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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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