TECHNOLOGY AND LANGUAGE TEACHING IN NEW ENGLAND & NEW YORK:

A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE

ORGANIZED BY THE CTW MELLON PROJECT FOR LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGY

with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Project 2001 at Middlebury College

Monday, May 24 -- Tuesday, May 25 -- Wednesday, May 26

 

 Monday, May 24

12:00 - 3:00 Pick up conference packages and favor at reception desk with Administrative Assistant Pamela Perrone (Shanklin 107 entrance)
1:00 - 2:30 Open Plenary (Shanklin 107)
Key note speaker: Clara Yu, Project Director, Project 2001 at Middlebury College
2:30 - 3:00 Coffee Break (Shanklin)
3:00 - 4:00 Concurrent Sessions
M-1 Web-ifying the FL Literature Classroom (Fisk 302)
Mary Louise Ennis, Wesleyan University
M-2 The Role of Technology in Self-Paced Instruction (Fisk 413)
Mary Morrisard-Larkin, College of Holy Cross
Elizabeth O'Connel-Inman, College of Holy Cross
  Reading "Garabatos" (Fisk 413)
Octavio Flores, Wesleyan University
M-3  Conversation Drill with Echo  (Fisk 212)
Xiaomiao Zhu, Wesleyan University
  Improving Chinese Listening Comprehension via X-Media-Based Lessons (Fisk 212)
Yan Li, Bennington College
4:15 - 5:15 Concurrent Sessions
M-4 Pedagogy, Methodology and Design of CALL Lessons (Fisk 302)
Viviana Rangil, Skidmore College
Charlene Grant, Skidmore College
M-5

Exploiting the Web for Language Learning and Reading (Fisk 413)
 
Geoffrey Atherton, Connecticut College
Web-based Workbook for a Conversation Class: Current Events
(Fisk 413)
Françoise Weaver, Trinity College

M-6 Russian Projects (Fisk 414)
Irina Aleshkovsky, Wesleyan University
   Language and Cultural Enrichment Through Technology (Fisk 414)
Levana Polate, Wesleyan University & Trinity College
M-7 Spanish Projects (Fisk 212)
Greg Struve, Bates College
Chris DeLucia, Bowdoin College
6:00 -10:00 Reception & Dinner (McConaughy Hall)

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 Tuesday, May 25

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (Downey House)
9:00 - 10:00 Concurrent Sessions
T-8 Outcomes and Assessment of Multimedia Courseware: Implications for Design (Fisk 302)
Cindy Evans, Skidmore College
Mary-Beth O'Brien, Skidmore College
Shirley Smith, Skidmore College
T-9 Macromedia Director and its Application to Chinese (Fisk 413)
Tek-wah King, Connecticut College
Maria Montzolis, Connecticut College
Michael Westfort, Connecticut College
T-10  Russian Projects  (Fisk 212)
Andrei Strukov, Colby College
Chris DeLucia, Bowdoin College
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (Outside of Fisk Hall / Rain location: Downey House)
10:30 - 11:30 Concurrent Sessions
T-11  The Teacher Across the Ocean -- E-Mentoring and E-Collaboration (Fisk 302)
Dierk Hoffman, Colgate University
T-12 Libra & Hyperstudio: Pedagogical Issues, Implications, and Future Directions (Fisk 413)
Gloria Bien, Colgate University
H. Lin Domizio, Connecticut College
Naeem N. Sheikh, Colgate University
Michael Westfort, Connecticut College
T-13 World Language Projects (Fisk 212)
Jenni Lund, Wellesley & Wheaton Colleges

Hector Medina, Wheaton College
Joy Renjilian-Burgy, Wellesley College
12:00 - 1:30  Lunch: Topic Tables (Downey House)
1:30 - 2:45
Plenary Session:
(Science Center 58)
Ted Sicker: Executive Producer for WGBH Interactive, a division of WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston
2:45 - 3:15 Coffee Break
3:15 - 4:15 Concurrent Sessions
T-14   Developing Multimedia Software for Chinese Language Teaching (Fisk 302)
De Bao Xu
T-15 Virtually There: Language Learning through Cross-Cultural Student Projects in the MOO (Fisk 413)
Jeffrey Schneider, Vassar College
Silke von der Emde, Vassar College
T-16 Italian Projects (Fisk 212)
Dario Del Puppo, Trinity College
Giuliana Palma, Trinity College
T-17 Computer Assisted Learning Materials for Non-Western Language and Culture (Fisk 414)
Mao Chen (Skidmore College)
Hedi Jaouad (Skidmore College)
Masako Inamoto (Skidmore College)
4:30 - 5:30 Language Specific Meetings
Technical Support Meeting

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 Wednesday, May 26

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (Downey House)
9:00 - 10:15 
Plenary Session:
(Shanklin 107)
Sharon Fechter, Director of Inter-Institutional Collaboration Project 2001 (CET, Middlebury College)
Nina Garrett, Director of Language Study, Yale University
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 12:30 CTW Mellon Tech Fair
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch (Downey House)
2:00 - 3:30
Plenary Session:
(Science Center 58)
David Herren, Associate Director for Technology and Instruction (CET, Middlebury College)

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