Preparing Teachers to Make Intelligent Technology Decisions in Language Teaching
Thursday, March 23, 2017, 9:30 - 11:15 (PDT) - Pacific Daylight Time.
Room 606-607
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Abstract:
With technology present in almost all of today's classrooms, TESOL teachers now face challenges of harmonizing technological choice with classroom application. This panel discusses pedagogical and technical principles of selecting appropriate technologies and developing related skills.
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Summary |
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9:30-9:35 |
Stephanie Korslund |
Welcome and Introductions |
Stephanie will introduce presenters and bios.
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9:35-9:55 |
Volker Hegelheimer |
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9:55-10:15 |
Phil Hubbard |
Integrating the TESOL Technology Standards into a CALL Mini-Course
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This talk begins with a brief overview of the TESOL Technology Standards and then describes how they have been integrated into an 8-12 hour “mini-course” covering the foundations of CALL that the presenter teaches and updates annually. Participants learn how to freely access both the Standards and the website containing all the course materials.
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10:15-10:35 |
Greg Kessler |
Helping teachers make informed decisions about intelligent tools
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We are witnessing significant developments in the areas of big data and artificial intelligence. The potential for application of these developments across education is almost too dramatic and vast to comprehend. The presenter will share a number of current developments along with suggested practices for TESOL professionals. |
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10:35-10:55 |
Christine Rosalia |
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10:55-11:15 |
Q&A |
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Presenter Bios |
Volker Hegelheimer
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Phil Hubbard
Phil Hubbard is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Director of the English for Foreign Students Program in the Stanford University Language Center. He is one of the team of six who produced the TESOL Technology Standards Framework (TESOL, 2008) and is a co-author of TESOL Technology Standards: Description, Implementation, Integration. (Healey et al., 2011). His recent work includes co-editing Teaching English Reflectively with Technology (Hubbard & Ioannou-Georgiou, 2017), a joint project of the TESOL CALL-IS and the IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG.
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Greg Kessler
Director of the Language Resource Center and Associate Professor of Computer Assisted Language Learning in the Department of Linguistics at Ohio University. He is also an affiliated faculty member in Instructional Technology in the Patton College of Education. His research addresses instructional technology, teacher preparation, language teaching, language learning and associated human behavior. He has published widely and delivered featured talks around the world.
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Christine Rosalia
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Stephanie Korslund
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