About Ramona Deitrich - Ramona is a ICT teacher at an international
school near Lisbon, Portugal. She has recently introduced Digital
Storytelling to her Year 8 class and the results have been
spectacular. She can't wait to share her experience.

About Cristina Costa - Cristina is an EFL teacher and learning
technologist. She uses the internet to involve students in ICT
activities. Currently she is working at the University of Salford,
UK, helping academic staff in efficient use of edu-technology. She
believes blogging is one of the most engaging strategies to involve
students in collaborative learning opportunities.


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Once you have created an account, you can enter the Open Weekend at
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is scheduled to start. If you are you wondering what time that is for
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If you are asked for an enrollment key, you have arrived early, or we
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* All Open Weekends begin Friday at 12 pm PT and end late Sunday
afternoon. The "three-day" weekend provides time for you to review
the course materials and/or read and post to the discussions later on
Sunday. The facilitator(s) will be checking into the workshop
throughout the weekend and when convenient to their time zones.

For further assistance, or if you have any questions please contact:
marylou@knowplace

Hi,



I am seeking anyone interested in working on an
online learning tool for foreign languages, particularly anyone in the Sydney or
Canberra regions as this is where I am based (but not exclusive to this if you
are interested). Expertise in CALL, E-learning, linguistics or computer science
would all be useful.



The tool concept is based on the premise that over
the course of language studies (particularly in-country studies via university
programs) students often create notes and achieve language insights that are
generally lost to the learner community after the student ceases formal language
tuition.



As such, I hope to develop an online platform aimed
at assisting communities of students in sharing and collaboratively
constructing language notes. I envisage that the platform would be based on
wiki-technologies but go
beyond this to provide better dictionary, romanisation and sound data support
for users. I am aware of a few projects like the Wikibooks for languages, but
feel that the tools and support provided are still inadequate to achieve the
critical mass that has led to the success of such sites as Wikipedia. I am also
aware of broader platforms like Alliance (Sakai) which could be
useful.



Communities like language programs in Universities,
TAFE and High Schools would all receive immense benefit from such a
tool.



I was thinking of prototyping such a tool
using Chinese language learning as a test case to assess the potential of the
platform.



If anyone is interested, or has contacts in
Sydney or Canberra in particular who would be interested I would be extremely
grateful if you could contact me.



Many Thanks,

Edwin Sillence




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Hi rita,
Thanks for joining us.
I have something to share with you today: a "periodic table" of the
Visualisation Mrthod:
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html#

Mind bubbling!

I put this link into our list of links (we have an option for
collecting links in this discussion group).

Hi,since the theme is cats and Renata is so right I am a big fan of
our feline friends, I have posted a photo of myself and my beloved
Caspar. We have just joined:)Well, I might lurk a bit in this group
for a while, don't have anything much to say at the mo' but think it's
a good idea to have this forum and hope I may learn something.

Cheers,
Rita

Wow, great ideas there and the Dollface movie absolutely charged with
emotions and deaper meaning - perhaps talking about it indeed required a greater
level of language sophistication?

Very inspiring, Andrew

Renata
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Leading Specialist Teacher (CALL), MUELC
Monash College Pty Ltd

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Hi all

Speaking of Youtube, I actually tried to use it in the classroom
with my Intermediate Speaking class. I pasted the front photo of
about 12 interesting Youtube videos onto a piece of paper, together
with a list of their titles.

The first task was to match a title with a picture. I then ran a
pyramid discussion, where a group of 2 had to decide on one video to
see, and write down the reasons on a piece of paper. I then combined
the groups to 4, then to 8, then the whole class. ..etc..

We then watched the selected video.

I had another video earmarked, called 'Dollface' [I recommend you
watch it]. It had no dialogue, but it was heavy with meaning. I had
discussion questions ready for it. The students watched the video,
and then I tried to facilitate group discussions ..etc..

The activity went okay, just okay - certainly it didn't rock and
roll, but I wondered whether it was conceptually a little difficult
for low level Korean/Japanese.

Food for thought.

Andrew

Welcome back, Andrew - the cat is also welcome!
For the cat lovers (I know Rita is one, too) something from youtube
that really made me laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV6DQuEh4UQ
BTW I have recently discovered Australian songs on youtube, and used
Waltzing Matilda with DEPs and what an improvement that video was over
the a sound file I used to use!

I just typed "Waltzing Matilda" in youtube search and went through the
videos in order to choose the best (Shannon Noll's version):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxdSVozu66A


Renata

Hi all

I'm Andrew, otherwise known as the man with the cat [See my picture],
and I'm back.

I posted a few entries last year, then found myself too busy with a
newborn baby, work pressure ..etc..etc.. to participate.

Well, the baby is older, but even more troublesome, if that's
possible. Nevertheless, I realise the need to become more conversant
with ICT, so I'll try to spare some time to peruse and contribute to
this Group. I hope to learn a lot more.