Station

Presenter(s)

Title / URL

Mac1, 2

Leslie Opp-Beckman
leslieob@uoregon.edu

Thailand-University of Oregon Videoconferencing Series for English Language Teachers
(Session was webcast: by www.worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/Tesol2006-Leslie_Opp-Backman)
http://thaiuo.uoregon.edu/
 

Mac4

Timothy Healy tohealy@earthlink.net
 

Teaching ESL writing through website publishing

Mac6

Thomas Leverett
leverett@siu.edu

This is your program: This is your program on weblogs
http://thisisyourbrainonweblogs.blogspot.com
 

Mac8

Claire Bradin Siskin
cbsiskin+@pitt.edu 

Demonstration of iChat
iChat is  software for text-, audio- and video conferencing.  The software is free with all recent Macintoshes.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat/
 

Mac10

Ashley Hastings ahasting@su.edu

Brenda Murphy bmurphy@su.edu

Using Blackboard forums in TESOL teacher education
This presentation demonstrates how students in the Shenandoah University distance TESOL teacher education program use Blackboard discussion forums for a variety of interactions, including: (1) responding to specific questions related to a lecture; (2) raising their own questions and issues related to a lecture; (3) posting and responding to essays on current issues in TESOL; (4) reporting on assigned observations of classrooms; (5) scheduling presentations on campus; (6) coordinating work on projects.
http://bbd.su.edu/
 

PC10/11

Chris Jones
clj@harmony.azwestern.edu

 “What’s Up?” an ESL Magazine Online
(Session was webcast by www.Worldbridges.net; archive available at http://webheadsinaction.org/tesol2006_chris_jones)
"What's Up?" is an ESL magazine online, and it publishes writing of ESL students at Arizona Western College. It is an ongoing project where any ESL student may have one of his/her writings from an ESL class published online. It encourages students to write and to recognize the value of their writing. The session will show the magazine and provide a handout about the format for making such a magazine.
http://www.azwestern.edu/modern_lang/esl/cjones/mag/index.htm
 

PC5

Andy Bowman
ielc.lab@wichita.edu

eDictionary
eDictionary helps students learn vocabulary while they browse the Internet. This downloadable plug-in features thousands of entries either defined in simple English or displayed in thumbnail-sized pictures."
 

PC7

Bartoshesky, Abigail
abigail@mail.smu.edu

American Culture Club
In this session, participants will explore the American Culture Clubhouse, a non-commercial website designed to help learners acquire insight into US language and culture.  The clubhouse is constructed of theme-based rooms that contain annotated links to authentic popular culture websites. The presenter will navigate the site and provide content and instructional ideas for teaching aspects of contemporary American culture.   This site will be most useful for teachers of high school, college and adult ELLs.
http://home.gwu.edu/%7Emeloni/eslstudyhall/usculture.html
 

PC2

Lyra Riabov
l.riabov@snhu.edu

Teacher-Created Website and the Web-based Blackboard as  Tools of Instruction in ESL / CALL Classes
This demonstration explores the structure of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) course and ESL/Culture Websites which are designed and used by Professor Lyra Riabov as a tool of instruction in Southern New Hampshire University, the Institute for Language Education Master of Science in Teaching English as a Foreign Language  and for the Intensive English program. The attendees will also explore Professor Lyra Riabov Web-based Blackboard^™ course content, features, and student activities, which enhance the learning process in these courses.
http://blackboard.snhu.edu/
http://acadweb.snhu.edu/Riabov_Lyra/EFL537_CALL.htm