Gaming in Language Learning
March 24, 2017, 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm PST
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| Time | Presenter | Title | Summary | Links to materials |
| 1:30-1:45 | Steve Daniel Przymus |
CALL's Role in Supporting Transnational Youth Beyond the Classroom: Encouraging Game-Ecology Language Socialization Spaces | Tremendous amounts of language socialization happen in the game-ecology of online role-playing games. Blended affinity spaces, supported by schools, where youth meet and play these games, might provide the estimated 1.5 million transnational children on both sides of the US/Mexico border with needed Spanish/English language socialization and acceptance at schools. |
https://tcu.box.com/s/5wqkgjiyzy4ltfdgrbakcoz3dmip06dg |
| 1:50-2:05 | Reima Abobaker |
Augmented Reality (AR) in ESOL Classrooms |
Augmented reality (AR) involves combining real-time 3D computer-generated models into the surrounding environment, creating a powerful learning experience. Attendees will learn to create their own AR activities and will leave with useful resources for lesson development. |
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| 2:10-1:25 |
Begum Sacak Saeideh Hossein |
Games in Language Learning: An Exploration of MMORPGs and English Language Learners' Perceived Identity |
MMORPGs are interactive games where a large number of players gather online within a virtually constructed fantasy world. In this session, we will talk about how newly constructed identities of game players/language learners relate to language learning in such gaming platforms. | Slides |
| 2:30-2:45 | Heike Philp |
ViLLAGE - Virtual Language Learning and Gaming Environment |
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| Presenter Bios: |
| Steve Daniel Przymus (s.pryzmus@tcu.edu)
Steve Daniel Przymus is an Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education at Texas Christian University. Steve’s experiences as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer (Dominican Republic, 2003-2005), Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Grantee (Mexico, 2010), and 20 years as a U.S. public school teacher has driven his passion for developing and promoting multimodal/multilingual pedagogies that recognize individuals’ full semiotic repertoires and educational life histories. Steve’s current research focusses on preparing in-service and pre-service teachers to incorporate translanguaing in the K-16 classrooms and supporting the language and identity socialization of emergent bilinguals through developing and promoting out-of-classroom interest-based opportunities for interaction. |
| Reima Abobaker (rabobaker@wsu.edu)
Dr. Reima Abobaker is a postdoctoral researcher in Language, Literacy, and Technology Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Washington State University. She has been teaching English as a Second Language for 8 years. Her research interest is incorporating engaging lesson plans with technology in classroom settings. |
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Begum Sacak (begumsacak@gmail.com) Begum Sacak is a PhD candidate in Instructional Technology Department of Ohio University. Her research interests are digital literacy, information literacy, online reading practices, and the use of digital games in language learning. |
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Saeideh Hosseini (saeideh.hosseini82@gmail.com) Saeideh Hosseini is a PhD candidate in Curriculum and Instruction, Teacher Education Department at Ohio University. Her research interests are sociolinguistics and gender and identity. |
| Heike Philp (heikephilp@gmail.com) |
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James May - Moderator (James' email goes here) |
