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MWALLT 2010: "Engaging Students for Advanced Proficiency"
October 8 - 9, 2010
Hosted by: CLA Language Center, University of Minnesota
Deadline for Proposal Submissions: Extended to Wednesday,
September 14, 2010.
MWALLT is seeking proposals for it's upcoming conference to be hosted by
the CLA Language Center at the University of Minnesota on October 8 - 9,
2010. The conference theme is "Engaging Students for Advanced
Proficiency." Instructors and graduate students interested in the use
of technology in second-language learning and teaching are encouraged to
submit proposals, especially those relating to this theme and the
following topics:
* Social Networking
* Increasing student production
* Providing feedback
* Use of mobile devices
* Video in second-language learning
* Developing digital literacy
* Delivering curriculum online
* Developing professional community / Personal Learning Networks
* Technology approaches to Languages Across the Curriculum
The conference will include 3 different *presentation formats*:
* 45 minute lecture/demonstrations.
* 45 minute computer-lab workshops.
* New this year, MWALLT will host an hour-long 20 x 20 session.
This session is modeled after Pecha Kucha
<http://www.pecha-kucha.org/> or Ignite
<http://ignite.oreilly.com/> events in which individual presenters
give 6 minute 40 second presentations that consist of 20
images/slides, each lasting 20 seconds.
The *deadline for proposal submissions* is Wednesday, September 14,
2010. Authors of submitted proposals will be notified of their
acceptance by mid-September. To submit a proposal, please complete our
online proposal form
<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEg3Y2w3eUdoMHctQnJ0aUQ4bzFvT3
c6MA>.
*2010 Conference Keynote
* "Implementing a Virtual Dual Immersion Program: Theory, Method,
Curriculum and Assessment" presented by Colleen Coffey, Marquette
University
The conference web page <http://mwallt.pbworks.com/Conference-Oct-2010>
has more information about registration, the schedule of events, lodging
and transportation.
*Graduate Student Support*
MWALLT will waive the registration fee ($40) for up to five graduate
students whose presentation proposals are accepted.
Please direct questions to Marlene Johnshoy at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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