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Peggy George in a Globinar on free PD resources collated in Livebinders

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Learning2gether Episode 335


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Jürgen Wagner announced his “globinar” on Mon June 13 as being presented by “two outstanding members of the webheads community”. Learning2gether itself derives from Webheads in Action, so all concerned agreed to conduct the event in parallel with this week’s Learning2gether Episode 335.

The two Webheads in question were Dr. Peggy George, talking about Sources of Free or Low-cost Professional Development on Demand and the designated hostess of the event, Rita Zeinstejer.

Google+ Event page for this event:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cadvevu3j2pu3qnk3u7gr4f899g

YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/ZtGwzWTtcrU

Links to recordings and show notes are given in this pdf document:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8905964/Breeze/FUM_Livebinders_13_06_2016.pdf

This includes (I cleaned these links up from the pdf above)

Full link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8905964/Breeze/peggy_livebinders.pdf

Globinar schedule of events: http://www.lpm.uni-sb.de/typo3/index.php?id=1258

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8905964/Breeze/fobis_2016.pdf 

Announcements

 

When you register for and attend Jürgen’s Globinars you get a nice …

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Earlier this week

Sun June 5 1400 UTC Learning2gether 334 in Hangout on Air with Jeff Lebow

https://learning2gether.net/2016/06/05/informal-learning-with-jeff-lebow-and-rhizo16/

Mon June 6 2000 EDT VSTE hosts Bented on their Minecraft server

Tonight’s meeting is canceled due to the death of a dear friend of VSTE. Here is the notice Loren posted in Second Life. Feel free to join us.

Friends:

With sorrow and regret we have learned that pioneering virtual educator Cyrus Hush has passed away unexpectedly.

On behalf of the VSTE family and all educators, I express my great sympathy. He was a valued member of our community, admired and enjoyed for his humor and intelligence.

This evening’s VSTE event in Minecraft is cancelled, and we will gather informally this evening at 8 PM EST in Second Life for those who wish to be together.

Loren ChrononaiaVSTE Chair-Elect , VE PLN Board Liaison

Special Treat June 6 at 8 PM EDT at VSTE Place, our Minecraft Server! “Bented,” one of the kids on East Coast Miners will be our guest and teach us how to make a variety of banners in Minecraft to beautify our builds!

Please come meet Bented and learn this fun skill. You will be inspired.

Once in the VSTE Place server type

/warp we to get to our classroom.

The server is 69.175.17.26:25565

You must be whitelisted. Email K4sons@gmail.com if you need to be whitelisted.

Fri June 10 – webinar with Dr Bart Rienties from the UK Open University

As part of the EU-funded VITAL project on learning analytics and online language learning you are all invited to a free webinar with Dr Bart Rienties from the UK Open University today (10 June) at 11am UK time.

Further information here on the VITAL project website: http://www.project-vital.eu/en/2016/03/10/upcoming-webinars/

Dr Bart Rienties, Reader in Learning Analytics: http://www.open.ac.uk/people/bcr58

Abstract
The impact of learning design on student behaviour, satisfaction and performance: a cross-institutional comparison across 151 modules”Pedagogically informed designs of learning are increasingly of interest to researchers in blended and online learning, as learning design is shown to have an impact on student behaviour and outcomes. Although learning design is widely studied, often these studies are individual courses or programmes and few empirical studies have connected learning designs of a substantial number of courses with learning behaviour. In this study we linked 151 modules and 111.256 students with students’ behaviour (<400 million minutes of online behaviour), satisfaction and performance at the Open University UK using multiple regression models. Our findings strongly indicate the importance of learning design in predicting and understanding Virtual Learning Environment behaviour and performance of students in blended and online environments. In line with proponents of social learning theories, our primary predictor for academic retention was the time learners spent on communication activities, controlling for various institutional and disciplinary factors. Where possible, appropriate and well designed communication tasks that align with the learning objectives of the course may be a way forward to enhance academic retention.

Informal learning with Jeff Lebow, Jose Rodriguez, and Rhizo16

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Learning2gether Episode 334


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On Sunday June 5 Vance Stevens and Jeff Lebow met in Hangout on Air to talk about old times and new projects, all in the spirit of informality that infuses all our online projects past and present. We planned (if that is the correct word 🙂 to discuss these in a context of informal learning.

We invited Dave Cormier to join us and fill us in on the Rhizosphere, which is verging on a Rhizo16 MOOC one of these days. Dave texted that he was surrounded with kids on Sunday morning and if you’re a dad you know what that is like 🙂 The rhizomes will look after themselves.

Meanwhile, Hangouts with Jeff are always F.U.N. and in this one we were joined by special invited guest Jose Rodriguez in California, Peggy George in Phoenix, Elizabeth Anne in Grenoble, Vanessa Vaile in Colorado, Arthur Oglesby from the Rhizosphere, and Dave Cormier in spirit.

Where? Hangout on Air

Rhizo14 … 15 and 16 A Practical View MOOC by Dave Cormier, neverending

http://rhizomatic.net/2015/04/03/rhizomatic-learning-a-practical-view/

Dave declared May to be Rhizo month some time ago, but http://rhizomatic.net is stuck on #rhizo15 even though it’s no longer May. So Vance was wondering, is there a #rhizo16? Answer, yes, according to

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23rhizo16&src=tyah

Dave had announced:

May is Rhizo month this year
#rhizo16 is going to (formally) start up on May 1 and finish on May 31st

The newsletter response was fairly positive around having another rhizo this year… so we’re off. I’m still working on whatever trouble we might get into – posts will follow. I will say that we will continue to use this newsletter and the http://rhizomatic.net blog. Creating new ones every year isn’t really all that sustainable. I’ll be using the #rhizo16 hashtag – I’ve long since stopped trying to figure out what you all are going to do 🙂

Meanwhile, back on Prince Edward Island …

https://twitter.com/davecormier/status/732711153101574144

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Whatever happens, the rules for Rhizo 15 will likely maintain …

rhizoblah

Posts and videos: http://rhizomatic.net/

 

Rhizo 15 started April 15. When does it end? It doesn’t say (maybe never 🙂

You can vote

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/coarsesalt%40gmail.com/151686c0cf56fdc8

Earlier this week

Sun May 29 1400 UTC Learning2gether Episode 333 with Rita Zeinstejer on how to Fuel Engagement with Humour

https://learning2gether.net/2016/05/30/rita-zeinstejer-on-how-to-fuel-engagement-with-humour-and-comics/

Mon May 30 Globinar by Dieter Umlauf – How to put BYOD into practice

WEBINAR: How to put a BYOD-concept [Bring Your Own Device] into practice

 

All of May 2016 Moodle MOOC 8 (MM8)

http://integrating-technology.wiziq.com//course/150380-moodle-mooc-8

Moodle Teacher Training on Moodle for Teachers website: https://moodle4teachers.org/course/view.php?id=87

You may find the syllabus for MM8 useful.

 

 

Rita Zeinstejer on how to Fuel Engagement with Humour and Comics

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Learning2gether Episode 333


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On Sun May 29  Learning2gether heard from Rita Zeinstejer on how to Fuel Engagement with Humour.

Rita’s presentation examines how humour can be an effective tool in teaching and in creating the affective second language classroom. It will also examine the reasons why humour is sometimes avoided, and will dispel the myth that one must be a comedian to use humour in a language classroom.

Kristmanson (2000) stressed the importance of the affective environment in second language teaching. It’s important for the teacher to create a “positive atmosphere” for learning. Humour, by decreasing anxiety and stress, can contribute to this positive classroom, to class unity and learning.

The focus is on the use of cartoons with practical examples of how to use and adapt this particular resource. One doesn’t have to be a gifted humorist to reap the benefits of using humour in the classroom.

Where?
Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)
http://webheads.learningtimesevents.org/
Thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

Recordings

Join the conversation

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cahdrm73gamvklv2akuma87cb7g?cfem=1&authkey=CN_V7cD7-9qPwAE

Show notes

Announcements

Earlier this week

Sun May 22 1500 UTC Susan Gaer on Students Producing Content

https://learning2gether.net/2016/05/22/learning2gether-with-susan-gaer-about-students-producing-content/

Mon May 23 Globinar with Dr. Nancy Grimm

Invitation to a promising WEBINAR with Dr. Nancy Grimm: More than just another introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign language

  • objective: to bridge the gap between theoretical approaches to foreign language teaching and the needs of students, teacher trainees, TEFL lecturers, and those teaching at the classroom level
  • reflections on major issues and current trends in language learning and teaching
  • the balance of reflection and practice in each chapter
  • the possibility of a flexible use of this book in inductive or deductive teaching approaches
  • ready-to-use materials: thought-provoking cartoons, key concepts, recommended reading, study questions, and rewarding examples of classroom activities for beginners, intermediate, and advanced students.
  • additional material provided online: e. g. PowerPoint-Presentations for teaching TEFL and pdf-files for learners
  • other only resources: the complete bibliography, additional examples, and a German-English glossary compiled by C. Juchem-Grundmann
  • Monday May 23rd 2016 – 19:00h – 20:30h CET
  • Time and date where YOU are
  • http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
  • access link: https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/teachingenglish/
  • Info: http://v.gd/teachingenglish
  • Registration:
  • http://lpm.lpm.uni-sb.de/Webinar/index2.php
  • Learn more about Nancy Grimm’s impressive biography:
  • https://eflspice.wordpress.com/dr-nancy-grimm/
  • Dr. NANCY GRIMM is also active as an in-service teacher trainer and educational materials developer.
  • You will need neither a username, nor a password.
  • Select the option “Enter as a guest” and enter IMPERATIVELY your FULL !!! name into the box. (All attendees are “guests”).
  • Registration: http://lpm.lpm.uni-sb.de/Webinar/index2.php

May 27 Blab with Wesley Fryer – EdTech Situation Room Episode 11

https://blab.im/edtech-situation-rm-episode-11-vbueda

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The article referred to by Peggy in the text chat above is called “What is happening with Blab?” It’s about recent changes in focus on Blab’s target audience and features a statement from Blab’s developers to the effect that, no, they aren’t going away, just adapting to the shifting playing field of social broadcasting. The article end in the following summary:

“Right now, if you want a stable platform on which you can host a professional-grade interview or discussion, perhaps even a webinar, it’s clear that Hangouts is still the best option. Despite inherent flaws, it’s the network most likely to deliver that end-result you’re looking for at the highest quality, particularly with integrations and tools like Webinar Jam. What Blab brought to the table was ease-of-use and discoverability. Don’t be surprised when Facebook sprints past both platforms.”

Learning2gether with Susan Gaer about Students Producing Content

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Learning2gether Episode #332


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On Sunday May 22 Susan Gaer spoke to us about how she gets her students to exercise their language by producing content using apps such as Kahoot, Socrative, Quizizz, 5-Card Flickr, and Showme. She and Vance discussed other such apps and Susan gave us a screenshare view of Quizizz. The occasion was an excellent opportunity to share expertise with an experienced and much awarded educator, and you can play it back here:

In Chatwing, we created a list of URLs we would use during the presentation; e.g. this article on brain research supporting Susan’s approach to learning
http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/Journals/spring2010/thebraintargetedteachingmodel/

A list of apps referred to

Vance provided this further information on 5 Card Flickr, where Scott Lockman introduced it as Pecha Flickr, after a script created by Alan Levine

Susan provided the link for the documents to accompany her presentation
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1bE4lFg_1sEOVVhc0U0R2NuOTA

and Vance posted a link to the article on extending hangouts to numerous viewers, which came up in the discussion as Susan was going to use HoA for an upcoming online event

Presentation announcement

Meet http://susangaer.com/

Slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oYSagz7DQzwqrux6nY_oCffCxIGTuzDNRnA_sY-YcQs/edit?usp=sharing

Venue: Google+ Hangout on Air

The event was live-streamed

How this works at show time

  • If space is available (up to 10 people) you can join us in the HoA directly at its live link posted at various places at show time; e.g.

You can watch the stream at the embed above, and also chat with us live in real time if you wish

Announcements

Earlier this week

Sun May 8 Learning2gether Episode 330 – EVO Symposium at the 8th Virtual Round Table Web Conference

https://learning2gether.net/2016/05/08/176465791/

Sat May 14 1700 UTC Nate Balcom is featured teacher of the month on Classroom 2.0 LIVE

Presentations schedule
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ydOYaBaI7e12Zy-yWEkfjI6IAwltSEFVx-xrBEnASMA/edit

We are so excited to have Nate Balcom on Classroom 2.0 LIVE as our Featured Teacher for the month of May! This will be an excellent opportunity to learn about an amazing project Nate has organized called “March Book Madness” and also to hear about the exciting ways he is integrating technology in his teaching as the Integration Specialist at Starr Elementary Sch., Grand Island, Nebraska. He has taught in the classroom for 12 years at Starr Elementary School. We are looking forward to seeing some of the creative videos and projects his students have created. Nate is passionate about global education and each year his students are involved with the Global Read Aloud program that connects students around the world who are reading a book together and sharing their experiences.

Nate is a Google Certified Educator Level 1, was a 2015 Grand Island Education Foundation Mini Grant Recipient, 2015 Grand Island Education Foundation Teacher of the Year Nominee, and a 2014 Bammy Awards Nominee for Teacher of the Year. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Elementary Administration from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and is currently pursuing another Master’s degree in Technology Leadership. He and his wife have two amazing boys (12 y/o and 9 y/o) and two equally amazing daughters (6 and 4 y/o).

More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’re new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Blackboard Collaborate, and navigate the site. Each show begins at 12pm Eastern (GMT-5) and may be accessed in Blackboard Collaborate directly using the following Classroom 2.0 LIVE! link at http://tinyurl.com/cr20live. All webinars are closed captioned.

On the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! site (http://live.classroom20.com) you’ll find the recordings and Livebinder from our recent“Kids Deserve It!” session with Todd Nesloney and Adam Welcome. Click on the Archives and Resources tab.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE Team: Peggy George, Lorie Moffat, Tammy Moore, Paula Naugle, Steve Hargadon

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

All of May 2016 Moodle MOOC 8

http://integrating-technology.wiziq.com//course/150380-moodle-mooc-8

Saturday May 14 Mohammed A Ahmed discusses Sway

Vance was not able to find a live link for this session

Sun 15 May 1800 UTC – MM8: Personal and Personalized Learning with Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson

http://integrating-technology.wiziq.com/online-class/3754783-mm8-personal-and-personalized-learning-with-dr-ebba-ossiannilsson/

You must be enrolled in the course to join to these classes

Mon 16 May 1800 UTC – MM8: New Digital Classrooms with Old Non-Digital Teachers with Susan Brodar

Mon 16 May 1600 UTC – MM8: Moodle Blocks and Practicing as a Manager of a Moodle Course  with Dr. Nellie Deutsch

Wed 18 May 1500 UTC – MM8: Anticipating the Needs of Learners in Virtual Worlds with Nancy L. Zingrone

Fri 20 May 1700 UTC – MM8: Understanding how to Teach Online with Tom Hodgers & Nives Torres

Sat 21 May – MM8: Reflecting on teacher’s behaviors on social media with  Karin Heuert Galvão

http://integrating-technology.wiziq.com/online-class/3754825-mm8-reflecting-on-teacher-s-behaviors-on-social-media/

You must be enrolled in the course to join to this class

 

EVO Symposium at the 8th Virtual Round Table Web Conference

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On Sunday May 8 Learning2gether participated in an EVO Symposium at the 8th Virtual Round Table Web Conference. The event took place in the Adobe Connect room Arthur and was livestreamed on http://original.livestream.com/letstalkonline, where many recordings can be found. Vance Stevens organized the event on behalf of EVO

Panelists included:

  • Vance Stevens
  • Marijana Smolčec
  • Nellie Deutsch
  • Elizabeth Anne
  • Nina Liakos
  • Ann Nowak
  • Helena Galani

Recordings

From the program overview and list of recordings here
http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/program-overview

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Symposium program

  • Vance Stevens is co-ordinator since 2003 and co-moderator of EVO Minecraft MOOC (2015-2016), MultiMOOC (2009-2014), Webheads in Action (2002). He is an EFL teacher in Al Ain, founder of Webheads in Action, EVO coordinator since 2002, coordinator of Learning2gether, and On the Internet editor for TESL-EJ where he and co-moderators co-authored an article on Minecraft and Language Learning.
  • Nina Liakos has been head co-ordinator of EVO, 2013-2015
  • 14:15 Marijana Smolčec – Co-ordinator and co-moderator of EVO Minecraft MOOC. Marijana has been an EFL teacher for 14 years at Gimnazija Bernardina Frankopana. She is a proud Webhead and has been in EVO since 2011, eTwinning group moderator, project coordinator, avid user of web 2.0 tools,co-author of TESL-EJ article Minecraft and Language Learning, passionate about teaching Edtech, a mom, and a wife.
  • 14:30 Mbarek Akaddar – Lead co-ordinator of EVO, 2015-2017
  • 14:45  Elizabeth Anne – Co-ordinator and mentor
  • 15:00  Helena Galani and Ann Nowak – EVO Games

We crowd-sourced our slides here:

Our EVO panel planning document is here:

For a rough program outline, see: 

Announcements

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The panel was part of the Friday through Sunday

8th Virtual Round Table Web Conference, 6-8 May 2016

Heike Philp hosted her 8th Virtual Round Table Web Conference, 6-8 May 2016.

Paul Driver will do the opening keynote at 11pm GMT on Friday May 6. Other keynotes include Russell Stannard, Dr. Cynthia Calogne, Joe Dale, and Nik Peachey.

Mbarek Akaddar, Nina, Liakos, Nellie Deutsch, Elizabeth Anne, Marijana Smolcec, Helena Galani, Ann Nowak, and Vance Stevens comprise a panel on EVO (Electronic Village Online) at 1400 UTC Sunday May 8. And there are some three dozen presentations and panels besides over the three days, well worth checking out.

Time: May 6, 2016 to May 8, 2016
Location: Room Arthur Adobe Connect
Organized By: Heike Philp

Event Description:
8th Virtual Round Table Web Conference
6-8 May 2016 (Fri-Sun)
#vrtwebcon
Adobe Connect Room Arthur (max. 100)
http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/arthur
Livestream (the sky is the limit)
http://www.livestream.com/letstalkonline
The Virtual Round Table is an annual free web conference for language educators on language learning technologies.
We are looking forward to an exciting 3-day program with symposiums, presentations, workshops, networking events and app swap sessions.
The following is an overview of the program.
http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/program-overview
Friday, 6 May (European time zone friendly)
  • 10:30am GMT Welcome address
  • 11am OPENING KEYNOTE Paul Driver
  • 12pm GMT LTSIG Symposium with Marisa Constantinides
  • 2pm GMT GAMES Symposium with Ed Russel and Nora Choperena
  • 5pm GMT ONLINE CORPUS Symposium with Leo Selivan
  • 7pm GMT ELTons Symposium with Sirin Soyoz and Waleed
Saturday, 7 May (American timezone friendly)
  • 1pm GMT MOOC Symposium with Anna Rolinska
  • 3pm GMT VIDEO Symposium with Russell Stannard
  • 4pm GMT KEYNOTE Russell Stannard
  • 5pm GMT DIGITAL PUBLISHING symposium with Randi Harlev
  • 7pm GMT TELECOLLABORATION symposium with Theresa McKinnon
  • 10pm GMT IMMERSIVE WORLD Symposium with Helena Galani and Ann Nowak
  • 12am KEYNOTE Dr. Cynthia Calogne
Sunday, 8 May (Asian timezone friendly)
  • 9am KEYNOTE Joe Dale
  • 2pm EVO Symposium with Vance Stevens
  • 4pm Techno-CLIL Symposium with Letizia Cignanotto
  • 6pm Closing KEYNOTE Nik Peachey
For individual sessions please browse
http://www.virtual-round-table.com/events
Audience participation is required!!!!
The VRT WebCon crowd is not a silent crowd. We love the sharing spirit of everyone, not just the presenters.
This year we want to compile some Top 10 lists and need your input. If you want to help crowd source the following, then please….
  • For the Top 10 language games, please join the Games Symposium
  • For the Top 10 Apps, come join the App Swap Jam session
  • Top 10 MOOCs? Top 10 digital publishing tool? Top 10 fun …. Oh yes!
Your symposium moderators (in alphabetical order):  Nora Choperena, Marisa Constantinides, Helena Galani, Randi Harlev, Teresa McKinnon, Ann Nowak, Waleed Nureldeen, Giselle Pempedijian, Carolina Rodriguez, Ania Rolinska, Edward Russell, Leo Selivan, Sirin Soyoz, Russell Stannard, Vance Stevens
See more details and RSVP on Virtual Round Table Web Conference:

http://www.virtual-round-table.com/events/event/show?id=3109966%3AEvent%3A77212&xgi=5A2ZQYg7pvyREE&xg_source=msg_invite_event

About Virtual Round Table Web Conference

The VRT conference has 5 keynotes: Paul Driver, Russell Stannard, Dr. Cynthia Calogne, Joe Dale and Nik Peachey.

An open invitation

A list of individual sessions in date order

Program Overview with links to the individual session description.

 

 

Earlier this week

Sun Apr 24 Learning2gether episode 330 – EVOMC16 presents on Minecraft and the gamification of teacher and student learning at SLMOOC16

https://learning2gether.net/2016/04/24/minecraft-and-the-gamification-of-teacher-and-student-learning-at-the-slmooc16-annual-online-conference/

 

All of April – SLMOOC16

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SHsoYS6KW2vQDRIq-nA16mTYlRYHlB3V_22WM4wWwTw/edit?usp=sharing

Here’s SMORE: https://www.smore.com/z6bna

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/107/76/62

Presenter’s bios

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13RvFsrRPtbHk8nk3Tq3GPMF3pOfD9mxlT5Rk-zSVmKo/edit?usp=sharing

https://www.haikudeck.com/e/d0b6eed21a/?isUrlHashEnabled=false&isPreviewEnabled=false&isHeaderVisible=false
SLMOOC16 – Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires;

Mon Apr 25 – Fri Apr 29 Global Leadership Week online

Global Leadership Week takes place April 25th through April 29th.  If you haven’t checked out the site for this, please visit http://www.globaledleadership.com. Follow all the Twitter action around the event using the hashtag #globaled16.
Here’s what you need to know about GLW:

  1. Schools, companies, and organizations are hosting events designed to encourage global action through leadership and you can join in these online activities: http://www.globaledleadership.com/join-an-event.html. This is a great opportunity to showcase collaboration and the work of your school or organization.
  2. Anyone can still host an event. Directions and ideas are listed here. There is no deadline.
  3. The GEC is hosting two major events within Global Leadership Week featuring invited speakers. One is the Global Leadership Summit at Edmodo on April 25th and the Global Leadership Day mini-conference on April 26th.
  4. The Global Leadership Summit is a face-to-face event and will also be streamed in YouTube. If you are in the Bay Area in California, you are welcome to attend the summit in person … we have only a few seats left. (Do not register unless you can actually be in Calfornia!)
  5. Global Leadership Day will be taking place in Blackboard Collaborate from 12 PM to 4 PM PST on April 26th.

Global Leadership Week is brought to you by people and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. Our sponsors are VIF International Education, Edmodo, Google, TES, the Wonderment, iEARN-USA, the Global Campaign for Education – US Chapter, and Otus.The support of these groups allows us to bring our series of GlobalEd Events to you free of charge.

Global Leadership Week (GLW) is a weeklong celebration of leadership through global action in K-20 education taking place April 25-29, 2016. GLW is an opportunity for global education leaders to learn from one another and share effective principles in leadership, particularly within the context of an interconnected, global age.

During Global Leadership Week, leaders in schools, universities, non-profit organizations, and corporations will design and host virtual events to showcase thought leadership. The global education community at large can choose to participate in these online activities by browsing event listings on the GLW website.

During GLW, the Global Education Conference (GEC) Network will be hosting two major events. First is the Global Leadership Summit is an invitational, face-to-face convening at Edmodo’s headquarters in San Mateo, California on April 25th. Additionally, the GEC is producing the Global Leadership Day virtual conference on April 26th which will feature thought leaders at all levels. These events will be streamed and recorded for the public; subsequent recordings will be used as living artifacts to continually inspire leaders. All events will be free of charge to attendees.

The education public can actively participate in any of the following ways:

  • Virtually watch our face-to-face Global Leadership Summitinternational networking event at Edmodo’s headquarters on Monday, April 25 from 4 PM – 7 PM PST (UTC-7). (The summit itself is an invite-only event.) Join the GEC Network to be sent the links to watch.
  • Listen to presentations online and interact with various global education thought leaders on Global Leadership Day, Tuesday, April 26 from noon – 4 PM PST (UTC-7). These interviews and panels will highlight leadership practices from a range of experts. Event tracks will be: State/National/International Leadership, District Leadership, Teacher Leadership, Classroom Leadership, Teacher Education, Corporate and Nonprofit Leadership. Again, join the GEC Network to be sent the links to watch.
  • Design and host a virtual event focused on global education leadership during the week of April 25th. We will post your event on our website’s calendar. If your organization is a sponsor or a non-profit, we will promote your event through social media. Submit to host an event here.
  • Attend any of the aforementioned virtual events hosted by participating schools and organizations.
  • If your organization can reach several thousand educators, consider join us as an outreach partner. Email Lucy Gray at lucy@globaledevents.com. Include a short description of how you can help get the word out to your network and a logo for your organization.

This event is brought to you by people and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected teaching and learning. GLW is organized by the Global Education Conference Network, Flat Connections, GlobalEdLeader, Global Oneness Project, iEARN-USA, the Learning Revolution Project, and VIF International Education. Our generous sponsors are VIF International Education, Edmodo, Google, TES, the Wonderment, iEARN-USA, the Global Campaign for Education – US Chapter, and Otus.

Confirmed Panelists for the Global Leadership Summit:

  • Jaime Casap, Chief Education Evangelist, Google
  • Betsy Corcoran, CEO, EdSurge
  • Tony Jackson, Vice President for Education, The Asia Society
  • Amy Lin, Co-Founder, Blendspace
  • Jennifer Russell, Director of Education, iEARN-USA
  • Vibhu Mittal, CEO, Edmodo
  • Dana Mortenson, Executive Director, World Savvy
  • Cleary Vaughan-Lee, Education Director, Global Oneness Project
  • Brandon Wiley, President, GlobalEdLeader
  • Esther Wojcicki, Educator, Palo Alto High School
  • David Young, CEO, VIF International Education

Posted by Steve Hargadon
Founder, LearningRevolution.com

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 

Sunday May 1 1600 UTC Nellie Deutsch talks about Moodle MOOC 8 and a few tips and tricks

http://integrating-technology.wiziq.com//course/150380-moodle-mooc-8

Mon May 2 Blab Teacher PD Chat with Benjamin Stewart and Tyson Seburn

https://blab.im/benjamin-l-stewart-teacher-pd-chat-ffsi0a

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Mon May 2 Programming Computercraft Turtles with Minecraft Edu

Hang on to your shovels, Miners! VSTE’s VE PLN Minecraft Monday is going to be very special this month!

Monday, May 2 at 8 PM Eastern time

please join the VSTE VE PLN community on Google+

All future updates will be posted as comments on the event for tonight.

The server we’ll be connecting to is hypergrid.ninja

Blake (Techplex Engineer) will do an introduction to programming Computercraft turtles with Minecraft edu.

We’ll be exploring Turtle Island which was created by Mike Harvey to introduce students to ComputerCraft EDU Beginner turtles. We’ll start by checking out the Turtle Museum and discussing the capabilities of the turtles. Depending on time we might be able to embark on the Navigation challenge in which users learn to use the Turtle Remote Control to move through an obstacle course with their turtles.

Please download the Minecraft EDU Client (this is different than the Minecraft EDU Hosting client) here:http://techplex.io/mcedu/mcedu_student_client.zip

Once downloaded simply unzip the file and run the program by double clicking on the Launcher.jar

On Mac computers you may receive a warning “Launcher can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.” Simply right click the Launcher.jar and choose open.

 

Thu May 5 Hangout with Fanny Passeporte on Google Apps for Education

This Hangout on Air is an open discussion about unleashing the power of the Google Apps for Education to create a site with integrated Google Apps for an intranet solution. If teachers do less admin, they can focus on their students’ learning and become better version of themselves!  I have invited people who, I think, are moonshot thinkers and can really contribute and amplifying each others’ ideas. Looking forward to collaborating with you!


https://plus.google.com/events/cgsidrgv2810cqrl75ih5aa1b8g?authkey=CKyOlc7O-5-D3QE

YouTube: https://youtu.be/f4bGTdMBpzg

 

Sat May 7 Classroom 2.0 with Todd Nesloney and Adam Welcome on the #KidsDeserveIt initiative

 

We are so proud to be able to have Todd Nesloney and Adam Welcome with us as our special guest presenters on Saturday, May 7th, to share some exciting updates about the #KidsDeserveIt initiative and their passions as elementary principals related to teaching and learning! Some of the things they’ll be talking about are ways to eliminate excuses, ways to encourage and inspire students, ideas for connecting with others, and their experiences with ways to challenge conventional thinking.

Todd Nesloney is the Principal/Lead Learner of Webb Elementary in Navasota, TX. He is the 2015 Bammy Award Recipient for Elementary Principal and the 2014 Award Winner for Classroom Teacher of the Year, the TCEA Teacher of the Year for 2014, a White House Champion of Change, a National School Board Association “20 to Watch”, and Center for Digital Education “Top 40 Innovators in Education”. Todd is the author of children’s book “Spruce & Lucy” and the co-author of the Award Winning Book, “Flipping 2.0”. He is also the co-host of the popular education podcast series “EduAllStars” and “Kids Deserve It”.

Adam Welcome is the Principal of Montair Elementary School in Danville, CA. He is a marathon runner, a workshop fan, and a husband and father to two children. He serves on the Remind Advisory Board and is the ASCA Principal of the Year. Adam is also the co-host of the podcast series “Kids Deserve It”

More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’re new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Blackboard Collaborate, and navigate the site. Each show begins at 12pm Eastern (GMT-5) and may be accessed in Blackboard Collaborate directly using the following Classroom 2.0 LIVE! link at http://tinyurl.com/cr20live. All webinars are closed captioned.

On the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! site (http://live.classroom20.com) you’ll find the recordings and Livebinder from our recent“STEM, PBL, and Technology Integration: STEMtastic Ideas for Everyone” session with Mike Gorman. Click on theArchives and Resources tab.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE Team: Peggy George, Lorie Moffat, Tammy Moore, Paula Naugle, Steve Hargadon

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 

 

 

Minecraft and the gamification of teacher and student learning: EVOMC16 at the SLMOOC16 annual online conference

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Learning2gether Episode #330

On Sun Apr 24 #EVOMC16 held a SERVER PARTY and presented Minecraft and the gamification of teacher and student learning at the SLMOOC16 annual online conference.

Panelists Jeff Kuhn, Linda Gielen, Mircea Patrascu, Rose Bard, Robert Ogorek, Anna Jedryczko, and Vance Stevens will demonstrate through screenshare in Adobe Connect some of the work they have done on the EVO Minecraft server maintained by Aaron Schwartz at Ohio University. Panelists will also show how they use Minecraft for work with students in their own Minecraft virtual spaces.

All are welcome to join us in Adobe Connect for the server tour / party here:

Server party:

  • If you are whitelisted on our server, join us there in-world 🙂

Join the conversation in Google+

For more information see

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SHsoYS6KW2vQDRIq-nA16mTYlRYHlB3V_22WM4wWwTw/edit?usp=sharing

Announcements

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Earlier this week

Sun Apr 17 1400 UTC Mircea Patrascu, Rose Bard, and Vance Stevens address IATEFL YLT SIG Bi-Monthly Webinars

https://learning2gether.net/2016/04/17/mircea-patrascu-rose-bard-and-vance-stevens-address-iatefl-ylt-sig-bi-monthly-webinars/

Sun Apr 17 The Italian Open SIM at SLMOOC16

April 17

Sunday

9.30 PM

CEST

3:30pm EDT

12:30pm

Pacific

Letizia Cinganotto

Andrea Benassi

Immersive experiences in Edmondo, the Italian Open Sim

Sign in with as a “guest”, enter your name and you’ll be able to see the Edmondo presentation.

Edmondo, the Italian educational Open Sim will be presented, highlighting the latest training experiences relating to English language and methodological courses carried out with Italian teachers and still ongoing.

The presentation will be given in an Adobe Connect Pro webinar system. Here is the URL:  lancelot.adobeconnect.com/edmondo

 

Mircea Patrascu, Rose Bard, and Vance Stevens address IATEFL YLT SIG Bi-Monthly Webinars

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On Sunday Apr 17 at 1400 UTC Mircea Patrascu, Rose Bard, and Vance Stevens gave a presentation as one of the IATEFL YLT SIG Bi-Monthly Webinars for 2015-2016, entitled
Creating contexts in Minecraft for motivating and empowering young learners to take charge of their learning

This presentation is pitched at teachers of young students about how to put yourself in the mind and body or at least avatar of a young learner and get in the game of Minecraft and try and figure out what all the fuss is about through experience with other teaching peers occupying similar avatars.

Vance Stevens will begin by briefly introducing the EVO Minecraft MOOC Google+ Community https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112993649763396826671. This is a community established as an EVO (Electronic Village Online) session. It was designed to attract participants knowledgeable in Minecraft who could help newcomers to Minecraft, a.k.a. noobies, to become functional in the game and better understand how they could use it in their educational settings.

Two of the strongest contributors  to this community with respect to young learners have been Mircea Patrascu and Rose Bard. Each plans to spend 10 to 15 minutes showing us via screen share what they have built in Minecraft that can help young learners realize the potential of the environment for young learners when that learning is guided by practitioners skilled both in Minecraft and in working with learners. This combination of characteristics has become more and more common in educators as the affordances of Minecraft in empowering young learners becomes increasingly apparent and more widely known.

The presentation was scheduled here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MZl_wFsvjHIeTYSfPCTFDYoFMqwyEvAzrNTQpXEKx1E/edit?usp=sharing

Where? Adobe Connect

Recordings:

The video posted at https://youtu.be/YMvxWsOgSes (not hyperlinked here) is only 4 min. long and the sound cuts out at 2 min. exactly. Please use the link above

Announcements

 

Earlier this week

Sun Apr 10 1400 UTC LEARNING2GETHER with Jack Watson, Jennifer Meyer, Robert Wachman, and other CALL-IS webcasters about webcasting at TESOL 2016

https://learning2gether.net/2016/04/14/learning2gether-with-jack-watson-jennifer-meyer-and-robert-wachman-about-webcasting-at-tesol-2016/

Wed Apr 6 Learning2gether with David Winet at TESOL Baltimore Classrooms of the Future – VR and AR and Robots, Oh My!

https://learning2gether.net/2016/04/06/learning2gether-with-david-winet-at-tesol-baltimore-classrooms-of-the-future-vr-and-ar-and-robots-oh-my/

Thu Apr 7 Learning2gether with CALL-IS Webcasts from TESOL 2016 in Baltimore

https://learning2gether.net/2016/04/07/learning2gether-with-call-is-webcasts-from-tesol-2016-in-baltimore/

Fri Apr 8 Gamification at TESOL 2016 Conference in Baltimore

https://learning2gether.net/2016/04/08/gamification-at-tesol-2016-conference-in-baltimore/

 

Apr 12-16 Online coverage begins of 50th Annual IATEFL conference in Birmingham

From http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2016/live-schedule

David Crystal – Who would of thought it? The English language 1966-2066
Plenary recording:
https://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2016/session/plenary-david-crystal

Complaints about a supposed decline in standards of English continue to be made, with increasing frequency, in the British press. Although these are nothing new – as the long history of use of would of for would have illustrates – they do draw attention to the way we seem to be going through a period of unusually rapid language change. This paper illustrates the main changes in pronunciation, orthography, grammar, and vocabulary, discusses the chief factors involved – social mobility, globalization, and the Internet – and compares the changes that have taken place in the past fifty years with those that are likely to take place in the next fifty.

David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Bangor, and works from his home in Holyhead, North Wales, as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. He read English at University College London, specialized in English language studies, then joined academic life as a lecturer in linguistics, first at Bangor, then at Reading, where he became professor of linguistics. He received an OBE for services to the English language in 1995. Recent books include The Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary (with Ben Crystal), Making a point: the pernickety story of English punctuation, The disappearing dictionary, and The gift of the gab: how eloquence works. His current research is chiefly in applied historical English phonology, with particular reference to Shakespearean original pronunciation. He is the patron of IATEFL.

Thu 14 Apr 0800 UTC Plenary by Silvana Richardson at IATEFL Birmingham

THUSDAY 14TH APRIL
0900-1010 PLENARY SILVANA RICHARDSON
Recording:
https://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2016/session/plenary-silvana-richardson

Silvana Richardson
The ‘native factor’, the haves and the have-nots

…and why we still need to talk about this in 2016. It is often claimed that much has changed in the eld of English Language Teaching since 1983, when Peter Medgyes rst described the struggle of ‘non-native’ teachers for visibility and due recognition. But has it? Away from academic circles, where the discourses that equated the ideal teacher with the ‘native speaker’ have been interrogated and critiqued, how has the situation really changed for the professional teacher of English whose rst or home language is a language other than English?
In this talk I will draw on research studies, anecdotal evidence and my own and my colleagues’ personal experiences to examine the state of equality and social justice in ELT with reference to the so-called ‘non- native speaker teacher’ thirty years on. I will look at how the logic of the market is used to justify current discriminatory recruitment practices that still perpetuate the view that a(n unquali ed) native speaker is preferable to a quali ed and professional ‘non-native teacher’.
I will reflect on the impact of the native-speaker bias and its dominance on developments in English Language teaching methodology, and how this dominance seems to have affected the emergence of context-appropriate pedagogies. Finally, I will address the ‘second best’ view of the ‘non-native teacher’ and its impact on their own construction of a legitimate professional identity and on their con dence in themselves as teachers, users and experts of an-other language.

Fri 15 Apr 0800 UTC Plenary by Diane Larsen-Freeman at IATEFL Birmingham

FRIDAY 15TH APRIL
0900-1010 PLENARY BY DIANE LARSEN-FREEMAN
Recording:
https://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2016/session/plenary-diane-larsen-freeman

Diane Larsen-Freeman
The justice and imperative of girls’ secondary school education – a model of action

Fifty years ago, around the time that IATEFL was founded, inquiries into the nature of additional language learning were begun. One of the earliest avenues of inquiry concerned the nature of the linguistic input that language learners were exposed to. Not only was the input thought to be the raw material that the learners had to work with, linguistic input was also thought to be a driving force in second language development. Researchers sought to demonstrate the effect of the input on what was called learners’ output. While this line of research been fruitful in contributing to our understanding of language learning, it has been encumbered by the use of its computer-related metaphors of input and output. Clearly, our students are not computers. We know that the way we talk in uences and re ects the way we think. One problem with ‘input’ is that it ascribes passivity to learners, robbing them of their agency. Another problem is that it suggests that there is a conduit between input and output. It overlooks the meaning-making nature of language use. A third problem is that the use of ‘input’ necessitates all sorts of terminological profusion, such as ‘intake’ and ‘uptake’. At this point, there is a need to move beyond input-output metaphors to embrace a new way of understanding, one informed by Complexity Theory with its ecological orientation – one of affordances. Affordances are two-way relationships between the learner and the environment. Affordances afford opportunities for action on the part of learners, provided that the affordances are perceived by learners. In this way, learners create their own affordances. Thus, affordances restore agency to learners. This also partially explains why learners’ developmental patterns are different. In this presentation, I will elaborate on affordances and discuss the implications of affordances for English language learning and teaching.

Sat 16 Apr 0800 UTC Plenary by Scott Thornbury at IATEFL Birmingham

SATURDAY 16TH APRIL
0900-1010 PLENARY BY SCOTT THORNBURY
https://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2016/session/plenary-scott-thornbury

Scott Thornbury
1966 and all that: A critical history of ELT

In this talk I would like to use the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the IATEFL conference to review some of the major developments in the teaching of EFL since the mid-sixties and in particular the advent of the communicative approach, including the ideological context from which it emerged, its initial promise, its dispersion, its dilution, its normalization, and its discontents. I will interweave autobiographical detail throughout in order to illustrate some key landmarks in this narrative, while at the same time I will challenge the notion of progress and evolution, and suggest that the diversity of contexts, needs, and traditions that ELT currently embraces repudiates the notion of method, and challenges such established orthodoxies as cookie-cutter pre-service training, global textbooks, uniform examinations and even the notion of a standard English itself. I will argue that one way of making sense of all this diversity is to situate ELT within the wider orbit of education generally, which might mean re-con guring EFL/ELT/ESL/TESOL as simply LE: language education.

Sat 16 Apr 1215 UTC Closing Plenary by Jan Blake at IATEFL Birmingham

SATURDAY 16TH APRIL
1315-1415 CLOSING PLENARY BY JAN BLAKE
Recording:
https://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2016/session/plenary-jan-blake

Jan Blake
Man, woman, life, love: stories from Africa, the Caribbean, and beyond

Listen to Jan Blake tell tales of lovers, shape-shifters, the wise, and the foolish. She will transport you to faraway places, wrapping you in the rhythm of her words and trans xing you with the power of her stories, before bringing you safely home. These tales will bring a tear to your eye, a smile to your lips, and put a spring in your step.

– See more at: http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2016/live-schedule#sthash.7itS1zNo.dpuf

50th Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition
ICC, Birmingham, UK
13th-16th April 2016
Pre-Conference Events and Associates’ Day, 12th April 2016

Join us for IATEFL Online for live coverage of 2016 Birmingham IATEFL Conference

If you can’t attend the 2016 IATEFL Conference, follow the event online!

Birmingham Online coverage starts: 12th April, 2016

https://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/

Coverage will feature talks, sessions and recorded interviews with conference presenters and delegates.

For updates on IATEFL Online, follow IATEFL Online on twitter @iateflonline

The IATEFL Online project is a British Council / IATEFL partnership.

Thu Apr 14 1900 UTC Virtual worlds as a tool for Spanish teaching at SLMOOC16

April 14

Thursday

12 PM Pacific

3pm EDT

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Martha Eugenia Lino Acosta

aka Eugenia Calderon in SL and DW.

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James T. Abraham, Ph.D.

aka Calisto Encinal in SL

El Profesor in DW

Virtual Worlds as a Tool for Spanish Teaching

Escape Playground in DigiWorldZ

Go tohttp://www.digiworldz.com/and make a free account, create an avatar, download Firestorm or Singularity, choose DigiWorldz from the grid menu, and you’re in. Click on the World map icon at the bottom of your viewer, put “Escape” into the search bar on the World and then click “Find” and then “Teleport” and you’ll be there!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SHsoYS6KW2vQDRIq-nA16mTYlRYHlB3V_22WM4wWwTw/edit?usp=sharing

 Fri Apr 15 Resources for teachers in VWs at SLMOOC16

April 15

Friday

11AM EST

1 PM

EST

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Nancy L. Zingrone, PhD

aka Maggie Larimore in SL

Resources for Teachers in Virtual Worlds

The webinar will preview instructions to useful skills for teachers, SLURLs to great places to find teaching-related freebies and useful toys, organizing tips for keeping class inventories, as well as introduce folks to the searching on the Marketplace for teaching related tools.

The workshop will include making display boards for links to helpful websites, or books, articles, making notecard givers for assignments, and setting up class/student subdirectories in your SL inventories.

Sat Apr 16 two presentations at SLMOOC16

April 16

Saturday

11 AM SLT

2pm EDT

Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond MFA / Zinnia Zauber

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Authentic Avatars – Superheroes Without Secret Identities

Presentation starts at the SLMOOC Headquarters at:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/110/89/63

With a visit to the Zinnia Zauber “Hue are You?” Gallery at:http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Brauni/181/0/22

April 16th

Saturday

3 pm SLT

6 pm EDT

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Linda Rogers aka Kate Miranda (SL)  aka Katemirh of Lothlorien (Lvl 100 Hunter Elf, Officer of Courserim Kinship)

Re-Mediation

A brief introduction to Lord of the Rings Online and its use for Education in literature, narrative and New Media

Music Island, Virtlantis

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VIRTLANTIS%20Community/193/65/22

 

Learning2gether with Jack Watson, Jennifer Meyer, and Robert Wachman about webcasting at TESOL 2016

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Learning2gether Episode 328

On Sunday Apr 10 at the usual time of 1400 UTC Learning2gether met online with some of the people who made the CALL-IS webcasts happen this year at Baltimore:.Jack Watson, Jennifer Meyer, and Robert Wachman, and other CALL-IS webcasters to talk in depth about webcasting at TESOL 2016. Fittingly, we returned for this to the Webheads virtual office, http://webheads.learningtimesevents.org/

We chatted about what’s involved in webcasting from TESOL each year and where we might take it from here throughout the year, not just at TESOL conferences. And we talked about people’s experiences and suggestions for improvement on what we do.

We’ll talk about how the event went, problems that arose, and successes of course, and what we might do to improve it next year. We’ll find out about challenges faced by those who worked to make it happen, who put themselves in the position of having to kickstart the technology while organizing and uploading powerpoints from numerous presenters, all in the ten minutes between presentations, and what motivates them to put themselves in that position. And I’m sure we’ll find out how much they enjoyed it and why they might convince others to give us a hand next year.

In Jennifer’s case, where she used Bb Collaborate to webcast from a recent TNTESOL conference, we’ll talk to her about what brings her to webcasting, what motivates her to risk it despite the odds, and what her experiences were webcasting the recent TNTESOL conference, what she learned, advice for other webcasters.

We announced the event on our TESOL list and cordially invited other CALL-IS webcasters from the just finished TESOL Conference in Baltimore to join us as well.

Where

Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate) 

http://webheads.learningtimesevents.org/

Thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

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Recording

https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=75&psid=2016-04-10.0629.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr 

All interested in finding out more about webcasting under the radar from international conferences worldwide are welcome to attend.

 

Announcements

 

Gamification at TESOL 2016 Conference in Baltimore

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Learning2gether Episode 327

Fri Apr 8 starting at noon UTC – Day 3 of CALL-IS webcasts from TESOL in Baltimore 

Apr 8 1500 Hot Topics – Meaningful play – Gaming and language learning

Hot Topics: Meaningful Play: Gaming and Language Learning. 11:00am-12:50pm EDT

Gaming for the Classroom: How to Use Them and What to Know About Them
This panel showcases how games have been used both in the classroom and as an approach for teacher’s professional development. We also explore what the future of games and learning holds and what teachers need to know about this new form of literacy. Panelists were

  • Elliott Casal, Ohio University, USA
  • Vance Stevens, Higher Colleges of Technology, CERT, KBZAC, UAE
  • Jeff Kuhn, Ohio University, USA
  • Rodrigo Carvalho, Georgia Tech Language Institute, USA
  • and Nick Eintertz

Recording:
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=75&psid=2016-04-08.0853.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr 


Picture credit: Aaron Schwartz

Blackboard Collaborate recordings made possible thanks to generous grants from our supporters at http://learningtimes.com

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Apr 8 1200 noon UTC Hot Topics – Google and Beyond

Hot Topics: Google and Beyond — Free Online Tools for Teachers and Learners. 8:00-9:20am EDT

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=75&psid=2016-04-08.0551.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr

Apr 8 1300 UTC TESOL  50th anniversary event – Leadership panel – EV Retrospective

TESOL 50th Anniversary Special Event: Leadership Panel: History of the EV Retrospective: Over three decades of Professional Development in CALL. 9:30- 10:45am EDT

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-04-08.0715.M.C8153D6D03399FE73783B2B813CEF5.vcr&sid=75

 

Apr 8 1400 UTC EV Fair Classics

Electronic Village Fair Classics. 10:00-10:50am EDT

 Recording 

 

Apr 8 1700 Intersection – ESPIS with VDMIA and CALL-IS

InterSection: ESPIS with VDMIS and CALL-IS: One size fits one: Incorporating technology into ESP courses. 1:00 – 2:45 pm EDT.

Recording:  

 

Apr 8 1900 Academic Session – Project based learning: Online, mobile, and blended learning 

Academic Session: CALL-IS: Project-Based Learning: Pedagogical Possibilities for Online, Mobile, and Blended Learning. 3:00 – 4:45 pm EDT

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-04-08.1155.M.C8153D6D03399FE73783B2B813CEF5.vcr&sid=75

Learning2gether with CALL-IS webcasts from TESOL 2016 in Baltimore

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Learning2gether Episode 326

Thu April 7 2000-2100 UTC Vance Stevens and Nellie Deutsch present Giving Voice to Teachers in Connected Networks – live from TESOL Baltimore

According to http://call-is.org/ev/schedule.php

Webcasting from TESOL Baltimore, Thursday, April 7 – 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT

Holiday Ballroom 5, 2nd Floor, Hilton: Electronic Village as part of the Technology Fair: Classroom Tools

Presenters

Nellie Deutsch and Vance Stevens will demonstrate the processes involved in connecting and allowing teachers from around the world to share their educational beliefs and expertise through webinars. The demonstration will focus on how the projects interconnect. The on-site participants will learn to engage in online conversations with teachers at a distance.

The QR code presented at the live event no longer works, so use the link below
Find our slides here, however note that the link has changed since the event

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kAvFsTKKr5jkhQ24jdUSbpC11u9tEv011j5adi35KA4/edit?usp=sharing

Nellie will be webcasting on WizIQ live

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/3668519-tesol-2016-evo-giving-voice-to-teachers-in-connected-networks

Vance will be webcasting in Google+ Hangout on Air (streamed / recorded at video embed above)

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cndcf1thf9ul0oe597j0qoekkcc

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/F83Svw3nPGI

How this works at show time – visit these instructions and live video and text streams at

http://webheadsinaction.org/live 

If space is available (up to 10 people) you can join us in the HoA directly at its live link

The live link was posted here at show time

You can watch the stream at the embed above, and also chat with us live in real time if you wish

  • Join the conversation and catch the stream on the Google+ event page:
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cndcf1thf9ul0oe597j0qoekkcc
  • We livestream all Learning2gether HoAs here
    Here you can watch the video as it streams and interact in the embedded text chat, or you can

  • In the Chatwing text space you can let us know if you want to join the Hangout
    • We will let you know via the stream when space comes available
    • When you enter the Hangout
      • Wear a HEADSET to avoid broadcasting speaker sound back into the Hangout
      • Switch OFF the stream as it is on a delay and will create an echo for you
      • Please MUTE YOUR MIC when not actually speaking into it during the HoA

Find more information at

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Announcements

 

Thu Apr 7 starting at noon UTC – Day 2 of CALL-IS webcasts from TESOL in Baltimore

Connection information found at http://callis2016.pbworks.com/ is replicated here, with some enhancments

 

Thu Apr 7 1200-1320 UTC Hot Topics – CALL in Flipped PreK-12 English Instruction

Hot Topics: CALL in Flipped PreK-12 English Instruction 8:00-9:20 a.m., EDT

 

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=75&psid=2016-04-07.0543.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr 

 

Thu Apr 7 1330-1515 UTC Intersection of CALL-IS with SRIS and Environmental forum

InterSection: CALL-IS with SRIS and Environmental Forum: Innovating Language Learning through Technology for Environmental Responsibility. 9:30 – 11:15 am EDT

 

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-04-07.0720.M.C62B011452FF823354B97B5DC61070.vcr&sid=75

 

Thu Apr 7 1530-1640 UTC Hot Topics – Online assessment – How important and effective is it

Hot Topics: Online Assessment: How Important & Effective Is It? 11:30am-12:40pm EDT

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-04-07.0904.M.C8153D6D03399FE73783B2B813CEF5.vcr&sid=75

 

Thu Apr 7 1700-1845 UTC Mobile apps for education showcase

Mobile Apps for Education Showcase. 1:00-2:45pm EDT

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=75&psid=2016-04-07.1047.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr

 

Learning2gether Apr 7 1700 UTC David Winet presentation on robots in the classroom of the future from TESOL Baltimore

https://learning2gether.net/2016/04/06/learning2gether-with-david-winet-at-tesol-baltimore-classrooms-of-the-future-vr-and-ar-and-robots-oh-my/

 

Thu Apr 7 1830-1920 UTC Electronic Village Fair Classics

Electronic Village Fair Classics. 2:30-3:20pm EDT

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-04-07.1054.M.C62B011452FF823354B97B5DC61070.vcr&sid=75  

 

Thu Apr 7 1900-2045 UTC ITA with MWIS and CALL-IS – Strategies for delivering training materials for ITAs

InterSection: ITA with MWIS and CALL-IS: Strategies for Developing and Delivering Training Materials for ITAs. 3:00 – 4:45 pm EDT

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-04-07.1255.M.C8153D6D03399FE73783B2B813CEF5.vcr&sid=75

 

CALL-IS webcasts from TESOL in Baltimore

The Learning2gether Blackboard Collaborate room was used on April 6, 7, & 8 for CALL-IS events being webcast from the annual TESOL Convention in Baltimore.  This room is available on a long-standing grant from LearningTimes, http://learningtimes.com, to Learning2gether as an instantiation of Webheads in Action, and LearningTimes have kindly agreed to support TESOL CALL-IS webcasts through donation of two additional rooms as well, to support the need to run two Collaborate rooms at the same time for EV fair classics, and at 20 min intervals on other occasions throughout the conference.

See the CALL-IS schedule at http://call-is.org/ev/schedule.php

Announcements

In addition, the webcast announcement has been posted to the CALL-IS Facebook and Twitter Accounts.  You can find them here:

Be sure to “like” and “follow” the interest section before the conference to stay connected on social media.

Use the hashtag #EVILLAGE2016 in your tweets to help promote the electronic village.

 

Earlier this week

Wed Apr 6 TESOL Baltimore Classroom of the Future – David Winet on VR and AR and Robots, Oh My!

https://learning2gether.net/2016/04/06/learning2gether-with-david-winet-at-tesol-baltimore-classrooms-of-the-future-vr-and-ar-and-robots-oh-my/

 

April 1-30 Second Life MOOC

https://moodle4teachers.org/course/view.php?id=114

Tentative program

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SHsoYS6KW2vQDRIq-nA16mTYlRYHlB3V_22WM4wWwTw/edit