EVO Minecraft MOOC kicked off its 6th consecutive season as an Electronic Village Online session on the first day of EVO 2020, Saturday, January 11, 2020. We dubbed this a “final preparation” to be held in Discord and Minecraft, but besides many of this year’s moderators (and their kids), we had several newcomers turn up. It was encouraging to have several new participants appear on the very first day of our activities.
In this, our first adventure of the 2020 season, we showed our newcomers some of the resources around the spawn point and stepped through the wilderness portal there to arrive at our wilderness outpost. From there we followed a path and crossed a river to reach the nearby village, and headed for a tower due west of there. Continuing west along the river we arrived at a second tower built atop a shelter, from which we set off to neutralize a nest of skeletons emanaing from the spawner that Teacher Vance had discovered earlier in explorations around the wilderness portal. When it was working, the spawner was a great source for bows and arrows.
On the first day of EVO20, and 24 hours before the official EVO kickoff event Jan 12 we attracted several moderators and a few newcomers to Minecraft.
If you can’t reach those spaces, drop by Vance’s Zoom Learning2gether Zoom Learning Space https://zoom.us/j/5786977523
Heike joined Vance briefly in Zoom (pictured below) but I left that space after half an hour in order to focus on the others on the EVO Minecraft server and speaking in DIscord
When? The event was set for Sat 11 Jan at 1400 UTC
We gathered at the /warp Whitetower (or /warp spawn) and then went over to the /warp hub
From there we stepped into the Wilderness portal and were beamed up to the wilderness outpost
There is a high point there with a ladder up a tower where you can then jump into the treetops and get a nice view
From there we took a trail signposted “to the village” and crossed the river to the village with a red building added by Dak
Heike had had a run in with a skeleton by then
From the red building you can see a tower to the west
From that tower you head for another tower in a bend in the river at the base of the mountains
Here are the coordinates for the second shelter
From there, going down to the bend in the river, you find your way signposted up the mountain. Follow the torches.
Up the mountain we found the spawner guarded by skeletons
Lots of skeletons (they just kept coming). There was a grand battle
Most of us survived, barely
Hi mom, it’s meeeee !!
You can suppress the spawner by putting torches on it. Mobs don’t spawn in bright light.
Dak built a wall around the spawner designed so that skeletons coming out of the spawner wouldn’t be able to shoot out but someone outside could shoot in.
In preparation for EVOMC20 in early January
Teacher Vance and Bobbi Bear and Jane Chien and Olivetree Grove and others have been exploring the area northwest of the Wilderness Warp at 20k x 20k on our classic server. Those are the X (-west +east) and Z (-north +south) coordinates you see when you press F3 in Minecraft.
Our new area is in the tiaga at around 19.5000-X and 20.5000-Z Here are some screenshots of the area:
You can tame llamas nearby if you give them about ten bundles of wheat
If you feed parrots seeds they might sit on your shoulder
Be careful, some of the candlelit paths up the mountains come out on a skeleton spawner
woops!
You can recover wherever you respawn. Right click on a bed inside this shelter to set a bed spawn here.
Here are the coordinates for this shelter
Down across from the bend in the river you find your way signposted up the mountain
You can see some of the torches marking the way up behind AbuFletcher. The spawner is a good place to pick up a few arrows, and you might collect some bows if you manage to get a few skeletons before they get you. If you linger there they’ll overwhelm you.
There are ways to deal with spawners. The first step is to light up the chamber. We’ve put enough light there where we can see our way in the dark cave, but we’re leaving this for a group of EVOMC20 adventurers to sort out. Welcome to join us.
Earlier events
Wed 11 Dec 1500 and 1900 UTC -Macmillan hosts Deborah Healey on Gamification in ELT
On Wednesday December 11, 2019, Macmillan Education hosted Deborah Healey speaking in a pair of free webinars on Gamification in ELT. These were presumably the same webinar held at two different times in order to span time zones and widen the audience. Learning2gether.net attended this event but played no role in its organization.
“Games have long been part of language teaching methods. Gamification is something else, and teachers can benefit from learning about the elements of games that may be effective in connecting to today’s learners. Very importantly, teachers can develop a way of thinking about teaching and learning that takes a gaming approach and changes potentially passive “students” into active “players” in the classroom environment. As with anything else in education, it’s how the techniques are used that makes a difference. This webinar will give a brief introduction to gamification with some insights from research, and present how teachers might use game elements effectively in their teaching. Suggestions for technology supports will also be offered. A website will provide links to additional resources and specific examples that teachers can use in their own classrooms.”
That document gives links to 14 useful reference and resource material items and lists the following Key Concepts of gamification (the 5 key concepts and final comment below are all quoted from that document)
Key concepts
Gamification isn’t about using games; it’s about adding game elements to ordinary classroom activities to create a novel feeling and achieve goals, such as enhanced motivation and engagement
Teachers already use some game elements. Now we need to add “game thinking” and “players”
Counting up is more motivating for most learners than counting down (deducting from an initial A+)
Project-based learning fits very well with gamification: quests, epic challenge, team work
Gamification has to be done well to work. Too much focus on extrinsic rewards can reduce intrinsic motivation
Final comment: The teacher’s role is to establish the learning environment that is motivating, engaging, and linguistically rich. The teacher needs to build intrinsic motivation, not just extrinsic with points and badges. When learning is motivating, that’s intrinsic motivation. It’s where we want our learners to be. – Dr. Deborah Healey
Here we find three additional resource documents. The first one, #3, Healey Gamification Resources A4.pdf, is the one that we were looking at that contained the tiny URL. Here is what else you can find and download from that folder:
Pasting from that link, we find a depth of background information on the topic:
Overview
Gamification is becoming an increasingly popular concept in teaching. Today’s “digital residents” have grown up with video and computer games, and they look for excitement. The fast pace of many games fits their short attention spans. The concept of “gamification” – using game elements in non-game contexts to motivate and persuade – is moving from marketing to teaching. While games have long been part of a language teacher’s bag of tricks, teachers can benefit from learning about the elements of games that will help us appeal to today’s learners.
The page on Game Mechanics offers a description of several of the game mechanics that could be used in the classroom, while the Games and Gamified Activities page points out ways that game mechanics can be added to specific classroom actions.
The Resources page provides references and links to additional reading, including a download of my brief article on the difference between gamification and game-based learning.
Tue 03 Dec 0100 am UTC VSTE Minecraft Monday – Holiday Pixel Art
The day above should be Tue (Monday in Maine) but if I change it now it will break the link. The timeanddate link below is correct
The Minecraft Monday event for Monday, December 2nd 8-9 PM Eastern time is Holiday Pixel Art
Let’s make VSTE Place festive for the season!
Meet at VSTE Place Minecraft world, and create holiday or winter pixel art.
Find a design online or create your own on graph paper before the meeting. This is much easier than cross stitch!
If you can share your pattern with a friend, you might get help with your creation!
Basic directions to join VSTE Place, VSTE’s Minecraft world
You must have a computer Minecraft account from https://minecraft.net/en/ to join. There is a one time fee of $26.95.
Download and install the software.
Choose multiplayer and add a server: Name VSTE Place IP 69.175.17.26:25565
Our server is protected. You will need to be whitelisted to enter.
Email Kim Harrison at K4sons@gmail.com from an educational email address with your real name and Minecraft account name.
VOIP in Discord
Discord is a voice and screen sharing application that will run on your computer or mobile device.
Tue 03 Dec 1600 UTC – Online Students – Who they are? What they look for? What is online learning satisfaction?
TESOL’s Teacher Educator Interest Section (TEIS) is continuing its live webinar series. We begin the series this season on students in online education.
Credentialled TESOL members can download a ppt associated with this presentation here (but I presume the webinar, in Zoom, is free)
A recent Babson Survey Research Group reports that about 33 percent of college students are taking at least one course online. More than 2500 U.S. colleges and universities are offering courses online and Indiana University (IU) is one of them. It has seen a significant upswing in enrollment (130%) between 2013 and 2019. The IU EFL/ESL teaching certificate program has seen a similar spike.
Given the high interest in online education and the increasing number of TESOL online programs, TESOL’s Teacher Educator Interest Section (TEIS) is organizing a webinar on who are the online students, what they are looking for and what gives the students the most satisfaction?
The webinar features as speakers, IU Associate Vice-President and Director of the Office of Online Education, Chris Foley and Associate Director, Sharon Wavle. The webinar will be moderated by Faridah Pawan, TEIS Chair Elect, Professor of EFL/ESL Teacher Education at Indiana University
The details are as follows:
Date and Time: December 3, from 11-12pm EST (same time as New York City)
In the recorded TEIS webinar below that took place on Tuesday, Dec. 3, IU Associate Vice-President and Director of the Office of Online Education, Chris Foley and Associate Director, Sharon Wavle discussed and shared information on who online students are; what they look for; and what online learning satisfaction is for them. The webinar was moderated by Faridah Pawan, Professor of EFL/ESL Teacher Education and TEIS Chair Elect.
Coming next: In January 2020, the second webinar in the series will feature Venessa Dennen & Jiyae Bong from Florida State University on Cross-Cultural Dialogues and Cultural Differences in Online Conversations.
I was first alerted to this event when Philip Shigeo Brown posted this reminder on Facebook just the day before:
International Teacher Development Institute (iTDi) MonthlyRoundup (FB LIVE) with Philip Shigeo Brown & Steven Herder: Fri Nov 29, 1200-1300 GMT: https://www.facebook.com/iTDi.Pro/
The graphic was interesting 🙂 so I decided to drop in. I had intended only to see how this event worked. I hadn’t had enough notice to make it a Learning2gether episode in its own right, and I didn’t know I would be called on to participate. When I arrived, Steve was explaining how he had prevailed on the powers-that-be at the most recent 2019 JALT conference to stream their most recent plenaries and put the recordings on open access:
At first I was only listening to Phil and Steve on my PC talking in Zoom while broadcasting that through Facebook, so I got the event up on my iPad and took it into the kitchen to do the dishes. But when I heard them talking about my interview with them the previous week, I dried my hands and made a screen shot. You see? I was starting to get engaged.
And then when Steve invited anyone listening in Facebook to come into the Zoom room and join the conversation, Andy Boon and I obliged, joined later by Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto.
Steven called our attention to Gianfranco Conti’s website Error Correction: The Language Gym, https://gianfrancoconti.com/category/error-correction/. Dr. Conti is a prolific author who asks, “is the time and effort [spent] marking justified?” Dr. Conti draws on “thirty years of error-correction research, my personal experience as a learner of 14 languages and teacher of five and, more importantly, neuroscience and common sense [to] suggest alternative remedial approaches to MFL learner errors which are as or even more effective than the trending methodologies.” https://gianfrancoconti.com/2017/02/04/why-marking-your-students-books-should-be-the-least-of-your-priorities/
Vance contributed a technique for using voice to encourage revision from student writing begun on paper. The technique has the students share a Google Doc with him but start their writing on paper in class. The teacher collects the papers and then reads them correctly into Google Docs using speech-to-text. The teacher makes printouts of what the students wrote expressed in correct language and writes on these printouts suggestions for revision and improvement of the papers. The paper printouts are returned to the students along with their original papers, and the students continue writing in Google Docs, for as many revisions as possible, now focused on whatever errors occur or re-occur. Vance has presented this technique on numerous occasions, and the link shared in the chat is one which also has links to a writeup about the technique, as well as to its slide presentation https://learning2gether.net/2019/08/04/learning2gether-with-vance-stevens-at-mmvc19-supporting-student-writing-with-the-help-of-voice-to-text/
Vance also contributed the link to a screencast he recorded while in his office giving feedback to a student elsewhere on campus on the student’s writing, using Google Docs. The video illustrates the effectiveness of the technique: https://youtu.be/bH1p86lXD40
Vance argued that papers covered with red ink were useful only if there was some evidence of follow-up by the student; for example, if errors detected on one round of correction were tracked into the next round to see if they recurred, and if they did, that they be addressed at another remedial level. Here, Steven referred me to the work of Dana Ferris, which Vance Googled to turn up her book, Treatment of Error in Second Language Student Writing, a “principled approach to the theory and practice of error treatment that can guide pedagogical decision-making.” https://books.google.com.my/books/about/Treatment_of_Error_in_Second_Language_St.html?id=SxFaAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
On Thursday. November 21, Steve Herder and Philip Shigeo Brown talked to Vance Stevens about iTDi and the challenge of commercial viability vs social community needs
Vance Stevens, founder of Learning2gether, talked with iTDi Director and Cofounder, Steven Herder, together with TESOL Certificate Course Director, Philip Shigeo Brown about iTDi, how it came about: when it began to be planned in 2010, then launched in 2012, and why, what it does, where it’s going, and how it serves the field of language learning.
In particular, how does iTDi balance the needs of the #iTDiCommunity with the need to remain commercially viable? In the context of that challenge, what kind of teacher development opportunities are offered and should be offered in the future?
Learning2gether promotes efforts that share knowledge in a free and open manner (share-alike in creative commons terms). As founder and coordinator of L2g, Vance is both interested in and impressed by the aspects of iTDi that do that. Whereas L2g does not promote commercial interests, I have no qualms whatsoever about spotlighting the altruistic work of for-profit entities that help to spread knowledge in our wider communities.
I gather from talking with Steven and Phil in the past that they seem to embrace that mindset while at the same time they and others at iTDi are seeking a fair return on the parts of their work where their professionalism shows devotion of time, expertise, and investment.
Achieving a return on investment is only right and fair, but I’d like to discuss how iTDi straddles the challenge of providing a service to the field while at the same time being compensated for it, and recruiting others to their team in return for their just compensation as well. In discussing these issues, I hope to find out more about how iTDi manages these challenges, and of course where they see it going. – Vance
These questions were alluded to during the conversation
Regarding this balance of service to the community vis a vis iTDi’s right to support itself and its investors (of time, money,expertise) I believe these questions were touched on in the discussion.
The iTDi website says that attendees are welcome to attend the Teachers Room sessions for a particular amount of time.before they are expected to subscribe. For this reason, I don’t announce them on L2g. When I have been there it seems you have welcomed participants. How does that work in practice?
We talked about JALT and IATEFL streaming sessions, in other words providing free content while making money elsewhere on the paid event (presumably). Does iTDi have a parallel model?
What can people do or participate in for free as community members vs what they must pay for, given of course that the paid areas would be ones where they could gain certification perhaps? Do you know W3 Schools? All their materials are free (choose from dozens of programming languages and help yourself) but if you want to be certified, you pay for that. (In the conversation, we found that iTDi had experimented with something similar).
What does iTDI do to develop their community. What benefits are there to community participation? How would users increase those benefits by upgading to paid services?
I presume you are teachers like me with a passion for sharing and contributing to the field, but are hoping to monetize the process to some extent for yourselves and others for reasons similar to why people don’t write books for free? What makes this tick?
All of these issues were touched on in the recorded materials. Have a listen!
On Wednesday, November 20, 2019, Hanaa Khamis and Vance Stevens presented online in Blackboard Collaborate at the annual Global Education Conference, (GEC). The title of the session was
Highlighting the participatory culture of continuous professional development through self-sustaining professional learning networks
Hanaa Khamis, NileTESOL PD Committee Chair and Learning Technologies Special Interest Group (LTSIG) Co-coordinator The American University in Cairo/School of Continuing Education (SCE/AUC)
Vance Stevens, coordinator of EVO (Electronic Village Online) and founder/coordinator of Learning2gether.net; Twitter (@name): @vances
Short Session Description:
This session aims at highlighting the benefits of experiencing participatory cultures in continuous professional development (CPD) among ELT practitioners by raising their awareness of the potentials inherent in working through personal learning networks (PLNs).
Target Audience: ELT educators, program leaders, teacher trainers
In this session, the presenters will share their experiences in creating several communities of practice which have crossed paths online and face to face. These communities have aimed to spread the culture of continuous professional development (CPD) among novice and more experienced ELT practitioners locally and globally.
ELT practitioners can miss out on CPD for all sorts of reasons. One assumption is why does one need training when one has received recognized certification in teaching? Another is, with all the burdens of teaching, why overload oneself with extra hours of needless CPD? A third is that it is such a luxury to consider training with the low pay teachers get. A fourth is how can one connect with those who provide free training opportunities?
The presenters have identified these and other issues that prevent ELT practitioners from benefiting from numerous training opportunities of which they are oftentimes not aware. As part of their passion, the presenters spend time and make relentless efforts to reach out and help practitioners join networks of various shapes and forms.
Professional development in TESOL is not a one-time event in the career of ELT practitioners. As much as we ask our learners to be lifelong learners, the least we can do is be role models. CPD is a culture of its own requiring dedicated and passionate teachers. It is a reciprocal process of give-and-take; one time you are a participant, another time a trainer, and the cycle goes on.
Participants in this session will recognize the fundamentals of maintaining a CPD participatory culture. They will identify various ways to collaborate and create within the framework of personal learning networks (PLNs). Finally, they will suggest CPD principles appropriate for their contexts.
Other Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:
Vance Stevens lives in Penang, Malaysia. He has produced (up to now) 429 episodes since 2010 of Learning2gether.net. His over 150 publications, many available at http://vancestevens.com/papers/, deal with students using computers to learn languages and teachers learning to teach using technology by engaging in communities of practice and in participatory cultures. His accomplishments earned him the 2019 CALL Research Conference Lifetime Achievement Award.
Hanaa Khamis is an instructional technologist at the American University in Cairo (AUC). She is also an English language instructor and teacher trainer in the School of Continuing Education at AUC. Her research interests include cross-cultural communication, communities of practice, instructional technology, network-based language teaching, language acquisition, and pragmatics.
Vance joined the Main Room. ( 3:34 PM ) –
Sue tasteach56 – 3:35 PM – hi Vance you are in very early
I have no microphone but can answer in chat area
do you need help setting up?
– Hanaa Khamis joined the Main Room. ( 4:15 PM ) –
Sue tasteach56 – 4:16 PM – you are now a moderator Hanaa
Hanaa Khamis – 4:16 PM Hi Sue, Hi Vance
Sue tasteach56 – 4:20 PM – your sound is very low Hanaa
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Sue tasteach56 #2 – 4:31 PM – sorry my connection went down and have had to reload everything again
Sue tasteach56 #2 – 4:38 PM – I still can’t hear Hanaa
Hanaa, above where vance’s picture is click on the microphone with the setting gear
Vance Stevens – 4:42 PM – https://www.screencast.com/t/fK3btCjRwRN
Sue tasteach56 #2 – 4:43 PM – Hanaa, have you done the audio wizard here yet
Tools> Audio> Audio setup wizard, that should improve your audio
If Hanaa can normally chat on her computer then she probably only needs to do the AUdio Wizard
Hanaa can you try talking now?
4:51 PM
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Sue tasteach56 #2 – 4:54 PM – it is up to you
most people finish by quaRTER TO
I am in Australia
– Rachel joined the Main Room. ( 4:57 PM ) –
Sue tasteach56 #2 – 4:57 PM – hello Hanaa that sounds better
yes you are both talking well
Vance Stevens – 4:58 PM – I hear yu, can you hear me?
Hanaa Khamis #2 – 4:58 PM – Yes, can u hear me?
4:58 PM – Vance Stevens – yes
Sue tasteach56 #2 – 4:58 PM – better to have just one microphone on at a time
so when it is your turn to talk open the mic
Vance Stevens
– Jake joined the Main Room. ( 5:00 PM ) –
– Hanaa Khamis joined the Main Room. ( 5:00 PM ) –
Jake – 5:01 PM – From the UAE
Hanaa Khamis – 5:01 PM – Hi Jake, Hi Rachel
Rachel – 5:01 PM – I’m from Wellington, NZ
Jake – 5:02 PM – Not sure how this works
Sue tasteach56 #2 – 5:02 PM – everyone now has microphone permissions
Hanaa Khamis – 5:02 PM – Slide 2, WHere r u in the world?
20 Nov – Learning2gether – 429 episode – Thx to our partners – Have fun w navigation, Egypt
Rachel – 5:04 PM – Dont have whiteboard permission, I’m in Wellington, NZ
Jake – 5:04 PM – How do I attach the star to the map?
Rachel – 5:05 PM – I’m off the map lol
Vance Stevens – 5:05 PM – what planet?
Rachel – 5:05 PM – Only 1/3 of NZ was showing lol – yay its on that one
Vance Stevens – 5:06 PM – Here’s the link to our presentation, with working hyperlinks https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10mgAbhM6ZCq2TdE0x8r9J3n3vOnNwK-uICv_Ir_F8Wk/edit?usp=sharing
Hanaa Khamis – 5:06 PM – Can u poste session link to yr colleagues? https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/dropin.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=GEC19Part73
Sue tasteach56 #2 – 5:07 PM – Hanaa, people will be able to listen to the session again from the archives if they can’t attend today (the answer is yes)
Rachel – 5:10 PM – yes that’s a great summary pic
Hanaa Khamis – 5:13 PM – http://niletesol.org/ – NileTESOL
NileTESOL on Facebook – NileTESOL LTSIG on Facebook
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Amanullah Saand – 5:18 PM – Hello from Sindh province of Pakistan 🇵🇰
Hanaa Khamis – 5:20 PM – Hello dear Aman
Hanaa Khamis – 5:21 PM – Connectivism, Downes, Siemens, MOOcs – see Stevens, V. (2013). What’s with the MOOCs? TESL-EJ 16, 4, 1-14: http://tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej64/int.pdf. Also available: http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume16/ej64/ej64int/ WiA 2009 online Convergence, http://wiaoc09.pbworks.com/ – Encyclopedia – WiA entry – see
Stevens, V. (2018). Webheads. In Liontas, J. (Ed.). The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Wiley-Blackwell. 5824 pages. Available: http://www.vancestevens.com/papers/archive/9781118784235eelt0458webheads.pdf Webheads Started in 1998http://webheads.info
Stephanie Graham – 5:28 PM – Hello from Massachusetts, USA
Rachel – 5:28 PM – Geez Stephanie you’re up late/early!
Stephanie Graham – 5:28 PM – haha- truly
Vance Stevens – 5:29 PM – 4:30 in MA
Rachel – 5:29 PM – I was in NH 2002 and used to ring home at 10pm and was 2pm the next day in NZ, now it’s 10pm NZ so must be about 4am depending on daylight savings
yikes
Vance Stevens – 5:31 PM – http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com/w/page/10972799/FrontPage, The multiliteracies course
Stephanie Graham – 5:33 PM – Daylight savings always throws me off a bit. I’ll be in NZ in January, so I guess my internal clock is already in limbo. I hear you
Hanaa Khamis – 5:34 PM – hi, u go ahead
Stephanie Graham – 5:35 PM – Getting everyone on the same page is a challenge
Hanaa Khamis – 5:35 PM – I’m breaking up – I’m back – Go ahead Vance – polls
– Amanullah Saand #2 left the Main Room. ( 5:36 PM ) –
Hanaa Khamis – 5:37 PM – U go Vance – May be
Jake – 5:37 PM – Challenges: Calibre of staff; school’s professional directions v personal directions; time and access to quality CPD material, Not too mention technical barriers; being time poor…
Hanaa Khamis
5:40 PM – Yes, Yahoogroups z gone – Google+ too
Vance Stevens – 5:43 PM – https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10mgAbhM6ZCq2TdE0x8r9J3n3vOnNwK-uICv_Ir_F8Wk/edit?usp=sharing
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Hanaa Khamis – 5:47 PM – sure – Yes
Samah 1 – 5:47 PM – Hi everyone – We hear u Dr.
Vance Stevens – 5:49 PM – here is the link to our session in pb works http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/w/page/32206114/volunteersneeded#WedNov200900UTCHanaaKhamisandVanceStevensatGECnbspParticipatorycultureofCPDthroughselfsustainingPLNs
Rachel – 5:50 PM – I love FB, I used to not use for professional just twitter but now use both
Vance Stevens – 5:50 PM – hanaa does a lot of live events in FB and posts the videos
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Vance Stevens – 5:52 PM – abeer has a hand up
Hanaa Khamis – 5:53 PM – Abeer can u use mic or text chat – better text chat
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Hanaa Khamis – 5:55 PM – can u hear me? chk polls
5:56 PM – n check how much competent in CPD as a teacher?
Vance Stevens – 5:56 PM – https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10mgAbhM6ZCq2TdE0x8r9J3n3vOnNwK-uICv_Ir_F8Wk/edit?usp=sharing
Stephanie Graham – 5:59 PM – Thank you both
Vance Stevens – 5:59 PM – thank you, sue are we under time constraints here?
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Hadeer Fikry 3 – 5:59 PM – Appreciated
Sue tasteach56 #2 – 6:00 PM – you need to finish now as hour is over
thank you both very much for presenting and also the participants for taking part
Hanaa Khamis – 6:00 PM – Thx all, plz type yr email bf leaving room to receive a badge for attending
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Abeer Raafat – 6:01 PM – Thank you very much bye
Hadeer Fikry 3 – 6:01 PM – supplies email address as requested
Abeer Raafat – 6:02 PM – It is very beneficial indeed
Hanaa Khamis – 6:02 PM – Thx Sue
This was all part of the GEC 2019 online conference
Mon Nov 18- Wed Nov 20 – The 9th Annual GEC Global Education Conference
The Global Education Conference Network’s ninth annual world-wide collaboration on globally-connected education will take place around the clock starting Monday, November 18th, and continuing through Wednesday, November 20th.
This conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. Our activities are designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. For more information about the GEC and to access educational resources, click here to visit our online community.
The GEC features thought leaders from the world of education and beyond, is completely free to attend, and all events take place online in webinar format. We invite you to join the 27,500 GEC community members (from 170+ countries) and actively participate in dozens of sessions focused on international education topics.
This event is FREE to attend, but does require that you REGISTER!
Please register HERE
When you register, you receive this email, which lays out the above information in a more loquacious way:
Thank you for registering for the 2019 Global Education Conference, this Monday – Wednesday, November 18 – 20. This should be a great conference! We have 10 keynotes and over 130 regular sessions.
ATTENDING:
To attend the conference live please go to the conference schedule page link below, choose your specific time zone, then expand the calendar events to see the links to join each session (sessions links will only appear starting Monday).
If you have friends or colleagues that wish to attend, this is a free event and we encourage you to share our information widely. However, please send them to the conference registration page (http://www.globaleducationconference.org) rather than giving them the above link directly as it will allow us to track participation.
The keynote sessions are in the Zoom platform, and there will be a link in the schedule for the Zoom room. When you click it, you should be prompted for any individual computer/browser/mobile setup at the time. An alternate link will also be there for YouTube streaming if Zoom doesn’t work.
The regular conference sessions are being held in Blackboard Collaborate and can be accessed from any personal computer and most mobile devices. If you have not used Blackboard Collaborate before, you may be prompted to download the Collaborate “launcher” in order to enter the virtual room. The download time on this can vary, so try entering the following empty session room between now and the conference in order to go through this process: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?password=D.4509CB0F221719A2897A1F1CF3494C&sid=2008350. Once you enter the test session room, then your computer is configured and you’re prepared for the event. If you do have any trouble, please review “First time user with Blackboard Collaborate Web
We are using Blackboard Collaborate’s “classic” version, which is the only tool we know that combines stability with low-bandwidth accessibility and has the organizational tools for a worldwide conference of this size. Thanks for understanding that it may be a little more complicated than you are used to when you attend your first session. After that, it will work automatically.
Please follow us (@GlobalEdCon) and use #globaled19 on any social media posts leading up to and during the event. And do encourage others to register in order to attend!
The CEFR [Common European Framework of Reference for Languages] takes an innovative stance to seeing learners as language users and social agents and thus seeing language as a vehicle for communication rather than as a subject of study. How can new CEFR revisions help teachers develop Pluriculturalism in their classes?
The methodological message of CEFR is that language learning should be directed towards enabling learners to act in real life situations expressing themselves and accomplishing takes of different natures.” Thus appeared the great emphasis and importance the new CEFR revisions gave to Plurilingualism and Pluriculturalism to develop active global citizens. How can teachers promote that and what is the relation between that and Mediation?
Maha will talk about the new CEFR revisions and how they can benefit teachers to help their students promote better understanding of other cultures whether abroad or even among their classes. I will especially refer to the descriptors used to help guide teachers along the way and how to assess the development of their students in that concern. Not only that, but to help them “develop their awareness and competence in that area.
What? Teaching in low-resource settings : Challenges, Opportunities, Activities
In the last few years, we keep discussing technology as an integral part of our teaching / learning routine. What if, for any reason, we cannot use fancy Interactive whiteboards or our classrooms are bare of WiFi connections? What if our learners have no devices to bring in class? What is the alternative to technology and how can teachers survive in the EFL classroom without top-heavy technology? Join 10 speakers in short 10 minute presentations and get endless inspiration!
When? 17:30 to 20:00 appears to be time in Greece, so this must be 15:30 to 18:00 UTC
Where? The announcement doesn’t say. Perhaps you have to indicate that you are going in FB. I’ll do that and see if it works.
On Wednesday, November 13, 2019, Heike Philp hosted a simulcast from Firenze on educational applications of virtual worlds, and invited me to come on in the Q and A period and talk for 5 min about #evomc20 EVO Minecraft MOOC. My brief appearance followed more comprehensive presentations by Heike herself talking about her #GUINEVERE project,Nick Zwart-Knottnerus of 3DLES on his work in OpenSim, Tuncer Can talking about his app Gistory, and James York presenting on the affordances of Minecraft for language teaching.
GUINEVERE (2017-2019) is a two-year project investigating the potential of digital game-based learning in 3D immersive environments focusing on foreign language learning (2017-2019).As part of the project, language teachers were introduced to the art of designing and processes involved in creating digital games within various VWs including Second Life, OpenSim, and Minecraft.
The project is nearing completion and all of the partner are present in Florence for the final project meeting and look forward to sharing the outcomes. They proudly present the project results in a 2h web conference on Wednesday, 13 Nov 2019 from 11am to – 1pm Italian time.
Heike Philp from let’s talk online will introduce the goal of GUINEVERE and the final results.
11:15am
Project partner Tuncer Can of the Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa will talk about the theoretical framework of Game Design/Gistory App Design Process (soon available from PlayStore and Appstore under the name ‘Gistory’)
11:30am
Project partner IUL and Heike Philp talk about the Teacher Training Course development and the impressive 3D games developed by teachers.
12:00pm
Nick Zwart-Knottnerus of 3DLES presents his work in OpenSim
Q&A with online participants – Vance Stevens has been invited to speak for 5 min about EVO and EVO Minecraft MOOC
Presenters
Guest speaker James York: How to teach languages in Minecraft: What are the affordances of Minecraft for language teaching?
Minecraft offers three different game modes (survival, creative, and adventure) which each have different use cases. In this talk, I provide a list of teaching tips and ideas that have worked for me in my own teaching context with a focus on productive language skills. The talk addresses the affordances of Minecraft for language learning and how teachers can adopt a task-based language teaching approach in this environment.
James is a lecturer at Tokyo Denki University where he conducts research on the pedagogical application of games for language learning. His current main focus is a curriculum development project using tabletop games as the centrepiece of a task-based language teaching and multiliteracies approach to second language acquisition. James is co-editor of Ludic Language Pedagogy, an open access, open peer-reviewed journal exploring games and play, language and literacies, and teaching. James’s previous projects include the development and management of an online Japanese learning community which utilized Minecraft as the domain for interactive, experiential learning activities.
Dr Tuncer Can completed his MA at Istanbul University in 2004 on “Constructivism and Training of Pre-service Foreign Language Teachers”. In 2005, he was granted a Fulbright Scholarship and he spent two terms at Syracuse University, NY, USA, where he taught Turkish via videoconferencing for one year. In 2008, he took part in a project at Istanbul University in the Faculty of Education, English Language Teaching Department, on the implementation of MOODLE in the training of pre-service foreign language teachers; a project was funded by Istanbul University Scientific Research Center. He completed his PhD at Istanbul University in 2011 on “Using Foreign Language Learning Strategies in the Context of Lifelong Learning and Plurilingualism”. Dr. Can also has taken part in three EU Projects. (1) CAMELOT, (2) INTEGRATION OF YOUNG REFUGEES Using mobile devices leading to better language acquisition and relevant career / YouRNI, and (3) TABLIO on the use of tablets for classroom differentiation and inclusion/ TABLIO.
Nick Zwart-Knottnerus is CEO of 3DLES, a Dutch company that offers project management on educational project in virtual worlds. Nick has studied theology and IT in Amsterdam, was an IT teacher for years and built the EU prize-winning virtual language villages Chatterdale and Parolay. He worked for the University of Alcala de Henares in Spain doing research on the use of OpenSimulator for language education. He works for the City University in London as a technical researcher for the aphasia project called EVA Park. 3DLES was partner in several EU projects like TILA, TeCoLa and now the GUINEVERE project.
Heike Philp is CEO of let’s talk online sprl is an edtech and immersive learning integration specialist. Philp co-initiated four European funded projects on teaching and learning a language in real-time at a distance: LANCELOT (LANguage learning with CErtified Live Online Teachers), AVALON (Access to Virtual and Action Learning live ONline) and CAMELOT (CreAting Machinima Empowers Live Online language Teaching and learning) and GUINEVERE (Games Used IN Engaging Virtual Environments for Realtime language Education). Philp founded and organizes several web conferences, Virtual Round Table (language learning technologies) DaFWEBKON (teachers of German), SLanguages Annual Symposium. She co-owns EduNation islands in Second Life.
Screenshots and text chat logs
05:56 PM Me (Vance): Heike is muted (she then requests a sound check)
06:01 PM alansimpson: Fine sounds good.
06:01 PM Me: fine (Heike then requests introductions in text from the audience)
06:09 PM Me: I’m a coordinator of EVO Electronic Village Online and moderator EVO Minecraft MOOC which starts its 6th session in Jan-Feb
06:09 PM Tuncer CAN: Hi Vance
06:09 PM alansimpson: Yes, I joined as a student on the pilot study. I teach at a uni in Japan, have an interest in ESP applications online.
06:09 PM Lucia Bartolotti: Nice to see you, Vance. I took part in the Guinevere project
06:09 PM Me: Hi Tuncer
06:10 PM Tuncer CAN: Hi ALL
06:14 PM Lucia Bartolotti: Hi Heike 🙂 I will leave you in 15 minutes as I have a lesson shortly. I have no microphone, sorry, I am at school
06:51 PM Heike Philp: hi James, great to see you
06:51 PM James York: Thanks for inviting!
06:58 PM Rumeysa Yücel: thank you tuncer cam but how can we find this app, cause when I searched ,I couldn’t find it
06:58 PM James York: Thanks Heike
From Tuncer CAN: 07:00 PM
Hi Sare
it will be on the market veri son, when the project is over
From Rumeysa Yücel: 07:00 PM
Okey hocam thank you,btw Im Rumeysa:)
07:01 PM Tuncer CAN: rümeysa 🙂
07:05 PM Me: hmmm – I would like to join the next one (in response to learning that participants in one of Heike’s projects overwhelming gravitated to Second Life; only one to Minecraft)
07:06 PM James York: All good 🙂
07:09 PM Me: what is the link you are showing (when you get a moment) http://learn.guinevereproject.eu
07:17 PM James York: ?? – Well remembered!
07:20 PM Vance Stevens: 6th one (I hold up 6 fingers in video, indicating that we are about to enjoy our 6th EVO Minecraft MOOC session coming up next January-February)
07:21 PM alansimpson: Great, fine. (must be in response to a sound check)
07:24 PM Me: I know the feeling – Minecraft is easy … Zoom? (James is having trouble navigating in Zoom; he seems to get around fine in Minecraft 🙂 07:27 PM Heike Philp: fine
07:44 PM James York: Slides from me http://bit.ly/34YkGyq
07:50 PM Heike Philp: Any questions from the audience about GUINEVERE and for James or for Vance?
07:50 PM James York: http://minecraftmooc.org/
07:51 PM Heike Philp: James was faster than me
07:51 PM James York: hehe – Keen to join actually! Ty ty vance
07:51 PM Heike Philp: James do you have a link to your TED session?
07:53 PM James York: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gokaQuqIAwM
Is Jeff Kuhn still involved? In the MOOC (If he ever was?)
07:53 PM Heike Philp: he was
07:54 PM James York: gotcha
Thanks for the information!
I have read your paper
Christine Coombe TESOL Webinar Nov 8 on participation in professional organizations
The announcement was sent out on TESOL lists Nov 7 and this event was over by the time I opened the mail, but for the record:
Sun 10 Nov 1400 UTC EVO Moderator Professional Development Week 4 Live Event
The coordinating team and the members of the EVO (http://evosessions.pbworks.com) Moderator Professional Development Week 4 invited EVO coordinators and moderators to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Learning2gether invited others who felt they would have something to contribute.
Topic: Week 4: Getting ready to go live
Time: Nov 10, 2019 at 2 PM UTC and 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Below find a video embed of this session starting at 25 min 35 seconds, which is where Nellie asked for moderators to come on and discuss the online spaces they had chosen for their sessions. First up was Graham Stanley, who spoke about how his Escape the Room session is organized, and he invited Vance Stevens to join him in the discussion, https://youtu.be/0W–5Kuk2mA?t=1535
EVO coordinators today hosted their third meeting of the EVO Moderators Professional Development month but this one was different from the previous ones. This week’s event was hosted by Vance Stevens and Jane Chien and was a discussion of free online spaces appropriate to facilitation of EVO sessions and the pros and cons of offering badges and certificates.
Week 3 in EVO Moderator PD is about Developing the Content
The week begins with a live online kickoff event on Sunday Nov 3 at 13:00 UTC
The meeting today will be conversational. Please come prepared to ask questions
and share your expertise with one another.
By the end of this week, we hope you will have
made substantial progress on your syllabus
revised your original proposal in the EVO Proposals wiki to transform it into a ready-for-the-public-eye session page which will be tranferred to the public Call for Participation wiki.
begun to add content to your online space(s).
learned about Certificates of Participation and digital badges options for your session(s)
posted your questions and comments in the appropriate threads.
You can only open that link if you are registered in the Schoology course, but he following suggestions for spaces appropriate to EVO were made in that discussion
Some platform or LMS where students can view the content, conduct discussions, ask questions, share content and connect with each other; e.g.
Canvas Instructure
Moodle
Google Classroom
Edmodo
Schoology
Nellie suggests that Groups.io, Facebook groups, What’s APP, Linkedin groups, Twitter, Google Groups, and Slack can all work as LMSs
Blogs and wikis for hosting and discussing content; e.g.
Additional tutorial and digital storytelling tools; e.g.
Padlet, VoiceThread, YouTube Video tutorials, Presentations on Slideshare
Screen capture tools; e.g. Jing, Screencast-o-matic
If you are still searching for platforms you like, try exploring some of the tools listed on former Coordinator Carla Arena’s Pinterest Board.
Week 3 asks moderators what other online space/Learning Management System will you use for your session’s content and interactive hub(s)? Can you explain to others how to use and navigate your space(s)?
Rather than work from a slide deck, Jane and Vance instead screen-shared from Schoology, and set all participant mics to open to encourage discussion. This posed no problem during the event, as all participants voluntarily muted themselves until they wished to speak. We expected that this format would create an opportunity for participants to discuss what they had learned about potential community spaces, and whether or not to promise badges or certificates in their EVO sessions.
Because the event would be of benefit to the Learning2gether community, Vance hosted it in the guise of Learning2gether episode 427.
However it was not announced in advance as such since the event was intended for EVO 2020 coordinators and session moderators.
Vance extended the invitation to others who would have something to contribute; e.g. previous moderators and participants of EVO sessions.
As coordinators are modeling best principles and practices of online discussions in our weekly events, as we know them from our experience, this was intended to suggest that moderators might want to branch out beyond just their session participants and include members of wider networks, if that seems appropriate to their purposes. That is after all the theory underpinning the first cMOOCs; see Stevens, V. (2013). What’s with the MOOCs? TESL-EJ, Volume 16, Number 4, pp. 1-14: http://tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej64/int.pdf. Also available at: http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume16/ej64/ej64int/.
The event took place in Nellie Deutsch’s Zoom room. Vance took these screen shots during the event, when
Sorry I didn’t get a screen shot of Judy aboard here ship! Maybe someone else did 🙂
Zoom text chat transcript logs
Marijana Smolcec : hi all! I have turned off my camera, as I am still in the process of making lunch, so will join shortly :)) hi :)) Naglaa Salem : Good morning everyone! Rosmery : Good morning. Am I late? Gamze : Hello everyone Rosmery : Hi Gamze Gamze : Hi Rosmery! McCoy Family : Wow! That’s very lovely clock sound. Rosmery : Thanks McCoy Family : Welcome Rosmery! Welcome Gamze! Welcome N Salem! live video on Youtube from Zoom! Cool! AyatAlTawel : Hi everyone 🙂 Marijana Smolcec : My first time, or maybe second in zoom, need to explore this tool more 🙂 Rosmery : Hello from Bolivia AyatAlTawel : Joining audio only today Marijana Smolcec : hi vance :)) Marijana in Croatia :)) McCoy Family : Hello AyatAITawel. Welcome! AyatAlTawel : Hi from Egypt Marijana Smolcec : ahaha, itz’s abput Minecraft! :)) Hi Ayat 🙂 barely, mostly cooking, but will come in soon Rosmery : Hi Ayat and Marijana Naglaa Salem : Naglaa from Toronto Marijana Smolcec : Hi Rosmery, so great to see you here :)) We are interested in Schoology Gamze : Gamze from Turkey Jane Chien : Hi everyone! 🙂 Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : hi From Bogota!!! Harshita K : Hello from India 🙂 Judy Wong – usually NY /Barcelona : Can’t talk travelling to my boat
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : HI Judy Mike Kenteris : Hi Carolina! Hi everyone! Judy Wong – usually NY /Barcelona : Hi Everyone!! ���� Rosmery : Good morning Jane, Carolina, Judy Harshita, Mike Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : hey Rosmery!
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : We are all mods including the members of the coordinating team for EVO20. I moderate TEFL2YL EVO20, M4TEVO20, and Tools for Student Collaboration : Schoology has its “bugs” : Schoology has its paid version which is interesting. McCoy Family : yes to all questions Gamze : I believe Edmodo is similar to Schoology in nature. McCoy Family : Yes, I zoomed into Edmodo briefly.
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : Edmodo has less “bugs” than Schoology. Marijana Smolcec : I like Moodle, missing Google+Community, but Edmodo, I mainly used with students, all in all I need to explore Cshoology
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : I also listen3d to the Edmodo conference. Marijana Smolcec : Schoology*
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : Marijana, you would love https://groups.io Marijana Smolcec : I didn’t have time for EdmodoCon, it was early for us in CRO, all in all, it’s a good social network site : I love WAKELet Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : edmodo is vey clean! Marijana Smolcec : It’s awesome :)) : http://www.wakelet.com Jane Chien : Thanks! Marijana Smolcec : it’s not Microsoft : but they have many MS tools that are able to be integrated with wakelt
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : Yes, it is very clean, Carolina. We tried to use Edmodo for our PD a few years ago. Maybe, we can try again, next year. Marijana Smolcec : such as Youtube, Immersive Reader and FlipGrid Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : that’s a good idea, Nellie!!!
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : https://groups.io also has a wiki. AyatAlTawel : yeah, we’ve been exploring it for some time. It’s a bookmarking collaboration tool : Edmodo is always there and never fails to be a reliable and safe tool Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : i’ve been meaning to explore wakelet… Mike Kenteris : Wakelet Marijana Smolcec : Yes Ayat, true, but it can be used as a website for resources, right?
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : I use Jing and Snagit. Mike Kenteris : Here’s a wakelet about my hometown I use with my Mystery Skype sessions: https://wakelet.com/wake/7e408b62-7ccc-44da-bdea-5496110ac4f8 Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : wow Mike!! we have to talk about mystery skype! Rosmery : I use Screen-cast-o-matic Marijana Smolcec : My wakelet https://wakelet.com/@msmolcec
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : You can learn a lot when you use a learning environment. Just don’t get frustrated if things aren’t perfect. Marijana Smolcec : I don’t have many public posts, but mostly private, but am thinking of using some public collections for my students : @Rosemery, yes, me too, it’s easy : thx Mike for sharing your wakelet, will follow you : I agree with Nellie Rosmery : We need to explore, make mistakes, and learn…. Marijana Smolcec : the tools that work for you use them those that don’t lose them 🙂 Harshita K : Agreed…that’s the most practical and authentic advise @Dr.Nellie
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : Don’t let the fact that technology is not perfect get you down. : Yes, very true, Marijana. : Perfection is not key. Things do go wrong. The process of learning is. Marijana Smolcec : as we lways say “sharing is caring”
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : So true, Mike. Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : true Mike!!!
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : Our attitude as mods is very important. Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : we all love to share Marijana Smolcec : True, Jane, EVO is like family 🙂 Harshita K : Am sure that’s interesting to learn, getting introduced to the platform- minecraft. Nice @Vance Marijana Smolcec : I started playing games because of my sons, but I am still trying to be better at Minecraft 🙂
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : EVO is about teachers’ generosity to share their expertise with other eachers worldwide . Marijana Smolcec : Caroline, can you write the name of the tool in chat_ Jane Chien : Anvil? Naglaa Salem : Usually how many participants sign up for a session? Marijana Smolcec : It could be from 50 to 300 it depends 🙂 : But, I know for our ICT4ELT, we have from 100-150 more or less : IN Minecraft EVO, I think Vance knows more Naglaa Salem : Thank you, Caroline! Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : @Marijana The tool is ANVILL Marijana Smolcec : Thank youCarolina, Mike has already send the link to me : :)) : @Vance is EVO himself :)) Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : 🙂
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : I’m available to help any mod before, during, and after EVO20 sessions. Marijana Smolcec : @nellie, you mean helping on Moodle Rosmery : Thanks Mike Kenteris : 🙂
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : I mean any help on any platform Marijana Smolcec : You have to give credit, Copyrights : I agree with Nellie Harshita K : Depends on the CreativeCommons involved.
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : What platform will you be using for your live online meetings? : I also teach young learners. : We use Education Suite. : Google Education Suite : I used Google Classroom in the past with my young learners, too. : This year I got the school a Moodle site. Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : Yes, Google classroom is very complete! it would suffice Rosmery : Creating a Gmail account is the first task I give my students. They do not use it as much as we do. Marijana Smolcec : I need to go, but I do know Microsoft teams : I use it with my students : it’s free for us in CRO, in Office365 : will join Schology and will add more info there, about Teams : Talk more later guys, hugs and have a nice Sunday : bye Mike Kenteris : 🙂 McCoy Family : Here is a comparison chat; I’ll find the Microsoft: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-for-Education/Teams-Vs-Moodle-Vs-Google-Classroom/m-p/215942 Jane Chien : Bye, Marijana! McCoy Family : Here is the Microsoft Teams descriptions: Rosmery : I find that the live sessions are useful McCoy Family : https://teams.microsoft.com/download Naglaa Salem : Live sessions can be helpful for my session (when I get over my camera shyness) : Practice will do it I guess 🙂 McCoy Family : I think that the live video is awesome. When I first started, I had no clue what to do. As I listened, I decided that I’d try to talk and share. Harshita K : I also feel live sessions are useful. If the participants are unable to attend they do watch the recordings.
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : What platform do you plan to use for your live meetings? Meriyem : Escape the classroom – Zoom Naglaa Salem : I’ve signed up for Zoom, but not sure about the recording bit Harshita K : Zoom Rosmery : Live sessions give us learners the opportunity of meeting moderators and experts, and ask questions Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : Yes Rosmery. Somehow live sessions make it all real! Rosmery : That’s what I meant! McCoy Family : Yes, I’ve reduced my FB presence for those reasons. Judy Wong -NYC, USA : I’m back! Vance Stevens : wbJ Jane Chien : Hi Aaron! 🙂 : WB, Judy! 🙂 Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : I have to step out, I’m sorry! Vance Stevens : bye carolina Carolina Rodriguez Buitrago : bye Vance! : and all! Jane Chien : bye Caroline! 🙂 Judy Wong -NYC, USA : The perils and challenges of being truly mobile! Hahaha! : On a boal in Barcelona : oat : boat Vance Stevens : hey aaron! McCoy Family : Even closed captions for the video. : yes Naglaa Salem : Would love to help with Arabic! 🙂 Rosmery : It is a problem here McCoy Family : The teachers need to be at least a B2 teacher. : a B2 level of English Naglaa Salem : May be translation can help with dealing with technological tools : *issues Harshita K : Thank you Dr Nellie, Vance, Jane and everyone for a helpful session. Have to leave. Rosmery : EFL environments Vance Stevens : thank you Harshita Gamze : Thank you for the session. Have to leave for now. Happy Sunday! Rosmery : Just translate instructions not content McCoy Family : Yes, is everyone finding sources for their badges? Naglaa Salem : Is it ok to do without the badges? : All this is new to me : I don’t know how to have these ready for participants
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : badges are motivating like gamification Jane Chien : Yes, I think it’s okay to do without badges. McCoy Family : That’s great. : agreed : vance Naglaa Salem : Is there like a progress bar on Moodle? I can’t remember Jane Chien : Love Badges from Nellie’s moodle session! Mike Kenteris : @Salem yes there is Rosmery : I like badges, too. They are great to show off in social media! LOL Naglaa Salem : Yes! I loved those as well Rosmery : LOL McCoy Family : yes they are.
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : Credly : I also use Credly and Canva for badges and certificates. : Badgr is the new Mozilla Open badges Vance Stevens : badgr, I like it
Dr. Nellie Deutsch : Yes, Vance, Badgr took over for Mozilla.
Joe’s post says: “beginning on Monday, October 21 and continuing through the rest of the week, you can join in a series of free professional development webinars, sponsored by Pearson. The webinars are free, but you do need to register in advance. Here’s the link to register.
Times are listed as Eastern Daylight (New York) times, so convert as needed for your own time zone. After you click on the link that takes you to the main sign-up page, you do need to register individually for each session. I have simplified and abbreviated the titles of the sessions below for speed of reading. See the link for the exact titles and a description.”
Learning2gether value added: Click on the time links to see when this webinar is in your time zone
Tue Oct 22 1800 UTC – Susan Mirandi hosts Mirjam Hauck on Virtual_exchange for digital literacy skills development
A #webinar on #virtual_exchange for (critical) #digital_literacy_skills development by Dr. Mirjam Hauck (#EUROCALL President) hosted by Dr. S. Susan Marandi October 22, 2019, 18 GMT
This one is also hard to register for and is likely not free. When I created an account I got this screen.
I don’t speak Farsi, and I don’t click on buttons that are in any way suspicious
but I think that was a screen to verify my address, since when I tried to log in I was blocked
It looks like this is where we were heading at any rate, to a payment page
Meanwhile I received an email with a link that let me verify my address, so I successfully logged in and clicked on the online payment form and this took me again to the screen in Farsi that I posted above.
So as much as I admire the work of these two remarkable ladies, I stopped my efforts at that point.
The webinar is being held at 2 am for me here in Malaysia, but I was hoping that by registering, I might be notified of a recording. If others are interested. I would certainly recommend the webinar to anyone able to register and willing to pay.
And finally, having registered for the event, I was notified in email that
the webinar materials (video, audio, and PowerPoint files) are now available on my profile page. To access my profile, I only need to log in to my account on ELTacademia.com.
They also said: “You can be updated for our next events by visiting the website or joining our Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/eltacademia/.”
In retrospect: It PAYS to REGISTER for ONLINE EVENTS even if you won’t be able to attend at the time of the event itself.
Thu Oct 24 2130 in Brasilia – BrazTESOL webinar with Claire Venables
Fri Oct 25 1400 UTC – Sun Oct 27 2200 UTC IATEFL YLTSIG Web Conference
The IATEFL Young Learners and Teenagers Special Interest Group (YLTSIG) hosted a free three-day online event later in October.
Opening up the ‘YL’ umbrella: age-appropriate pedagogies featuredseveral talks by renowned experts in the field of young learners and teenagers. Find out more here,
The Young Learners and Teenagers Special Interest Group (YLTSIG) 2019 Web Conference took place over three days, 25, 26 and 27 October 2019. Sessions took place from 14.00 – 22.00 GMT each day.
Wed Oct 30 – The 3rd free Library 2.019 mini-conference on Emerging Technology
The third Library 2.019 mini-conference: “Emerging Technology,” will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 30th, from 12:00 – 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone).
Tomorrow’s technologies are shaping our world today, revolutionizing the way we live and learn. Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Internet of Things, Drones, Personalization, the Quantified Self. Libraries can and should be the epicenter of exploring, building and promoting these emerging techs, assuring the better futures and opportunities they offer are accessible to everyone. Learn what libraries are doing right now with these cutting-edge technologies, what they’re planning next and how you can implement these ideas in your own organization.
This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. REGISTER HERE or the conference registration page https://www.library20.com/emergingtech
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.
Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events.
Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryemergingtech on their social media posts leading up to and during the event.
To attend the conference live please go to the conference schedule page link below, choose your specific time zone, then expand the calendar events to see the links to join each session (sessions and links will only appear a day or two before the event). http://www.library20.com/page/sessions-and-schedule
This event happens entirely between 3 am and 6 am in Malaysia, home of Learning2gether
KEYNOTE PANEL:
Christina Mune
Associate Dean of Innovation and Resource Management, University Library at San Jose State University @bibliopathicChristina Mune is the Associate Dean of Innovation and Resources Management at San Jose State University’s King Library. Her passion is supporting discovery, creativity and digital scholarship by designing technology-enabled spaces and services in libraries. She is currently working on her upcoming book Libraries Supporting Online Learning: Digital Literacy, Open Access and Local Connectivity from ABC-CLIO. Her research interests include online instructional design, discovery and digital literacy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinamune/
Jim Hahn
Associate Professor, Orientation Services & Environments Librarian @phobiaofthisJim Hahn is an Associate Professor in the Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois. His research into technology-enhanced learning has led to many software development projects within library settings and provides unique insights into new student’s expectations and needs and helps inform the work that he does as the Orientation Services and Environments Librarian for undergraduate students at the University of Illinois. He founded and manages the Minrva project (https://minrvaproject.org) and currently serves as project PI for a research & development grant funded through the University of Illinois Campus Research Board, entitled, “Information and Environment: Integration of an IoT-powered recommender system within the FOLIO open source platform,” the aims of which are to incorporate Internet of Things functionality into a FOLIO wayfinder application (https://github.com/minrva/ui-wayfinder) and make the resulting software available in the open source. www.library.illinois.edu
Ida Joiner
Librarian at the Universal Academy, TX @ida_joinerIda Arlene Joiner is the Senior Librarian at the Universal Academy in Texas. She is the author of the book Emerging Library Technologies: It’s Not Just for Geeks (Elsevier, 2018). Her forthcoming book on Drones in Libraries will be available in July 2020 (Elsevier). Ida has published numerous articles on emerging technologies. She is an international and national presenter on emerging technologies. Ida is a member of MIT’s Technology Review Global Panel. She discussed Are Drones Coming to Your Library on the Drone Radio Show. Ida is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Texas Wesleyan University’s Curriculum and Instruction program. She is a member of LITA’s Information Technology and Libraries board where she peer reviews articles for their peer reviewed open source journal. Ida peer reviews technology-related book proposals for Elsevier. She formerly co-chaired the Publications Committee for ALA’s International Relations Roundtable (IRRT). Ida holds her MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA degree in Business Management from Chatham University. Her research focuses on emerging technologies such as drones, robotics, driverless vehicles, artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, and their use in libraries and education. In her role as a project management consultant, Ida saved PNC Bank, PPG, Tucker Arensberg, Las Colinas Cancer, and Texas Breast Care thousands of dollars in technical and training costs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/idajoiner/
Bohyun Kim is the Chief Technology Officer and an Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island Libraries. She is the author of two books, Understanding Gamification and Library Mobile Experience: Practices and User Expectations and the founding editor of ACRL TechConnect Blog. She is the Past-President of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) and serves on the advisory boards and committees of the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy, San Jose State University School of Information, and Library Pipeline. She holds a MA in philosophy from Harvard University and a MSLIS from Simmons College.
This is a free event, thanks to our founding conference sponsor: School of Information at San José State University.
ATTENDING: To attend the conference live please go to the conference schedule page link below, choose your specific time zone, then expand the calendar events to see the links to join each session (sessions and links will only appear a day or two before the event). NOTE: the links to the actual virtual session rooms will not be available until the day of the conference.
The sessions are also listed below in US-PDT (GMT-8), but you will have to do your own time zone conversions if you use them.
If you have friends or colleagues that wish to attend, this is a free event and we encourage you to share our information widely. However, please send them to the conference regis tration page (https://www.library20.com/emergingtech) rather than giving them the above link directly as it will allow us to track participation.
WEBINAR PLATFORM: The keynote sessions are in the Zoom platform, and you should be prompted for any individual computer/browser/mobile setup at the time. The concurrent (non-keynote) conference sessions are being held in Blackboard Collaborate, and can be accessed live from any personal computer and most mobile devices. If you have not used Blackboard Collaborate before, you may be prompted to download the Collaborate “launcher” in order to enter the virtual room. The download time on this can vary, so try entering the following empty session room b etween now and the conference in order to go through this process: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?password=D.4509CB0F221719A2897A1F1CF3494C&sid=2008350. Once you enter the test session room, then you’re computer is configured and you’re prepared for the event. If you do have any trouble, please review “First time user with Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing” at https://blackboard.secure.force.com/apex/publickbarticleview?id=kA770000000CbIW.
RECORDINGS: The event recordings will appear shortly afterward on Library 2.0 and we will also email you a direct link to a special recordings page to let you know when the recordings have been posted. You need to be registered (free) and logged into the Library 2.0 network to view them.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Please use #library2019 and/or #libraryemergingtech on any social media posts leading up to and during the event. And do encourage others to register in order to attend!
That page also mentions a webinar conducted by Dr. Steve Albrecht on October 17 entitled “Interacting with the homeless” (in general, but also directed at Library staff, who “should be mindful of their safety and security when dealing with certain parts of this population.” The webinar costs $95 to attend or to have access to the recording, which is unfortunate, but that’s how it is.
However, the email promotion of this webinar is free for anyone to read and gives an eye-opening list of resources associated with the situation of homeless people and their recourse to use of libraries as a space where they can find shelter and food for thought. Have a look at the following if you are concerned with public safety and the decay of social infrastructure in your own environment.
Movie, panel focuses on homelessness and libraries https://www.nelsonstar.com/community/movie-panel-focuses-on-homelessness-and-libraries/
On a bitterly cold night a large group of homeless men decide they’re not going to leave the public library at closing time. It hasn’t happened — but it could.That scenario is the subject of The Public, a new film written by and starring Emelio Estevez. (27 Sep 2019)
Libraries Have Become De Facto Homeless Shelters: Emilio Estevez on His New Movie, “The Public” https://www.motherjones.com/media/2019/04/emilio-estevez-public-movie-libraries-homelessness/
The filmmaker discusses the timely drama and ethical battle lines drawn at libraries nationwide during a special screening and panel with Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery. (10 April 2019)
Janesville library considers staffing social worker to help homeless https://wkow.com/news/2019/09/10/janesville-library-considers-staffing-social-worker-to-help-homeless/
Libraries continue to be a place of refuge for those seeking shelter and protection for a wide variety of things ranging from mental health issues to homelessness. In recent years, staffing social workers to help those in need has become a new effort embraced widely by library system across the country. (10 Sep 2019)
Edendale Branch Public Library marks one-year anniversary of providing services for homeless community https://abc7.com/community-events/edendale-branch-public-library-marks-one-year-of-services-for-homeless-community/5556782/
The Edendale Branch Public Library in Echo Park celebrated their one-year anniversary of ‘The Source’. “The Source essentially is a one-stop-shop of services for folks that are experiencing homelessness or low income in the community,” said Librarian Angi Brzycki. (23 Sep 2019)
As tech changes homelessness, libraries roll with the punches https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/31/as-tech-changes-homelessness-libraries-roll-with-the-punches/
The warmth and quiet of the library have ever been a draw for those suffering from homelessness, but the past decade has piled more responsibilities on the shoulders of these institutions. The digital resources they provide are more important than ever for the homeless, but libraries have warily embraced their new role. (31 July 2019)
Disorder in the Stacks: Homeless services put an increasing burden on the New York Public Library https://www.city-journal.org/homelessness-ny-public-libraries
Every morning before 10 AM, when “SIBL” opens, a small crowd of men gathers outside the door, many carrying their personal items in plastic bags and wearing dirty and mismatched clothes. (Spring 2019)
Sat Nov 2 1230 UTC – EdmodoCon free online web conference
EdmodoCon is a global professional development conference that you can attend from the convenience of your laptop or mobile device. Educators from around the world share inspiring stories and practical strategies from the best in the education community.
EdmodoCon was streamed live through Zoom Webinars starting Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 08:30 AM EDT (US and Canada)
It appears to be a flipped conference in so far as preview postings are appearing for some of the presenters. You can see the postings at the link above. For example, Sean Robinson, Empowering Students Through Connections-Based Learning
What if we were to base teaching and learning on human connection? Projects, passions, competencies, and questions can still play a role. But relationships could be at the forefront of our minds. We could pursue learning partners that would help lead our students to acquire the needed skills, knowledge and understanding. Could we adopt a teaching approach that makes connection a priority?
When you register, you get an email that says
Thank you for registering for “EdmodoCon 2019”.
Use the links below (unique to you, not to be shared) to watch EdmodoCon live on Saturday, November 2 with educators all around the world. Follow our official EdmodoCon community page to get updates and resources, learn more about our speakers, and join the conversation with fellow teachers: https://new.edmodo.com/pages/edmodocon. See you there!
AFTER the event, Edmodo bots detected that I had been in the room so they sent me an email which included this:
Oh wow! A certificate! I clicked on the link and downloaded the PDF, and here it is:
If you right click on the image and download it to your computer, you can have a certificate too, for vicariously attending by reading this far in my blog post. Yaaaay !!
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Picture posted on Facebook by Christel Schneider, used here with permission
