On Friday and Saturday, 15-16 October 2010, the SLanguages 2010 conference took place over a period of 24h.
A newly founded committee took over the work from Gavin Dudeney and with the help of Carol Rainbow [Carolrb Roux] set out to conquer the most technically challenging quest ever: to run a conference in Second Life.
I'd like to address such questions as the affordances and limitations of these tools, students feedback about using them and recommendations for teachers…Continue
Added by Heike Philp on October 12, 2010 at 6:00pm —
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An unconference is a part without set program when conference participants get together, vote for a topic that they wish to discuss with others and then split into interest groups. At the end of the 30min discussion everyone meets again and a spokesman of each group relates their findings. Conferences which are entirely based on this concept are called barcamps…Continue
Added by Heike Philp on October 12, 2010 at 5:58pm —
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This session aims at showing the potential of using startpages as very easy tools to make websites to organize your personal and school online resources. We will explore…Continue
Added by Shelly Terrell on October 12, 2010 at 4:00am —
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In this presentation, Miguel described how he ended up using flip cameras for a language course. He talked about why to use videos in the language classroom and finished by giving the audience a glimpse of the final product. He…Continue
Added by Shelly Terrell on October 12, 2010 at 4:00am —
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Blogs can be used both for professional development as a learning tool for teachers, as well as a teaching tool. In this workshop, I'll talk briefly about both possibilities, relating to some personal experiences whenever possible…Continue
Added by Shelly Terrell on October 12, 2010 at 4:00am —
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A Pecha Kucha is a speedy presentation technique which originated 2003 in Japan and has since taken on a world-tour and todate Pecha Kucha nights are taking place regularily in 250+ cities…
The short messaging system Twitter can be turned into a huge virtual staffroom where teachers from around the world meet, communicate, support each other and share teaching tips, resources, weblinks and opinions. Discover some tools…Continue
Added by Shelly Terrell on October 12, 2010 at 2:30am —
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