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>From: "JE" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"    <[log in to unmask]>
>References:  <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re:      access to satellite conference
>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 21:48:50 -0700

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Our librarian only has access to certain "chanels."  Do these equate somehow
to the coordinates?

How can we download if she does not know how to set the coordinates--This is
from Kentucky-land of TECHNOLOGY INOVATION!'

Thanks for suggestions

Judy Eames
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From: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:05 AM
Subject: #6046 SATELLITE TELECONFERENCE UPDATE


--- Forwarded Message from "Dick Kuettner" <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 14:38:50 -0400
>From: "Dick Kuettner" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: SATELLITE TELECONFERENCE  UPDATE

All,

Just a reminder about the upcoming (April 12, 2001) satellite teleconference
on linguistics, pedagogy, and technology use.  Detailed information is below
in the form of the formal announcement.

If you or your technicians encounter problems with the downlink, contact
Johnny at 1-919-660-7208.

The length of the broadcast is one hour, i.e. 2 - 3 PM EDT.

If you are interested in purchasing a VHS/NTSC copy (cost  =  tape +
postage) of the program, contact me after April 13, 2001, via e-mail
[log in to unmask]   .   I will have your tape prepared immediately and
will mail it to you as soon as I receive your check made out for the
required amount and made out to Washington and Lee University.  I will let
you know the amount upon receipt of your request.

Additional good news.  The teleconference is also being carried on SCOLA
channel 2 and will be video streamed world wide off of the SCOLA web page
http://scola.org   .   Thank you SCOLA!

The discussion group is still taking your questions.  These should be
addressed to   [log in to unmask] , also.

Thanks for your support.  See the announcement below.

Dick

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TECHNOLOGY:  TOOL OR METHOD?

A Satellite Broadcast Discussion
2:00 * 3:00  PM  EDT,  12 April 2001

Satellite C-BAND GE2 (85 degrees WL), Transponder 1 3720Mhz Vertical

Sponsored by the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers
Fund and in collaboration with Washington and Lee University and Duke
University,
United States of America

The teleconference is to be broadcast over the North American continent free
of charge to any and all interested parties, educators, and otherwise.  It
is being labeled a Baker's Dozen Roundtable Discussion and is to be an
assemblage of thirteen experts in the fields of applied linguistics,
pedagogy, and/or technology who promote technology's use in the broad
spectrum of teaching methodologies and who will respond to and comment upon
questions and statements from viewers regarding approaches to technology as
well as methods, applicability, feasibility, productivity, and frugality of
technology.

Emphasis in the discussion will be (1) theory and practice in technology,
(2) expected and assured outcomes with technology use, (3) the changes in
knowledge acquisition as it pertains to the technological interface, and (4)
technology as a transparent tool and/or method.

Questions and statements are being solicited from potential viewers
beginning 12 March 2001, and these questions and statements will be the
basis for the discussion and commentary by the Baker's Dozen Roundtable
Discussion.  Questions and commentary should be submitted via electronic
mail to  [log in to unmask]

Members of the Baker's Dozen Roundtable Discussion Group are as follows:

Ms. Pegge J. Abrams, Director
Language Learning Center
Duke University

Dr. Bryan Alexander
Assistant Professor of English
Centenary College of Louisiana

Dr. Robert Blake, Director
University of California Consortium on Language Learning and Teaching
UC, Davis

Professor Miriam Carlisle
ABD Harvard University
Visiting Instructor in the Classics
Washington and Lee University


Dr. Lise Desmarais
Language Teaching Specialist
Canadian Foreign Service Institute

Dr. Robert Fischer
Executive Director
CALICO

Dr. Nina Garrett
Director of Language Study
Yale University

Dr. P. Richard (Dick) Kuettner
Coordinator and Host
Washington and Lee University

Dr. Jerry Larson, Director
Humanities Research Center
Brigham Young University

Dr. Jimmie Purser
Professor of Computer Science
Millsaps College

Dr. Clare Tufts
Director of French Language Program
Duke University

Professor Ken'ichi Ujie, Chair
East Asian Languages and Literatures
Washington and Lee University

Dr. Clara Yu
C.V. Starr Professor of Linguistics
Middlebury College

Never, since technology's inception as we know it, has there been such a
highly-qualified and respected group brought together to discuss issues that
are so timely and pertinent.  For today's educators, this is one satellite
teleconference you will not want to miss.

Attention Technicians: Uplink test feed 1:45 PM EDT, Satellite C-BAND GE2
(85 degrees WL) Transponder 1   3720Mhz Vertical

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