Second Language Writing

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR FOUR TESOL 2009 ELECTRONIC VILLAGE SPECIAL EVENTS

TESOL 2009: "Uncharted Mountains, Forging New Pathways"

March 26-28, 2009, - Denver, Colorado, USA

EV FAIRS, HARDWARE FAIRS, EV MINI-WORKSHOPS, and DEVELOPERS' SHOWCASE





*DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Friday, December 12, 2008*





You are invited to submit a proposal for participation in one or more
of these TESOL 2009 CALL Interest Section Special Events. You are 
welcome to submit proposals to more than one event, and it is possible
 to have more than one proposal accepted (depending on space
availability and quality of the submission). Windows and Macintosh 
equipment will be available at no charge, along with CD ROM Drives, 
Internet connections, and (for the Showcase, EV Hardware Fair and EV
Mini-Workshops) projection equipment. Plan to bring a minimum of 100 
handouts per Fair/Showcase acceptance slot since these are very popular
 events!





WHAT HAPPENS AT THE EV FAIRS: Presenters have approximately 20-30 
minutes to demonstrate their material on 1-2 computer(s) without 
projection equipment in a presentation format similar to a "poster
session." Participants walk around the EV, dropping in and out of
 demonstrations, thus precluding highly structured presentations. A 
demonstration may be repeated a second time (an additional 20 to 30 
minutes), if interest warrants and space allows.





WHAT HAPPENS AT THE HARDWARE FAIRS: A Hardware Fair is a variant of the 
regular fairs, where presenters will demonstrate their material for 
20-30 minute intervals, so people can go around the room and see the 
event multiple times. The variation is that presentations will be on 
devices which may or may not include computers, but may also interact
 with them in some way (see description below for suggested items).





WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MINI-WORKSHOPS: One or two presenters introduce a 
topic to a small group of workshop participants. The workshop is 
"hands-on" in a computer lab setting. Each workshop - with instruction 
and "hands-on" practice - lasts 90 minutes.





WHAT HAPPENS AT THE SHOWCASE: A selected group of presenters will
 demonstrate their software or application for 8 to 12 minutes each. A 
brief question and answer session follows each presentation. 






_____EV FAIR_____

Coordinator: Roger Drury (roger.drury@ esl.gatech. edu)




WHAT ARE EV FAIRS?


In the EV Fairs, teachers or teachers-developers share their use of
 computer-based and/or internet-based resources. These resources can be 
software (PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, Focus on Grammar, Word
Attack, Skype, etc.) or websites (presenter-made or public like
 CNN.com, Yahoo! Groups, an online concordancer, etc.). Demonstrations 
may highlight student projects, activities or curriculum created for
students or educators. Examples:





• Email projects
• Lesson plan archives for teachers
• Vocabulary worksheets using an online thesaurus
• Skimming/scanning activities using a local newspaper webpage
• Research/writing exercises for investigating Internet hoaxes
• A descriptive writing activity combined with HyperStudio illustrations
• Web 2.0 activities, using social networking or SecondLife





Please submit your proposal(s) for the EV Fairs online at http://www.langconc epts.net/ ev2009.html






_____HARDWARE FAIR_____

Coordinator: Randall Davis (eslrandall@yahoo. com)




WHAT ARE HARDWARE FAIRS?


Do you have an innovative, effective or otherwise interesting
 instructional activity that utilizes hardware other than a conventional
 computer? Do your students use hardware in an interesting way? If so,
why not share it with others in the EV Hardware Fair? Presenters will
be located at stations around the Electronic Village demonstrating use
of specific kinds of hardware like:




• handheld devices
• cameras
• porttable technologies
• smartboards
• clickers
• ELMOs
• MP3 players
• cell phones





It is suggested that you bring your own small hardware (as in hand-held
device, camera or cell phone) or ask the company (like Smart) to send
 you a loaner for the larger equipment (like interactive whiteboards) to
demonstrate at the workshop (they are usually good about this). Some 
responsibility for hardware by the presenter will be needed.





Please submit your proposal(s) for the Hardware Fairs online at 
http://www.langconc epts.net/ ev2009.html