Sunday, March 11, 2012

Jim Buckingham and Vance Stevens hosted an event on

TESOL Arabia 2012: Reflections on what we’ve learned

The annual TESOL Arabia Conference took place at Dubai Women’s College at the weekend of March 8-10:

• http://tesolarabia.org/conference/
• http://www.facebook.com/tesolarabia

Delegate impressions:

• http://www.facebook.com/J09WJ09W?sk=wall
• https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/tacon12

On March 7, there are pre-converence workshops; e.g.

• this one on Online teaching and learning in TESOL with Nicky Hockly, Justin Shewell, and Vance Stevens
  http://fcwr101.pbworks.com/w/page/49162994/DIYLMS

From March 8 to 10 there are regular sessions:

• http://tesolarabia.org/conference/schedule.php

At the conference itself, Jim Buckingham and Vance Stevens attempted to recruit participants who will be likely to attend and contribute their reflections on their best take-aways from the conference. Participants:

• Jim Buckingham, hosting the session
• Vance Stevens, checking in from Istanbul
• Participants at TAEdTechSIG meeting on Friday: http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/170
• Vance attempted to generate interest by inviting those who attended this presentation
  http://learning2gether.posterous.com/learning2gether-through-wiki-based-worldwide

Recording of the event in Elluminate

• https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2012-03-11.0652.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr&sid=75
• http://tinyurl.com/2012mar11taedtech

Where: Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)

• http://tinyurl.com/y3eh
• or: http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=273662

Announcements:

• http://taedtech.ning.com/events/tacon12
• Check the Twitter feed:
  https://twitter.com/#!/search/tacon12