--- Forwarded Message from "Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:19:03 -0500 >From: "Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: call for papers ------------------ This is a second call for proposals for a collection of essays to be included in the forthcoming volume, Best Practices for Using Technology to Teach and to Learn in the Foreign Language Classroom. Proposals for short essays related to this topic as they apply to any and all language courses are welcome (e.g. second-language learning, teacher education, linguistics, ESL, etc.). Essays should address innovative uses of instructional technology such as: * chat * webquests * web delivery platforms (webCT, blackboard, etc.) * e-mail projects * MOOs * telecollaborative practices * student publishing * CD-Roms * online textbooks/workbooks * virtual reality * wireless projects Essays should be practical and illustrate how technology is being used in the language classroom for successful teaching and learning. Concrete illustrations (complete activities, digital video, digital photos, screen shots of the best practice, etc.) of successful strategies and practices in action are encouraged with final papers. Please forward this call to colleagues in other departments/divisions at your institution, as you deem appropriate. We are currently negotiating with a reputable publisher and it is our hope to include in this volume a collection of approximately 15 essays outlining best practices for using technology in the foreign-language classroom (along with a companion website). Abstracts should be 200 words, for essays that will be 4-8 pages in length, double-spaced. Send proposals by October 30, 2002, to: Lara Lomicka [log in to unmask] -and- Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz [log in to unmask] For accepted proposals, full manuscripts will be due by February 1, 2003. Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz, Ph.D. Coordinator of FLIT Graduate Certificate Program Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Northern Illinois University De Kalb, IL 60115 Phone: (815) 753-5077 Fax: (815) 753-5989 Email: [log in to unmask]