--- Forwarded Message from Claire Bradin Siskin <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:48:29 -0500 >From: Claire Bradin Siskin <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: NEALLT 2005: CALL FOR PROPOSALS >To: [log in to unmask] NEALLT 2005: CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Language Resource Center: Trends and Visions March 11-13, 2005 Foreign Language Technology Center Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York Hosted by Jack Burston, Director, Foreign Language Technology Center The Northeast Association for Language Learning Technology (NEALLT) will hold its annual conference March 11-13, 2005 at the Foreign Language Technology Center, at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), in Rochester, New York. This year's theme will be "The Language Resource Center: Trends and Visions" as we deal with the challenges of the changing roles of our centers. Since we are focusing on the future, we are fortunate to be able to meet in the very new Foreign Language Technology Center, at RIT, which is a state-of-the-art facility. We welcome proposals for panels and presentations on all relevant topics, but particularly encourage presentations in one of the following categories: Promoting language learning Serving instructional and research objectives Showcasing emerging technologies Lab management Proposals should be for presentations/demonstrations of 30 minutes, panel discussions of 45 minutes to one hour, or pre-conference workshops of 3 hours. We encourage participation from lab directors and faculty in order to ensure a variety of perspectives. Please consider attending this conference and sharing your latest project with us. Please send proposals to Claire Bradin Siskin at [log in to unmask] She may also be contacted by phone at 412-6234-5939. Proposals should include the presenter's name, contact information, type of session proposed, title of session, abstract of up to 250 words, and equipment needs. Proposal deadline: February 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance: February 6, 2004 Registration Conference registration will be $45.00, and the deadline is February 21. Workshops are an additional $15 each. Late registration is $55.00 and subject to availability. NEALLT membership is included in the conference registration fee. Conference registration & lodging information will be posted in January on the NEALLT website at http://www.neallt.org. -- Claire Bradin Siskin Director Robert Henderson Language Media Center G 17 Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Office Phone: (412) 624-5939 Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************