--- Forwarded Message from Katherine Sharnoff <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:50:04 -0500 >From: Katherine Sharnoff <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Call for Proposals and Conference Announcement: "CULTURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE" >To: [log in to unmask] >cc: Katherine Sharnoff <[log in to unmask]> CULTURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: In this modern era of computers, internet, instant messenger, wikis, blogs, and DVDs, how does access to authentic language and global communication impact our understanding of culture and the learning of language? Is modern technology an enhancement or a liability to the integration of culture and language teaching? Is the internet the innovative answer to cultural comparisons or does it simply replace the tried and true? A Collaboration of Mid-Atlantic Association for Language Learning Technology and the Randolph-Macon College Saturday Seminar Randolph-Macon College Ashland, Virginia March 18 $F6 19, 2005 We invite presentation, workshop, and panel proposals that address the interests of both K-12 language educators (Randolph-Macon College Saturday Seminar) and professionals supporting the use and integration of language learning technologies (Mid-Atlantic Association for Language Learning Technology). Proposals should combine the teaching and learning of foreign languages and cultures and address one of the following areas: $F0 Innovative uses of technologies; $F0 Student and faculty support in the use of technologies; $F0 Comparison of technology-enhanced and traditional approaches; $F0 Best practices and strategies that unite culture and authentic language in the classroom. Proposals should explicitly specify the primary audience and the target language(s) and level(s) to be addressed in the presentation. Send your proposals as an email attachment (Word document) or in the body of your e-mail by February 15 to: Katherine Sharnoff [log in to unmask] Copy to Karl Fisher [log in to unmask] Conference details will be forthcoming on our MAALLT and RMC Websites. http://maallt.org http://www.rmc.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]) ***********************************************