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Each Sunday, There is Webheads in Action/Writing for Webheads:
World friendship thru lang. learning 12:00-14:00 GMT ; meets at
http://www.tappedin.org/ and goes from
there. See
http://sites.hsprofessional.com/vstevens/files/efi/software.htm
to fathom possibilities.
bdieu2001: Tuesday Jan 10th from 19:00 to 19:30 GMT
bdieu2001: Daf, Tere, Jane, Rita are going to be present synchronously and
Michael + Aiden will do a podcast for the occasion
vance_stevens: where?
bdieu2001: let me give you the address of the blog
bdieu2001:
http://summerschool.wordpress.com/about
or http://summerschool.wordpress.com/about
??
bdieu2001: it's going to be in Sorocaba, Brazil
bdieu2001: a 10
day event
bdieu2001: I am the guest speaker on technology - will talk
about blogging...and branching out on networking and communities of practice
Blogstreams - Bee Dieu - February 5th, Ewan McIntosh, from the
University of Stirling (Scottish Centre for Information on Language Teaching).
He is working extensively with Learning and Teaching Scotland in Glasgow and
giving conferences across Europe. Ewan, who is also a teacher of French and
German, is a passionate edublogger , very much interested in international and
cross-curricular cooperation, non-topic-based Intensive French pedagogy,
educational weblogging and Podcasting. Join in on Sunday 5th at
21:00 GMT http://www.tappedin.org
Sunday February 12, 2006: Live online chat class with students
and teachers, meets every Sunday, for informal discussion lasting one to
two hours. Venues vary, but a consistent meeting point is:
http://www.tappedin.org.
Transcript courtesy of Teresa Almeda d'Eca:
http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/webheads/baw06/tichatlog-w4.htm
Wed Feb 15 - Elizabeth Hanson Smith and Buthaina al-Othman gave a
presentation recorded at:
http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=1124928
Buth talked on (in her words) "how could we improve online teaching and
learning environments and make the transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 in the
terms of ICTs and teaching activities. She referred to Elizabeth's pdf and html
files and Buthaina's ppt file in Files > Week 5 Presentation Materials
folder at: < http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TipsTricks/files/
>. Elizabeth started by talking us on the currently available new social
software, which are called Web 2.0 Tools as well. She presented excellent
examples of podcasting and videoblogging software and ways they are utilized by
ESL/EFL teachers all over the world. Please visit her Resources page, used as
the basis of the Web Tour during yesterday's session at:
http://webpages.csus.edu/~hansonsm/Oral_Writing_Skills.html
My part, which followed Elizabeth's, was focused on two types of online
teaching and learning environments that were implemented at Study.com virtual
school and Kuwait University. The focus was of course on the EAP 5-week online
writing course for Study.com students: <
http://alothman-b.tripod.com/online_writingcourse_efi.htm
>. This course was presented as a good example of, if I may call it Web 1.0,
and how we can improve it to make the transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 in
order to improve/create more effective online teaching and learning
environments. Well, if I am to teach an online course now I'd definitely
integrate a lot of the evolved social software, including podcasting and
videoblogging, flickr groups, buzznet photoblogs, Uniblogs by WrodPress, Video
email, Tagging and RSS. And of course I'd have to make a simple portal to link
to all of these tools, which would probably be by Protopage. To get the idea of
what I have in mind at this moment you're welcome to visit the following portal
page created recently for the current EVO WebPresence 2, the Moodle session,
where I am a co-moderator with Bob Branan (elderBob) and Vance Stevens: <
http://alothman-b.tripod.com/evo_webpresence2006.htm
>.
Friday Feb 17, 2006 - As part of her Week 5 for EVOs Tips &
Tricks and Oral Skills & Technology, Buthaina al-Othman organized a Skype
chat at WorldBridges where Jeff Lebow was guest-Presenter. Buths's reflection
on few more things related to the types of blended teaching and learning
include:
Sunday February 19, 2006: Live online chat class with students
and teachers, meets every Saturday and Sunday, for informal discussion
lasting one to two hours. Venues vary, but a consistent meeting point is:
http://www.tappedin.org.
Transcript courtesy of Teresa Almeda d'Eca:
http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/webheads/baw06/tichatlog-w5.htm
Wednesday February 22, 2006 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Tips and Tricks -
wrap-up notes for a Workshop are at
http://www.transbay.net/~dwinet/wrapupnotes.htm.
The recording is here:
http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=1134841
Tips and Tricks Happy Hour Thursday February 23, 2006 2:00
am - 3:00 am GMT This event repeats every week. Event Location:
http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=273662
Notes: Discuss this week's topic and anything else that's on your mind!
Jittjamming Summary of Learning Friday February 24, 2006 4:30 am -
5:30 am GMT. Event Location: Learning Times, Webheads office
http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=273662:
Tim, Jeff, and Jenn will summarize what we have done and learned for these six
weeks and participants can do the same!
Sunday February 26, 2006, noon GMT Becoming a Webhead
Graduation Ceremony. See Teresa Almeida d'Eca's Graduation page.
http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/webheads/baw06/graduation.htm
and http://worldbridges.com/ (recording
of the 2.5-hour session at WB)
Closing Ceremonies of the EVO 2006 sessions Sunday February 26, 2006,
18:00 GMT The live event is being hosted by Jeff Lebow of
WorldBridges http://www.worldbridges.com/ as a web
cast with audio and text chat. Moderators, participants, and EVO coordinators
will be discussing their experience in this year's EVO sessions. The audio
portion of the web cast will be recorded and posted on the Worldbridges Web
site following the event.
Instructions for participating in the web cast: To join the
conversation you can either skype 'worldbridges' or call the teleconference -
1-402-756-9000, access code #537267. You can also 'listen only' to the webcast,
you can click one of the listen links at http://worldbridges.com/ If you use Skype
to join the conversation, please turn your webcast off first and audio quality
will be much better if you are using a headset, not speakers. Download Skype at
http://www.skype.com/ .
SATURDAY MARCH 4TH, at 21:00 GMT/UTC - The ELT
Podcasting group ("the Podheads") hold the first post-evo meeting at Learning
Times. The event is an exciting synchronous 'webinar' (with both voice and text
chat facilities) at Learning Times and everyone is invited to enjoy
LEARNCASTING, "PODOGOGY" & ELT with Allan Carrington, Instructional
Designer with the University of Adelaide, and Randy Meredith, Director of
Content & eLearning at Spring Arbor University, MI. Both Allan and Randy
have developed a strong interest in educational podcasting and will have a lot
to say about pedagogy and application to the classroom. The session will be
recorded so that those who cannot be there live can attend virtually later.
Hope to see many of you at
http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=1139156
Warm regards from Barcelona, Spain, Graham Stanley ELT Podcasting
co-moderator
Graham writes: Thanks to everyone who attended the webinar at Learning
Times yesterday The recording of the session is now available at the Webheads
room at Learning Times: 'Learncasting, Podagogy & Language Teaching' :
http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=1151315
I'm sure it will be of interest to anyone interested in podcasting or other
uses of audio in education. We are hoping to hold this type of event once a
month, and would love to hear from anyone who would like to take part in the
next one, which we hope will be a 'Show and Tell' session.
THURSDAY , March 16, 05:30 GMT - Vance Stevens webcast a
presentation at the METSMaC 2006 “Making Connections” at 9:30 a.m. in
Abu Dhabi, from the Beach Rotana & Towers Hotel Abu Dhabi United Arab
Emirates on Effective strategies for applying multiliteracies in
collaborative learning environments, at Learning Times
http://tinyurl.com/y3eh. We were joined
online by Dennis in Germany, Leanne in B.C. Canada, Perry in Hawaii, and Rae in
Ras Al Khaima, UAE. Presentation URL http://tinyurl.com/m4ow6
Abstract: Multiliteracy is an important aspect of almost any
curriculum nowadays. Teachers and students with good multiliteracy skills have
a workable grasp of the many ways that technology intertwines with academic
life, and are in position to actively gain control over those aspects directly
impacting the learning environment and their professional development.
Multiliterate individuals are aware of the pitfalls inherent in technology
while striving for empowerment through effective strategies for first
discerning and then taking advantage of fast-changing technologies by adapting
those most appropriate to their situations. These strategies begin with
managing, processing, and interpreting a constant influx of information,
filtering what is useful, and then enhancing the learning environment with the
most appropriate applications. This presentation discusses effective approaches
and strategies for responding to technology issues in the academic environment.
It overviews tools and skills that help cope with information overload and
discusses means of communication and interaction in Internet 2.0 environments,
including using social networking, RSS, video, web cam, image, and voice
technologies to gain familiarity with these tools and their applications in
teaching through communities of practice which in turn model collaborative,
constructivist learning settings. It is hoped that teachers will leave this
presentation with a greater awareness of the potentials of Internet 2.0 in the
enhancement of optimal learning environments, and with some idea of a strategy
that they might pursue to learn more about the topic, thus enhancing their own
awareness of multiliteracy skills and how they might include these in curricula
they develop for students
March 16-17, there were events broadcast live from the TESOL
Convention in Tampa coordinated from the Electronic Village organized by
CALL-IS: http://www.uoregon.edu/~call/ev2006/schedule.html,
indicated in orange highlight here:
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/TESOL/2006/IF_Classics/schedule.htm;
see also http://tinyurl.com/m7ks3 and
Instructions for Participating in the Web Casts:
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/TESOL/2006/IF_Classics/webcast_instructions.htm
- Thursday March 16 at 8:30 - 11:15 am EST - Worldbridges
webcast Greg Kessler in Tampa and Buthaina Al Othman in Kuwait, both presenting
at the Computer-Assisted Language Learning Academic Session on Mobile
Technology. Buth joined the session via Skype, with Barbara Sawhill of
http://languagelabunleashed.com/.
Buth's presentation URL was
http://alothman-b.tripod.com/tesol06_callis_acsession0316.htm.
Vance was thrilled to be able to Skype in and greet his friends in Tampa.
Session description: ACADEMIC SESSION The Academic Session,
"Mobile Technology - Teaching English on the Fly", will have four groups of
presenters, Greg Kessler, Buthaina Al Othman, Patricia Thompson and Chris
Houser and Karen Price. The time of the Academic Session is Thursday, March 16,
from 8:30 - 11:15, in the Marriott Grand Salon A The presentations will be as
follows Greg Kessler will be presenting on using iPods instead of audio labs.
Buthaina Al Othman will be presenting on the use of Skype, WorldBridges and
cell phones, and long distance webcasts. Patricia Thompson and Chris Houser are
presenting research on the use of mobile phones to support language learning
and teaching in Japan. And, we'll just have to see how Karen Price will dazzle
us this year!
Additionally:
- Thursday, March 16 around 7:30 pm EST the time presumably at
the Marriott Residence Inn, 101 East Tyler Street, Tampa. (hotel phone:
1-813-221-4224) which is 00:30 GMT(that is, just after
midnight). There may be one of those on site online events that
Webheads will soon be famous for. Barb Chap (Germany), Cristina Costa
(Portugal), Elisabeth Fernandes (Japan) and Jane Pettring (Canada) will be
meeting each other f2f for the first time Tuesday evening then sharing a
2-bedroom suite for the next three nights.Yahoo ID's: Barb: chapbarbara
Cristina: cristinacosta_pt Elisabeth: emfglobetrotter Jane: want2no7
- Friday, March 17, 2006 at 13:30 GMT, 8:30-9:30 AM EST
(in Tampa) and http://tinyurl.com/n3bhq
for those elsewhere, there is an EVO session, the IF for Authoring, Tools,
& Distance Ed., where there are several computers to show several sessions
at one time.
- This note was sent out on behalf of EVO and CALL-IS
Connect with
the 40th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit (TESOL 2006) March 15-18, 2006 in
Tampa, Florida, USA.
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/sec_document.asp?CID=23&DID=3711
Web casts of the 4 Internet Fair Classics and 2 interviews are now
available at http://worldbridges.com/webheads/.
Since this pilot project worked so well, TESOL and the CALL Interest Section
will continue to try to reach English teachers all over the world in this way.
The schedule is (was?) at http://tinyurl.com/zcd4y
- THURSDAY , March 16, 19:00 GMT Chris Jones: "What's
Up?" an ESL Magazine Online (was at
http://www.azwestern.edu/modern_lang/esl/cjones/mag/index.htm). "What's Up?" is
an ESL magazine online, and it publishes writing of ESL students at Arizona
Western College. It is an ongoing project where any ESL student may have one of
his/her writings from an ESL class published online. It encourages students to
write and to recognize the value of their writing. The session showed the
magazine and provided a handout about the format for making such a
magazine
- THURSDAY , March 16 19:40 GMT Leslie Opp-Beckman:
Thailand-University of Oregon Videoconferencing Series for English Language
Teachers http://thaiuo.uoregon.edu/
- FRIDAY, March 17 17:00 GMT and 19:45 GMT
Randall Davis: Breaking the Sound Barrier on the Web
http://www.esl-lab.com/handouts/soundrecordings.pdf
. This presentation focuses on helping teachers learn how to author
multimedia for the Internet, from selecting hardware and software to preparing
their recording "studios" to get the best sound.
- FRIDAY, March 17 19:00 GMT and 20:30
GMT Tom Robb: The Famous Personages Project
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous
. This project features short sketches in English of over 500 famous people
in modern Japan. The project was started about 10 years ago and has recently
been converted to a Wiki to allow anyone to update the biographies. Information
was supplied on how you can contribute, or start one for another country.
The World's Your Classroom, an online presentation by Teresa Almeida
d'Eça and Paddy Greenleaf 18 March 2006. Tere's commentary: :"The
audience really liked it and we felt very pleased. These are the three URLs
related to our presentation:
Paddy and I were asked to write an article about it for the Fall issue
of the International House World Organization Journal."
group wiki http://learningwithcomputers.pbwiki.com/
On Wednesday, 22 March 2006, Moira Hunter met Nina
Liakos in Paris. See the pictures:
http://webheads-f2f.pbwiki.com/Moira%20Meets%20Nina%20in%20Paris
Webheadcast#2 - Webcast Academy Open
House Submitted by admin on Sun, 2006-04-09 09:50
http://webheadsinaction.org/webheadcast2
On April 20 Vance presented on Effective Strategies
toward Multiliteracies for Collaborative Learning at The Language Centre 6th
Annual ELT Conference, Language Learning in the Cyber Age: Innovations and
Challenges 19 – 20 April 2006 Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat,
Oman http://www.squ.edu.om/lan/index.html.
Vance used Learning Times / Elluminate at http://tinyurl.com/y3eh to webcast it, and
placed the handout with links to the PowerPoint slide show, URL playlist of the
presentation, and
webcast recording from here: http://tinyurl.com/m4ow6
Another Webhead, Eric Baber, gave a presentation at this
same conference. Vance's report: "It was nice to meet Eric today in Muscat.
That happened just before his plenary. Eric in his talk mentioned Webheads a
number of times, and he mentioned that we had just met 'someone in the
audience' face to face for the first time after some years of online
interaction. At one point Eric pulled up Anne Fox's blog on Elgg, and when he
was talking about podcasts, he used Aiden Yeh's podomatic blog as a definitive
example. He also mentioned a tool I didn't know about: Ajax, which lets one or
more users to easily create or manipulate a web page. It's used in Google home
page creator and in microsoft's live.com, and if you want more information and
think you can handle it, there's more at Eric's
http://www.extremetechnoelt.com.'
The APPI 2006 Conference (26-28 April) and
Guimaraes elicited an outpouring of photostories
May 14, 2006 was the date of our first Webheads in Action
Skypecast. It was good hearing everyone there. Chris Johnson was browsing
Skypecasts and happened in on a fluke, and he promised to upload his recent
Ph.D thesis where he was analyzing Webheads as a case for exemplary development
of an online Community of Practice. Small world out there in cyberspace. At
least two recordings were made and can be downloaded to your podcatcher:
The 4th EFL Bridges World Conversation Club will be taking place this
Sunday 28th May 06.00-08.00 GMT Students and teachers of English
are invited to join in the conversation. In particular, please invite your
students! This week's topic is 'Festivals, holidays and travel' The Skypecast
details were posted, and you can find more details at
http://www.eflbridges.net, including
some podcasts of the previous World Conversation Clubs
Sunday, June 4, 2006 Webheads in Action/Writing for Webheads:
World friendship thru lang. learning 12:00-14:00 GMT ; meets at
http://www.tappedin.org/ and Skypecasts
from http://www.skypecast.com. See
http://sites.hsprofessional.com/vstevens/files/efi/software.htm
to fathom possibilities.
June 7, 2006 - Hi fromVance: Rif asked me
yesterday if I would join him and Muzeyyen online in Mugla, Turkey. I'm
listening in right now via a Skype hookup to Rif talking in Turkish to his
group. I'm set to address the group in English (of course) at noon GMT today,
Wed June 7. While we were testing the skype connection a few minutes ago we
decided why not just set it up as a Skypecast, send this note out, and see if
any Webheads out there were bored or had spare time on their hands, or are
feeling particularly altruistic, and wanted to pop in on us and join the
conversation. To join any Skypecast, visit http://www.skypecast.com and find what's On
Now or Starting Soon. I've set it up to start at 11:30 GMT today (6 min from
now) It will allow entries for two hours which is to say till 13:30 GMT So if
any of you would like to drop by and connect with Mugla Turkey and the UAE and
say a few words about your experience with Webheads and its impact on your ed
tech development or teaching practices or whatever, please drop in and join the
conversation. Best, Vance
- Thanks to Bee and Michael and Venny, and Senem in Istanbul for
joining us at this Skypecast. The talk went very well and we had an enjoyable
visit with Rif and Muyezzen and the other pending Webheads in Mugla, Turkey -
Vance
- Hi From Turkey, yesterday we were with Vance, Bee, Mike and Senem in
a seminar in which Arif and Sedat were guest speakers at Mugla university. It
was a very nice experience especially for my workmates who are novice at
meeting in a virtual environment. I would like to thank Vance, Bee, Mike and
Senem for joining us.. Muzeyyen, Mugla / Turkey
- Venny got a partial recording of the skypecast and put it at
http://vennysu.podomatic.com/
On or around June 13, Teresa's writes: "Anne Fox is in Lisbon for
a meeting of an EU Project she is corrdinating and we're meeting f2f in a
couple of hours and then joining her group for dinner. I'm really looking
forward to meeting Anne." Tere's photos with Anne Fox are here
http://www.bubbleshare.com/myalbum/39245.80abd644cb3/1049669/thumbnails
Thu, June 15, 2006 - Hala writes: "I have met Randa on Thursday
at Gezira Club,the first and biggest club in Cairo.It was really FANTASTIC !I
will tell you all about it when I go back home in our first photostory !we took
photos,but we might meet again on Tuesday. What an exciting experience !WE
talked about the baw 2006 friends,Carla,Isabel,Maria Claudia and how active
"these girls are" Envy ! Maybe!!Randa also told me about her work with Mark
Warschaure and the benifit she got when worked with him in a project.We Now I
can tell how it feels to have a f2f meeting with a webhead !I hope it won't be
the last one !! "
Tapping into social networking for e-learning online event Anyone
interested in the latest technological developments in the world of education
and training is invited to participate in Tapping into social networking for
e-learning, which is a FREE online event to be held 15 - 16 June.
Registration: http://networksevents.flexiblelearning.net.au
The event will feature a number of synchronous live sessions and asynchronous
discussion topics aimed at: providing people who are new to e-learning with
opportunities to use emerging technologies in practical ways in their teaching
and training with their students/clients providing a range of presentations and
discussions on some of the latest trends and developments in e-learning,
including the use of social networking tools for 'connected' and collaborative
learning. The event site will be accessible from 8 June. Awaiting Michael
Coghlan's report.
June 18, 2006 - Another Skypecast from noon GMT. While the silent
faithful gathered in Tapped In the more vocal among us gravitated to
http://www.Skypecast.com where Albert
from Western Sahara dropped in and told us about his incredible life as a blind
teacher in a refugee camp of 17,000 with 3 'schools' essentially cane
structures with tatami mat floors donated from Japan. Although his parents were
killed in the violence there Albert was careful to be apolitical. He explained
his computer system to us. His computer had no monitor, just a virtual mouse
which read out windows on the screen as he moved it around, so he had to
memorize where each item was. He could also scan in newspapers and books from
the library (the library had 52 books) and his computer would read them in text
to voice, as we could hear in the Skypecast.
Also, Jeff Lebow popped by to talk about the article he has been
working on for the upcoming TESL- EJ. That article is taking shape at
http://www.webheadsinaction.org/worldbridges
. Jeff has the idea for an online article exactly, many references to web
linked materials annotating points made.
Michael Coghlan invited everyone to join an online presentation on
Creating Online Presence held in his LearningTimes Elluminate room (http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=235631)
on Monday, June 26, 2006 from 01:00 - 02.15 GMT. He
addressed topics like Blogs, Social Software, Connectivism and Networked
Learning. He asked Bee, Daf, and Aiden (and a few other non-Webhead people) to
help out. Details of the presentation on Creating Online Presence with Daf,
Jonathan et al are at
http://users.chariot.net.au/~michaelc/pd/TELLS.htm.
Recording at http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=1311720
EFL Bridges World Conversation Club for language learners, Wednesday
28th June : World Conversation Club #8 (15.00-17.00 GMT)
https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/home
Topic: Learning languages with technology If this is successful, we will repeat
this day/time during the whole of July Later, there will also be another
webcast specifically for teachers: * Wednesday 28th June: Language
Teacher Talk #2 (18.00-20.00 GMT)
https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/home.
Hope to speak to some of you then Best Regards, Graham Graham Stanley
http://www.eflbridges.net
June 30, 2006 - Doris Molero wrote: Hello, my dear webheads! A
big hug for all of you. This is for asking your help on telling my fellow
teachers in Maracaibo, Venezuela about you. We are trying to integrate the use
of technologies in our EFL classes and we want to learn how we can do that by
registering to this community and meeting fellow teachers in the world. We meet
every Friday 19:30 to 21:00 GMT, so if you're around on yahoo or
skype come and say hello! we'd really appreciate your wise advice and
encouraging words. Teachers from our university will be joining this community
and asking lots of questions and sure there will be great things coming out of
these exchanges. Thanks for everything and hope we can share great ideas for
our students. Looking forward to seeing you! Keep on shining! Doris3m
Universidad Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacin www.urbe.edu Maracaibo, Venezuela
www.doris3meflcenter.bravehost.com
- Susanne writes: as a tutor /guest teacher meeting
online with two groups of Doris' students. I would like to brief you on this,
also to explain how I managed to combine the quite casual tutoring with my own
professional development in a EU Grundtvig pilot project called Teaching
Culture. This course is partly online; we also met for a week in March, at the
Universidad de León in Spain. Anne Fox is a leading key person in this
pilot project, as well as being my personal tutor, and it is a great source of
inspiration for me. At the same time, I did have a problem because I did not
have any real class where I could practise our work, so I had to improvise. For
Doris' students I was encouraged to stand up for some general interview
questions about my country - and about myself. And, for the Teaching Culture
course I had to finish some experimental lesssons to fulfill the course and get
my diploma. I had to pick two activities developed by fellow course
participants, and find out how to adapt these to the online context with some
students that I've never met, and whose motivation and language level I was not
very sure. What I did was quite manipulative; I made a setup and just invited
them to the virtual classroom in LearningTimes, which they managed well because
they were in the computer lab with Doris (and her colleague). They had text
chat plus a shared microphone, So I'm afraid I was talking most of the time
(just like most ordinary teachers do f2f) encouraging them to use the shared
whiteboard for questions and answers, after a quick and fun warmup exercise,
normally known as the Blue Sofa but for the occasion it was adapted to the
online event and presented as a Virtual picnic - out in the blue. It is
basically a vocabulary game also building trust because it is very easy to
participate, and the rules were bent to be very flexible because I did not
really know how to explain the original rules! After this I asked students what
they think about Denmark. Nice people, interesting place to visit, some very
general suggestions - apparently they had only very little knowledge of MY
country. I had hoped they might start mentioning the supposedly world wide
known Cartoon case, but this trigger gave absolutely no reaction. I wanted to
try to explain to them how stereotypes can give you a narrow view on people
without more specific knowledge of individuals, but all of a sudden we hit the
last mninute of their class. I really hope they did get some of what they
expected, and I was happy to have Anne with me as my helper for a sound
recording, as well as my supportive tutor. Thanks to Doris and her dear
students for giving me this opportunity to teach a lesson online with a very
authentic grop of learners,also for calling me again an hour later for a yahoo
conference with another group of students, where my response to their interview
questions was more focused; I've saved a chat log just in case you would need
that Doris?
- Anne Fox writes: Thanks so much for inviting me. I thought the
virtual picnic worked very well as it brought up several dishes which needed
explanation. I was also surprised that the Mohamed cartoon row had not made it
to Venezuela. I thought it was interesting (though not rewarding for you in the
immediate context) that Doris's students knew so little about Denmark but I
think that simply reflects the great distance between the two cultures and also
the fact that Denmark is a small European country that many Europeans are
ignorant of also. I was a silent partner probably due to the fact that I was
recording in Audacity which may have snatched my ability to transmit voice. In
a way it was lucky because I didn't know beforehand that Sus was going to test
me by making me say the dreaded Danish phrase 'roed groed med floede' to show
how badly I pronounce Danish. All in all a very interesting experience which
deserved to be followed up by Doris's students. I think by the way that another
good reason for follow up is that I could sense their confidence growing as the
session went on so it would be good to take advantage of that in a follow up
session. Oh dear - I'm suggesting more work!
- Doris's turn: Dear Sus and Anne! Thanks so much for giving my
students the chance to have this great experience at our session in Learning
Times. At the beginning they were a little scared and they didn't want to
speak. I have to say that this was their first experience using a virtual room.
they are familiar with the use of chat but it was a surprise for them to have
to talk. They were asking questions one another to help each other on what to
write or talk. All of them were engaged in trying to understand and
participate.... They're command of the language is basic so they asked for
help. I'm sure that next time is going to be more active and they will feel
more confident. My students are working on a semester project where they have
to select a country they like and research about different topics related to
the lessons in their book. We use the New Interchange program as syllabus for
our classes. They also have to find a tutor from the country they selected to
get info from someone in that coutry so their experiences are meaningful and
fun.. Sus volunteer ed to be their tutor and had the chance to meet them
through YM, las thursday's experience was their first group contact with Sus
and were very happy. After they finish their research they are supposed to
present their findings at a Cultural fair. Bee and Buth (skype) had also helped
my students in little chats where they asked some questions about their
countries and culture. Special thanks to them, too. Well, thanks again my dear
Webheads for being here for all us! Keep on shining! Doris3m
bookmark: 060706
July 6, from 20:00 to 21:30 GMT - Jean Michel Chaupart
hosts an event from France in conjunction with a congres in Paraguay. Vance
invited to speak, in French. The following announcement will be formatted
shortly.
Comme annoncé, la conférence internationale pour
professeurs de francais latinoaméricains – XIVe.SEDIFRALE –
que j'ai inscrite et à laquelle je vous ai invité, aura lieu le
JEUDI 6 JUILLET, entre 20 heures et 21heures 30 GMT, sur la plate-forme de
conférence : http://www.portafolio.org/conference.htm
qui supporte la voix + image webcam + présentation de pages web
(présentation que je controlerai personnellement). Barbara Dieu sera
l'option B au cas où j'aurai des problèmes de connexion.
- OBJECTIF DE LA CONFERENCE - Sensibiliser les participants
professeurs de francais qui seront à Asunción, Paraguay, à
l'importance d'intégrer une ou plusieurs communautés
d'apprentissage pour assurer leur formation continue en langue MAIS AUSSI ET
SURTOUT à l'intégration des technologies pour complémenter
leurs classes traditionnelles ou offrir des activités virtuelles.
- VOTRE PARTICIPATION - Apporter un témoignage sur la
communauté d'apprentissage WEBHEADS, nos expériences
personnelles, les activités qui nous permettent de nous
considérer « communauté ».
LES DIAPOSITIVES et MODALITES DE VOTRE PARTICIPATION - Nous disposons
de 90 minutes et nous sommes nombreux à intervenir. Il conviendra donc
de ne pas trop prendre de temps pour apporter vos témoignages et vos
expériences d'utilisation des technologies pour l'apprentissage des
langues. Certains d'entre nous ne sont pas francophones : ce sont eux qui
interviendront en premier et qui pourront se retirer une fois qu'ils auront
apporté leur témoignage.
- Titre de la conférence
- "Tour de table virtuel" Introduction par Jean Michel Chaupart,
…
- Brève intervention de Barbara Dieu, en tant que
co-modératrice de la conférence
Puis bref salut de chacun des
intervenants invités
- Agenda des Activités
- Définition de Communauté d'apprentissage
- Citation de Martine Jaudeau, de THOT
- Raison d'être des communautés virtuelles avec citation
de Moira Hunter
- Définition et référence à 2
Communautés d'Apprentissage [FLE – WEBHEADS]
Page web de Yahoo
Groups de la communauté FLE et de la communauté WEBHEADS
- Photographie des Webheads
Présentation de la
Communauté d'Apprentissage WEBHEADS
- Intervention Vance Stevens, depuis le Texas,
USA
Le premier intervenant non – très –
francophone est Vance Stevens qui interviendra en francais sur la
création des webheads et les points forts de cette communauté. Il
peut parler entre 5-8 minutes puis participer au premier espace de
QUESTIONS-REPONSES.
- 1er.espace de questions-réponses
- Liste des ateliers Webheads/Tesol de janvier-février 2006
Ateliers de formation continue pour professeurs de langues - BAW : Becoming
a Webheads
Témoignages de modérateurs et de participants
[Interventions des Webheads invités pour témoigner sur les
ateliers qu'ils ont dirigés ou auxquels ils ont participé, selon
l'ordre suivant :
- Diapositives 13 et 14 : Teresa Almeida d'Eca, Lisbonne, Portugal,
sur BAW (en anglais) « élémentaire" et intervention courte
3-4minutes. Teresa pourra se retirer quand elle le jugera convenable.
- Page web BAW 2006
- Page web YG Blog 2006 et Creatingwebquests
- Diapositive 15 et 16 : Dafne Gonzalez, Caracas,
Vénézuéla, sur BAW et ses activités à
l'Université Simón Bolivar (en espagnol) en espagnol,
intervention courte 3-4 minutes
- Barbara Dieu, Sao Paulo, Brésil, sur l'atelier Blogs et autres
activités sur ce même sujet, en francais, intervention courte 3-4
minutes
- Témoignage: Peut-être bref salut de Jane Petring,
depuis le Mexique, ou court témoignage écrit , 3-4 minutes
- Moira Hunter, Paris, France, avec un/des témoignages sur sa
participation à des ateliers Webheads, en francais, 3-4 minutes
- Christine Lombaerts, Anvers, Belgique, avec un/des
témoignages sur sa participation à des ateliers Webheads , en
francais, 3-4 minutes
Amie portugaise de Christine, en francais, 3-4
minutes
- Q&R [Deuxième espace de Questions-Réponses] Vers
des communautés d'apprentissage de professeurs de FLE d'Amérique
latine [Jean Michel Chaupart avec la participation de tous les intervenants
présents, avec réponses courtes. Entre 4 et 8-10 minutes maximum.
- Internet = communication
- Internet = accès à l'information
- Comment pourrions-nous nous former à l'utilisation des TICE ?
- Communautés d'apprentissage : en francais ? en espagnol ?
- FLETICE
- En construction…….
- Questions-réponses finales
Autres diapositives :
- Jean Michel CHAUPART Bucaramanga, Colombia
http://www.geocities.com/teleconferencias
et http://fletice.bloki.com avec option
question en ligne (clic en File, clic en Status, clic en ?Question….pour
indiquer que vous voulez intervenir, et option texte en ligne.
- A Asunción, un collègue colombien – Freddy
Barranco – assurera une modération non technologique et nous
indiquera par écrit (ou par la voix) ce qu'il se passe dans la salle et
les conditions de réception de la voix, et transmettra des questions et
commentaires.
- Depuis Medellin, Colombie, nous aurons l'assistance technique de la
plate-forme avec Andrés Loaiza. Il parle bien l'anglais mais ne parle
pas et ne comprend pas le francais.
bookmark:
060706vance Here is the text of my
presentation:
Bonjour. Je suis desole que je ne peux pas parler mieux le francais,
mais vous comprenez que je suis Americain, et ca sufficera pour explication.
Mais, en tout cas, je m'appelle Vance Stevens. Je travaille à l'Institut
du Pétrole à Abhu Dabi, aux Emirats Arabes Unis, ou j'enseigne
ordinateurs et logicielles aux etudiants Arabs la bas. Je suis actuellement en
vacances dans ma famille au Texas et j'espere que tout va bien avec le
connexion.
Mais dupuis trente ans en avant, en tant que professeur d'anglais
langue étrangère, j'ai commencé peu a peu à
utiliser les technologies de l'information et de la communication sur Internet.
En 1997, j'ai commencé avec un communauté en ligne pour apprendre
l'anglais - connue sous le nom de Writing for Webheads, mais quand cette groupe
melangait avec des enseigneurs des langues, j'ai fondé en l'annee 2001-2
la Communauté d'Apprentissage qui s'appelle Webheads in Action.
Cette Communauté regroupe aujourd'hui plus que cinq cent
membres de différents pays des tous les continents du monde sauf
Antarctica. Un de ces membres est Jean Michel Chaupart. Bien qu'on ne se soit
jamais rencontré, Jean Michel sait qu'il peut compter sur nous dans la
mesure ou il peut exposer sa réputation professionnelle pour l'aider
à faire des présentations de ce type. Et cela n'est pas seulement
typique des webheads, mais de la plupart des communautés plus
étendues d'intervenants en ligne, dont VOUS vous-memes faites partie
puisque vous êtes ici aujourd'hui, ensemble avec nous.
Nous connaissons Jean Michel et il nous connaît, grâce
à ses activités avec les TICE (technologies de l'information et
de la communication en éducation, ou CMC en Anglais). Les nouvelles
technologies, comme le nom l'indique, sont récentes - et beaucoup
d'entre nous ne les connaissions pas, il y a cinq ans. Depuis lors, nous avons
développé nos compétences à tel point que nous
sommes non seulement décontractés pour les utiliser entre nous
informellement, mais aussi dans des situations plus formelles, tel que cet
congres celui-ci. Nous avons d'abord utilisé ces outils dans notre
développement professionnel, tout en enseignant les uns aux autres
comment communiquer en ligne. A partir de ce niveau de connaissances, quand
nous nous sentons à l'aise avec ces outiles, nous les utilisons avec nos
élèves. Et ceux qui sont passés par cette
expérience ont voulu partager avec les collègues leur
succès et ont aussi entraîné d'autres professeurs.
Cela dure maintenant depuis 5 ans entre les webheads in action.
Peut-être, l'une des originalités des Webheads et ce qui en a fait
son succès est la convocation hebdomadaire d'activités synchrones
qui ont lieu chaque dimanche à partir de midi GMT a Tapped In,
http://www.tappedin.org.. Alors, pendant ces 5 ans, nous nous sommes
rencontrés informellement maintenant durant 300 dimanches
consécutifs, allant chaque fois plus loin dans nos efforts collaboratifs
à fin de pouvoir innover avec nos élèves.
Pour échanger des idées et pratiquer avec certaines des
technologies qui font leur apparition sur le marché, nous utilisons non
seulement le chat (tchat) de texte mais aussi des activités orales, et
l'option image avec une webcam, et l'utilisation de plate-formes de
conférence comme Alado ou
LearningTimes ou bien des autres paraille
a l'un qui nous utilisons maintenant (http://www.portafolio.org/conference.htm).
Nous cherchons à utiliser les technologies gratuites et celles
open-source et celles qui on peut utilizer sans être spécialiste
en informatique, par example le programme de communication
téléphonique Skype, et des
Skypcasts, qui nous permettent d'assurer
des échanges synchrones très positifs pour notre
Communauté.
En général les professeurs de langues ont un peu peur
d'utiliser directement les TICE avec leurs élèves ; l'espace
Webheads leur permet de prendre confiance, de pratiquer avec des
collègues, de construire ensemble des projets interactifs. Et de
demander de l'aide à des collègues pour se sentir plus à
l'aise et proposer des activités d'apprentissage complémentaires
à celles de la salle de classe traditionnelle.
Il y a une raison pour cela. Notre technique pour l'apprentissage des
langues est basée sur une approche constructiviste. Je pense que vous
connaissez la théorie de Vygotsky et Bruner, etc. Donc, vous pouvez
remarquer que nous employons cette théorie, montant un "
échafaudage " ou scaffolding en Anglais, qui nous supporte les uns et
les autres. Nous étendons notre zone de développement proximal et
apprenons les uns avec les autres à l'intérieur du groupe. En
apprenant à travers les réseaux sociaux, nous constatons que nous
apprenons non seulement les techniques spécifiques pour produire en
ligne, mais nous comprenons également plus profondément comment
appliquer la méthodologie avec nos étudiants. Quand nous
enseignons les uns aux autres par des méthodes constructivistes, nous
apprenons à faciliter l'apprentissage de la même façon.
Même si nous rencontrons nos étudiants tous les jours, face en
face, nous leurs enseignons comment interagir avec des collègues vivant
dans des régions éloignées du monde. Pour se communiquer
avec d'autres étudiants de langue étrangère et des
locuteurs natifs ils doivent utiliser la langue spontanément et voila
comprennent le vrai sens de la langue.
Pour conclure, j'aimerais dire que les webheads sont, depuis neuf ans
maintenant, une communauté de pratique très réussie.
Vraiment, des modèles semblables ont été appliqués
dans d'autres communautés d'apprentissage. Il serait logique pour ceux
qui enseignent le français ou l'espagnol mais qui parlent
également l'anglais de se joindre à une communauté comme
les webheads pour apprendre les techniques d'interaction que nous appliquons et
commencer alors une communauté semblable ailleurs, où les
intervenants parlent une autre langue. Il serait beau de voir la philosophie de
webheads se propager de cette façon à travers les
différentes langues et les cultures.
Et c'est justement cela que Jean Michel Chaupart essaye de faire avec
cet petit congrés aujoudhui. En nous invitant à cette
conférence, il espère vous montrer les incursions que les
webheads ont déjà faites dans l'univers de langue
française et espagnole. Si vous voulez nous joindre sur cette route,
vous êtes les bienvenus.
The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com "are
delighted to announce the winner of the fully funded scholarship on our
E-moderation course for teachers, which runs entirely online from 1-31 July. It
was a difficult decision to choose the winner, as we received many excellent
applications from all over the world (from 26 countries in all!) - all from
deserving and motivated candidates ... The winner of the scholarship is Hala
Fawzi from Sudan, who teaches EAP for students of Medicine in Khartoum. Hala is
also involved as a tutor at the Open University in Sudan, teaching Literature,
reading and writing, and she is working on her PhD proposal on blended
learning. We are very much looking forward to working with Hala during the
coming month, and hope she will find the course useful to her own professional
development and that of the profession in Sudan. Once again thank you to all of
you who applied, and we hope to repeat this opportunity in the future. Best
wishes to list members, Nicky Nicky Hockly - Director of Pedagogy The
Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
bookmark: 060709 On
July 9th (Sunday - last day of the World Cup) at 13:45 GMT
Barbara Dieu <http://dekita.org and
http://beewebhead.net> gave what was by
all accounts a sterling 90 minute workshop entitled "Networking on the Net" at
the Braz-Tesol National Convention in Brasília. Bee has just launched
the Braz-Tesol EduTech SIG and was elected the coordinator for this first year.
She writes: "I am planning to introduce the new SIG goals, the importance of
networking and professional development online (will talk about the Evo
sessions) , the concept of communities of practice (les fabuleux webheads) and
will introduce then the main social tools with examples of how we have been
connecting online and the work developed using these different tools." She made
arrangements to have the session webcast via
http://www.worldbridges.net. Here is
what she wrote just prior to the presentation:
- Participants will be given an overview of virtual learning tools and
platforms that are used to foster interaction, collaboration and build online
presence. Participants will be also introduced to the concept of personal
learning landscapes and communities of practice for network-based professional
development.
- Connection permitting, the presentation will be webcast from the
Webheads portal (column on the right to enter the chat room)
http://webheadsinaction.org/ through
Skype and a number of webheads will be helping me in this endeavour as we tour
Alado http://www.alado.net/webheads,
Tappedin http://www.tappedin.org and
Learning Times http://tinyurl.com/p8s93.
- The schedule for the presentation and information about the speakers
can be found at: http://braztesol.pbwiki.com
Recordings of the presentation can be found here:
Here is some of the feedback:
- Congratulations Bee on such a great session. It was AWESOME!!!
Michael you should post Happy Online to http://webheadsinaction.org/ because
this is the Webheads song, indeed :-) It was fabulous to share with so many
webheads today :-) A big hug to you all - Daf
- Congratulations on a wonderful presentation Bee. Full of insight and
humanity, AND you controlled the technology and showed how you can make it work
for learning, and the creation and strengthening of community. It worked
beautifully. And beautifully choreographed. Thanks for inviting us all, -
Michael
- Thanks indeed - a virtuoso performance with excellent slides and a
supporting cast of thousands! Out of all that you said I find myself
remembering your point that linguistic skills are not the only skills we as
educators need to acknowledge. Perhaps when you repeat doing a whistle-stop
tour of sites webheads use, a bus could be hired to take the audience from
venue to venue. I wasn't quite sure if I could stay in one place or not, so I
moved with you rather than run the risk of missing anything! I think for
Michael's fantastic song I was the only person at Learning Times. - Dennis
- I second everybody's congrats and the 'human touch' that Michael
focused on. I'm sure you/we have attracted new members to WiA and BaW. :-)
Beijinhos to you, Carla, Erika and Isabel - Teresa
- I was there at Bee's presentation this morning!!!!! I also talked a
little bit about my experience in using CALL. Thanks for your wonderful
contributions today. I just loved listening to you! - Cintia Costa Universidade
Federal do Para
- We do hope to have many more albums like that as we meet other
Webheads around the globe! Beijos, Carla Arena and Erika\
- We had a hectic week in Braz-TESOL seminar. Erika and I presented
about some of our online projects in the Edu Tech SIG innaugural meeting
perfectly orchestrated by Bee Dieu. Yes, we finally met her!!! It was a
thrilling experience meeting this fantastic Webhead-Blogger! We chatted a lot,
went out for lunch, had a Brasilia by night tour... So much fun! Then there was
Bee's great and encouraging presentation. You could hear her voice in every
corner of the world, and we were just in front of her, watching her talk live.
Another enriching experience. Bee, you shouldn't be so tough on you... The
presentation was really inspiring for the ones who were there. I remember once
in San Antônio being in awe when I saw a webcast by Vance. You and
Michael were so far away and I was part of the audience imagining how that
could be possible!
Afterwards, it was our time to present "Connect to
Interact". We linked the fact that educators can now pursue their professional
development with no need to wait for their institution to pay or provide
training. Then, of course, we mentioned some groups and communities of
practice. The Webheads were a hit! Now there are many people willing to be one
in Brazil! The audience wanted to know all about you, guys, and the
"learningwithcomputers" group. This was our hook to talk about online
collaborative projects and practical examples of what we were doing. Well, we
were very glad to see that from our complementary presentations and the Edu
Tech SIG, we'll be able to aggregate lost Brazilians souls into one place.
If you want to check what we talked about, here are the links:
http://yourvoiceonline.blogspot.com
http://connecttointeract.blogspot.com
(there's a slideshow with some of the Webheads that have been helping us,
although we couldn't include all, for we learn with each one of you!)
I'd never be presenting so many new ideas if we hadn't been part of this
fantastic group of tech-thinking souls!!! Thanks again for all the support.
- Graham Stanley writes: "Inspired by Carla and Erika's use of D-Film (
http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=2982729)
in their recent presentation (no longer at
http://www.thomas.org.br/activities/connect_interact_files/frame.htm) , I
thought I'd try something similar with the Zimmer Twins to see how well it
works: http://www.zimmertwins.com/node/238206.
Zimmertwins.com is another site where
you can create animations. Like D-Film, it's fun to use with students, but I'd
never thought of using it in the way that Erika and Carla did, so many thanks
to them for opening my eyes."
Not everyone made it :-((
- I gave up 10 minutes ago. It seems the connection is slow, as I am on
wireless network and on asking the man working on this, he said java can't be
uploaded here. Good luck to Bee ! - Hala(disappointed) - But, she caught the
podcast: "My dearest Bee, I am listening to your presentaion now and
couldn't wait to finish to cogratulate you for a great, fruitfull
presention,like the others !Your work has always been an inspiration to the
group. Best of everything, Hala"
- I was having coffee with my aging mother in Houston when my wife
asked me, "Isn't this the day you normally meet with Webheads?" Sure enough,
Sunday ... Arghhhh ... I often forget what day it is when I travel. I'm so
sorry to have missed this one as I had every intent to participate. I'm very
much looking forward to listening to the podcast. But one nice thing about
webheads is that we have a community that is so robust that it carries on
regardless. Adding my congratulations ... Vance
- Bee-- I was so happy to hear your familiar voice and laughter. And I
sang along with Michael's Happy Online, though it wasn't quite like his deep
rich voice! Sorry I couldn't take part live, but I am glad you have the ppt and
audio archive. cheers-- --Grandma Elizabeth
Tapped In Festival 2006: Sustaining Professional Development Online
July 19, 2006 from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm Pacific Time The
focus of the seventh annual Tapped In Festival is to help Tapped In members and
Festival participants become more aware of the many resources and features in
Tapped In that can support the professional development of educators throughout
their teaching careers. Festival events will be presented every hour on the
hour from 8am PDT until 8pm PDT.
See
the schedule for this 12 hour event. Events are still being added, so check
back for updates. Certificates of Participation will be offered for guests and
for members who register for three hours of events. Participants can sign in at
the conclusion of a minimum of three separate Festival events (may include one
pre-festival Tips and Tricks and the NECC Conference) to qualify for a
Certificate of Participation. Continuing Education Credits for the certificates
are determined by individual educational institutions. Here is the official
announcement:
Tapped In Festival 2006: Sustaining Professional Development Online
July 19, 2006 from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm Pacific Time The focus of the seventh
annual Tapped In Festival is to help Tapped In members and Festival
participants become more aware of the many resources and features in Tapped In
that can support the professional development of educators throughout their
teaching careers. Festival events will be presented every hour on the hour from
8am PDT until 8pm PDT. See the schedule for this 12 hour event. Events are
still being added, so check back for updates. Certificates of Participation
will be offered for guests and for members who register for three hours of
events. Participants can sign in at the conclusion of a minimum of three
separate Festival events (may include one pre-festival Tips and Tricks and the
NECC Conference) to qualify for a Certificate of Participation. Continuing
Education Credits for the certificates are determined by individual educational
institutions. Respectfully submitted BJ Berquist, Festival Chair
bjb@tappedin.org
Professional Development for Educators: This Week at Tapped In (July
16-22, 2006) View the Tapped In calendar of ASO events at:
http://tappedin.org/tappedin/do/CalendarAction
By clicking on the calendar event, you can read the complete description of
that event. Some webheads featured:
- SUNDAY * Webheads in Action - TESOL/ESL/EFL/ELL community
discussion for language teachers.
- TUESDAY * Math and Technology with David Weksler
- WEDNESDAY ***TAPPED IN FESTIVAL 2006 - Sustaining Professional
Development Online The focus of the seventh annual Tapped In Festival is to
help Tapped In members and Festival participants become more aware of the many
resources and features in Tapped In that can support the professional
development of educators throughout their teaching careers. Festival events
will be presented every hour on the hour from 8am PDT until 8pm PDT. See the
schedule for this 12 hour event. *** Participants in three Festival events will
receive a Tapped In certificate of participation. Learn how to be eligible for
a certificate by attending one Pre-Festival Tips and Tricks (T&T will count
as one Festival certificate event). The calendar events in green are
pre-festival events.
- THURSDAY * Alternative/Correctional Education Forum-Children
At-Risk with BJ Berquist
In email July 20, 2006 - Hello dear webheads, just a quick note
to share with you my joy as I have spent two most wonderful days in the company
of Rita and her husband Hector here in my own city of Copenhagen. When we met
at the central station, we already know each other so well after more that four
years of online collaboration, and like true webheads sisters, we certainly did
not run out of conversation topics. When we had to say goodbye, it was quite
sentimental. More later, yours, Sus in Denmark PS what added to this very
intense event is that Hector - the last viking in Rosario - has a grandfather
who came to Argentina many years ago!
Blogstreams Salon: Learning in a Networked World moderated by Barbara
Dieu met at Tappedin on Sunday 6th
August at 21:00 GMT with special guest Leigh Blackall, who works in
Educational Development at Otago Polytechnic, in Dunedin, New Zealand.
http://leighblackall.wikispaces.com/
Leigh's core interest lays in education and networked learning and he has given
presentations and workshops to many institutional organizations in Australia
and New Zealand. He is presently organizing a traveling open conference on the
Future of Learning in a Networked World which will take place next September in
NZ.
Regarding the open conference on the Future of Learning in a
Networked World, according to
http://learningnetworkedworld.blogspot.com,
"Otago Polytechnic has initiated a traveling open space conference called The
Future of Learning in a Networked World. International speakers will come to
Dunedin on September 18 and travel to participating institutions in Dunedin,
Christchurch, Northland, Auckland and Wellington to discuss this topic with
local audiences." International speakers include Webheads Barbara Dieu and
Michael Coghlan. The event has a Wikipedia listing here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_space_conference
August 2006 - Chris Jones moved to
Abu Dhabi to take up a new post at Zayed University. She dropped by to visit
other Abu Dhabi residents, Vance and family. In the photo are (left to right)
are Chris, Glenn, Dusty, Bobbi, and Vance
Sept 21, 2006 - Rita Zeinstejer gave a presentation at the FAAPI
Congress in Rosario, Argentina, a big annual event gathering 1,500 EFL teachers
throughout the country. Her topic was "The Podcasting Revolution: the way to
broaden out students' audience for listening and speaking". She writes: "I had
prepared a ppt with many links to show different kinds of audiofiles in the
net, so as to give the audience an idea of what podcasts are...Out of about 100
people present -I was allotted an auditorium and had full house-only 4 raised
their hands when I asked who was familiar with the term "podcasting", so I
showed types of podcasts: authentic, Teacher, Student and Educator Podcasts,
before explaining benefits of classroom podcasting and possible uses in
educational settings. I then went into Pedagogical Podcasting or "Podagogy",
and through the different steps towards the production of podcasts with our
students. People in the audience stared in amazement at some of the many audio
and video files on the screen, and took down notes, which showed I sounded
"convincing", and some of them were really interested in plunging into the
experience, as I learnt from those who came up tp me after the show.
Personally, I felt I should have devoted more time to the Podagogy behind the
show, which I needed to go through rather fast as I was running out of time -I
had been allotted 75 minutes, not enough for indulging in the so many audio
files I offered the audience to watch and enjoy. This time I crowned my
presentation with a podcast specially recorded for the event by Graham Stanley,
who spoke to a smiling audience, wishing them good luck in their hopefully new
teaching endeavour. Thank you, Graham, you've been the icing on the cake!
Anyway, everything went fine, technologically speaking, after having had to put
up with a long struggle to see Internet working . I'll be putting up an mp3
file in the Podcasting Yahoo Group Files with my recording, for those who want
to give it a listen, and feedback will be most welcome. This will probably be
done in a couple of days. Thank you all, once again, for sharing, for being
together, for all the knowledge I have gained through the experience collected
and gathered from all of you. I told the audience about the wonders of being a
Webhead! ;-)"
Barbara Dieu and Michael Coghlan went to New Zealand where they
participaed in Open Conferences around the country with those listed below and
others, who gathered in Dunedin on September 18 and are travelling
through Christchurch, Northland, Waiheke Island, Auckland and Wellington for 10
days; see http://flnw.wikispaces.com/
to discuss the future of learning in a networked world
http://learningnetworkedworld.blogspot.com/
. They went blogging, podcasting and videocasting along the way .
Michael's postings:
http://www.audioblogger.com/media/50281/409657.mp3
Bee
in Dunedin: http://flickr.com/photos/89165847@N00/246943567/
Bee engaged her kids in http://lycee.wordpress.com From there you
have links to the Google calendar and the community walk map she has opened for
the occasion. She will be also commenting on the academic part on her own blog
at http://beewebhead.net. Here is the
announcement.
Thursday, Sept. 21 - Sus Nyrop and Chris Johnson held a CPSquare
Dissertation Fest, featuring a discussion (asynchronous and synchronous
communication) called "Identifying Criteria for Distributed Online CoPs", which
features Webheads in Action as the group that was studied. Etienne Wenger was
present and very active in the discussion.
If any Webheads have students who would like to chat about languages,
language learning, multiculturalism, etc. (in English, French, German, or
Turkish) with Turkish students, their Comenius Get-In Network peers, and other
students from around the world, please have them register beforehand and then
sign in to the chat on Tuesday, Sept. 26 from 11 to 13:30
GMT. I know that Fernanda is working on having some Portuguese students
join in. We're keeping the technology requirements simple so that schools with
limited budgets and equipment or schools with firewalls can let their students
take part. http://www.get-in.info/
Students may also wish to use the free whiteboard/groupboard I've made
available at snipurl.com/closely.
Sadly, our firewall won't let the board display at school. If anyone knows the
"magic words" to get rigid system administrators to relax, please let me know.
;-) Philip Franklin Istanbul, Turkey
Sept 29 - Oct 1: Elderbob Brannan conducted a session on
Podcasting at the Open Weekends @ Knowplace Moodle at
http://knowplace.ca Podcasting is drawing
immense attentions from every corner of the internet. Come join elderbob in an
exploration of multimedia streaming?er?podcasting. Bring a microphone. Offered
in co-operation with BC CAMPUS < http://bccampus.ca>
Monday, Oct 2, 5PM GMT. Webheads attempted to organize to
trial TalkAndWrite. According to Eric Baber, "TalkAndWrite only works between
two people, so you won't be able to use it in a group .... Though you will be
able to pair up and try it out in pairs! Dennis and I tried it out yesterday
and it worked quite well. It's not as smooth as the NetMeeting whiteboard and
doesn't have quite the same range of features, but it's pretty good - certainly
more responsive than the Unyte plugin for Skype which allows for application
sharing." The event itself turned out to be a trial of DiscoverE with Moira,
Hala, and Vance.
Interested participants and their Skype IDs were:
- Carla Arena - carlaarena
- Cristina Costa
- Dennis Newson - osnacantab
- Gladys Baya: gladysbaya
- Jane Petring - janeap1
- Vance Stevens - vancestev
- Yaodong Chen - yaodong
GLD X - Global Learn Day 10 - Sunday October 8 -
http://www.bfranklin.edu/gldten/
plus two blog sites where you will find blog pages for almost every person
involved http://www.ben300.com/GLDTEN and
http://www.ben300.com/TENPLAN. Some
highlights regarding Webheads, and artifacts of the event:
- Webheads presented at the start of Gulf Region
http://tinyurl.com/gszbs. Vance was on
hand to get in the phone room and take the hand off from the Indian
Subcontinent, but he had a class shortly afterwards and had to leave it the
capable hands of Bob Zwick, who was about to play Vance's recording at
http://vance_stevens.podomatic.com
- Taran Rampersad's blog entry on Nickey Hockly and Gavin Dudeney's
presentation on Second Life: http://www.knowprose.com/node/16314
More info - John wrote "We will open the event with what I consider
the two icons in the worlds "we" operate in -- education and technology. One
icon is Vint Cerf, Internet Evangelist for Google
http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html#vint
and Sir John Daniel http://www.col.org/colweb/site/pid/2833,
who was awarded his knighthood for "changing the landscape of higher education
in the U.K. Vint was our keynoter in III and Sir John in IV."
A Worldbridges Webcastathon Oct. 13~15 - An updated schedule of
events is at http://worldbridges.net/
and http://www.webcastacademy.net/Webcastathon2006C
- Very much look forward to catching up dear Webheads. Happy Weekend, Jeff
- Saturday Oct 13 is pretty much Second Life Day at the
Webcastathon. We'll be providing webcast coverage of the Grand Opening of the
Second Life Library from 4-8pm GMT and wandering around SL for
much of the rest of the day. If Webheads are around afterward, please feel free
to IM me (Meno Rich) as we teleport around SL.
- Sunday Oct 13 - We're planning a Webheads Webcast from
1pm~3pm GMT. Skypecast here:
https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=44501
The first hour will be a general catch up discussion with the Webheads
(been too long) including, thoughts on the latest topics of discussion,
bringing webheadsinaction.org to
life, and the upcoming special EVO Class of 2.1 at the Webcast Academy. We will
then provide webcasting support for the planned tour of SL. We've had moderate
success providing a view for those not 'inworld' by using Webhuddle. We'll do
our best to do so during the webcast, so that those who can't (or don't want
to) get in, can at least see a bit of what's going on.
http://webhuddle.com/ edtech@edtechtalk.com
Password: webheads (won't work until showtime)
Sunday, Oct 15, 2006 Webheads in Action/Writing for Webheads:
World friendship thru lang. learning 12:00-14:00 GMT ; meets at
http://www.tappedin.org/ and decides
what to do from there. See
http://sites.hsprofessional.com/vstevens/files/efi/software.htm
to fathom more possibilities. In case we're Skypecasting, visit
http://www.skypecast.com and find us in
what's On Now or Starting Soon. This Sunday Graham Stanley will be
conducting a tour of the Webheads hut on Second Life.
On October 17, Yaodong wrote: Venny and I had a good tour of SL
yesterday.I invited Chee to join us but he didn't seem to be able to find the
Webheads Edunation Hall.He stayed among the woods most of the time,admring the
trees and bushes. My students,too,have download SL.Hope to meet you and your
students there sometime. Yaodong
- He was responding to Aiden Yeh who wrote: Cool graphics! Way to go
webheads! I'm not sure if I could make it this Sunday but I'd love to give
second life a go. Can webheads hang out in Second life like what we do in
tappedin? Is someone always there to guide people? Obviously, I'm new to this
and it'd be really great to know more about it.
- This was in response to Graham Stanley writing: I have added a couple
of photo montages to the Webheads in Action site:
http://webheadsinaction.org/node/87.
These photos will soon be added to the in-world display in Second Life too I
would love to meet up this weekend in SL again (Sunday perhaps?) to check out
some of the new localised voice tools that Gavin has provided us with to try
out, and also to talk about / show people some of the language learning /
teaching possibilites that exist in SL. Is anyone interested? Best regards,
Graham (Baldric)
Dudeney Ge announced "an amazing live event Wednesday October 18
at noon with seven academics on a 90-minute panel. "Are We Playing Games?
Finding Legitimacy in the Academy" 12:00 - 1:30 PM Pacific, 10/18/06 in NMC's
Woolsey Hall - discussion via NMC streaming server. Jeremy / simteach.com"
Gavin ttook some snaps: and put them here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72373269@N00/sets/72157594334743909/
23rd to 27th October 2006. Universidad de Los Andes (ULA),
Mérida, Venezuela. Facultad de Ingeniería. Edificio B La
Hechicera Primer Piso. Gavin Dudeney, UK specialist in ICT in ELT, led a
seminar hosted by joint Organisers: Escuela de Idiomas Modernos, ULA,
Mérida, Venezuela British Council Venezuela
http://meridaictelt.wetpaint.com/
and met Dafne Gonzales there.
- Dafne' comments: "The event in Merida was a complete success. Gavin
won everybody´s attention and heart in each and all the workshops he
delivered. A very intensive program that otherwise would have been hard to
follow, but Gavin managed to engaged all participants in shuch a way that the
long days became enjoyable and short. It was a real pleasure to meet Gavin f2f
:-)" Daf's photos are here: http://dafneusb.motime.com . and the ppt
she used for her presentation on voice applications:
http://dafneusb.motime.com/post/614222/ICT+in+ELT+event
- Evelyn Izquierdo wrote: "Gavin and Daf were invited by the British
Council to offer an ICT in ELT training to English teachers from many
Venezuelan universities. All participants worked hard and enthusiastically. The
seminar schedule was pretty demanding, that's why after several days of
exhausting sessions, last Friday we had half day off. Some participants went
shopping, and some others dedided to go up to Merida highest mountains. Our
ride up the world's highest and longest cable car will be unforgettable. One of
the most important topics discussed in the seminar was "Communities of Practice
(CoPs)". Gavin talked to us about Webheads in action as one of the best
examples of what a real CoP is. I'm proud of being part of this community,
especially after having read what Michael Coughlan wrote last Monday: "I
thought for quite a while before I took the plunge and decided to share this
news with you all. Some would argue that a discussion list is not the place to
share such personal information, but I have always thought of the webheads as
more than just a discussion list. I think one of the things that sets webheads
apart from other online groups is that we do share more than our 'domain' - the
knowledge and interest we share in language teaching and technology. It has
been remarked upon before by others that the webheads are extraordinary for
their willingness to share not only what we know, but who we are. And I don't
think we should shy away from that" Gavin and Daf, thanks for giving us your
very best. Dear webheads, thanks for allowing me be part of this wonderful
community of practice."
October 27-29 - Moira Hunter gave a by all
accounts brilliant session at Knowplace.ca
this weekend. "Weblearning with the Human Touch" (http://knowplace.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=187)
. She arranged DimDim and DiscoverE sessions, both of which, as ElderBob said,
"are low cost or free, and low threshold and low bandwidth applications, just
perfect for smaller school situations or places where there is not a lot of
money to spread around. Dim Dim is browser based and Open Sourece (ie. there is
a free version with all the bells and whistles you might need) and though
proprietary, DiscoverE is also aimed at low threshold - broadcast well on a
telephone modem 28.8 hook up. Both are very similar in look to the more costly
Elluminate, and have most of the same elements and even more. They are both
definitely worth a look and see." Dimdim was at
http://www1.dimdim.com/dimdim/GetJoinConferenceForm.action?flag=0.4569969137504249mjkgbcw&hasActiveX=null
(password moira).
- Moira Hunter writes: "Thank you all Webheads who came to "Weblearnig
with the Human Touch" hands-on learning/discovery weekend which I gave from
27-29 October. It was a great success, with participants enrolling, 'driving'
the webconferencing tools and having ongoing discussions in the forums. Thank
you Tere, for your very kind comment in a previous post here. Thank you
everybody for the private emails. Thank you for the voicemails left on my wiki
at http://moiramhunter.wikispaces.com/
Without you, there would have been no course!!!!!!!! Thank you Elderbob for
being my wonderful guardian angel!!!!! LONG LIVE WEBHEADS!!!!!!!!
Moira"
Moira's web artifact from the event is here:
http://moirahunter.googlepages.com/weblearningwiththehumantouch
Through her institution, Anne Fox is offering a one hour session in the
basics of mentoring Friday November 17 at 12 noon GMT in Flashmeeting.
The session is facilitated by Connie Friman, a certified coach and president
elect of the Nordic chapter of the International Coaching Federation. Webcams
are possible but not essential.
On November 18 Michael Coghlan wrote: Hi everyone. The PacCALL
conference in Nanjing is over and at
http://moblog.co.uk/view.php?id=205510
you can see a pic of me and Tom Robb (Conference Co-convenor) at a restaurant
on the final night of the conference. It was a really enjoyable conference and
it was great to meet Tom in person after all these years. So another Webheads
meeting is on record. I'll post details of my presentation when the audio is
uploaded sometime over the next few days.
Sunday, Nov 19, 2006 Webheads in Action/Writing for Webheads:
World friendship thru lang. learning 12:00-14:00 GMT ; meets at
http://www.tappedin.org/ and decides
what to do from there. On this Sunday we had one of our infamous Second Life
sessions. Ventrilo did not work well for everyone but Jeff Lebow streamed a
Skypecast from http://www.webheadsinaction.org and
Dafne Gonzales gave a presentation on the Worldbridges network after folks in
Second Life drifted away. The whole thing went on for hours and segued into the
event below. Comments:
- Susan wrote: This Sunday I joined the other Webheads in Second Life
for the first time (my name in Second Life is Susan Khalifa). I found it to be
a very interesting experience, so thanks a lot Graham, Gavin and other Webheads
for introducing me to this new tool(?), and for spending so much time preparing
everything! Nice job! :-) I totally agree that we need to experiment ourselves,
etc, but I do agree with Dennis that it would help a lot to receive some basic
tips/instructions at the beginning. I personally would love a "Second Life for
Dummies" 'cheat sheet'! :-) Maybe some of you who are more experienced could
help out with that?
- Vance replies: I'm keeping a running list of tips (as I get time with
such maintenance) at http://www.vancestevens.com/secondlife_edu.htm;
mirror: http://www.prof2000.pt/users/vstevens/secondlife_edu.htm
- Candy Pauchnick wrote " I was in the Webhead Hut last Sunday and was
just learning how the Ventrilo program worked. Venny was there and gave
excellent directions of how it works. Many of us were all taking together. This
is the first time I have heard about another program. On that Sunday no one
mentioned another talking program. What other program is this? I'm confused
about the EduNation server. How is this in relationship to SL? Is it part of
SL? Is there something that needs to be downloaded for this? I'm such a newbie
and am trying to learn all about these things. I'm sorry to ask so many
questions.
- Gavin Dudeney wrote: regarding Ventrilo servers and the confusion of
the last Webheads meeting. "It appears that some people were connected to the
Ventrilo server provided free of charge by Pathfinder Linden, for the
educational community - whilst others were in the EduNation server (also
provided free of charge... blah blah blah). And of course one group could not
talk to the other. In the Webheads hut you'll find the IP of the EduNation
server, and the password is available from me. If we can all agree to use that
one, we may just avoid the confusion next time... "
Jeff Lebow is teaching a course with a distance learning component 'Call
Course Call for Help', with textbook Call Dimensions by Mike Levy [2006], with
portal at http://learningcall.net/
Hoping "that it grows to serve as a collaboratively produced source of
multimedia supplemental materials for all those interested in learning about
and/or teaching CALL. The core of the site is a drupal book that works much
like a wysiwyg wiki with very customizable access control and printer friendly
options. In addition to a foundation of basic text components for CALL history,
tools, theory, research, etc., I'd love to produce an ongoing series of
interviews and discussions about the various areas of CALL. Everything on the
site would be released with a Creative Commons license so all would be able to
reprint the materials as long as they are credited properly and not sold
commercially. Those are my ideas so far, but I very much look forward to
hearing from anyone else interested in the project. I thought we could start
with a 'Planning Session Webcast', Sunday, November 19,
10amEST/3pmGMT. Start time may be adjusted a bit depending on
what's going on in SL Webhead Land. Listen links and text chat at
http://edtechtalk.com/ If there's interest
amongst those that will be unavailable at that time, we can schedule a part#2
later in the day."
EFL Bridges (http://www.eflbridges.net) announced its
'World Conversation Club' on Sunday, Nov 26 2006 morning
(6.00am-8.00am GMT - the announcement says 8:00 am - 10:00 am but
no time zone is given, so double-check). The Skypecast location is
https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=4704
Check to see if it meets Wednesday (15.00-17.00 GMT). You
can find details on how to join the Skypecasts on the site, with links usually
a couple of days before they start. They are being werbcast too now, so people
who want to listen and don't wish to take part in the Skypecast can do so using
the stream at World Bridges (http://www.worldbridges.net) and also at
EFL Bridges.
Sunday, Nov 26 2006 Webheads in Action/Writing for Webheads:
World friendship thru lang. learning 12:00-14:00 GMT ; meets at
http://www.tappedin.org/ and decides
what to do from there. This time we went into Second Life again: Candy wrote: I
do want to share the photos I took today. I tried to get some photos of us
dancing but couldn't get us all twirling at the same time. Only Vance seems to
look the best with his arms up in the air. It's too bad I couldn't capture the
movements with a video recorder. :-) I posted the photos on my web site. The
newest page from today's activity is at this URL:
http://henry.sandi.net/staff/cpauchni/Webhd2.html
Last week's activities are at this link:
http://henry.sandi.net/staff/cpauchni/Webhd2LF.html
Thanks, everyone, for making the SL learning experience so enjoyable. Candy
Pauchnick (Pafiki Paravane in SL)
- Baldric posts a most compleat report: there were lots of fruitful
meetings at the Webheads hut in Edunation today - I received 4 messages from
the automatic chat recorder, which I'll be posting to
http://www.webheadsinaction.org,
along with some new photos that I took when I eventually arrived. I caught the
tail end of the meeting I think, but was able to hold a very fruitful clothes
swapping session with SusNy Foss, Pafiki Paravane, Yaodong Yost, Dom DaSilva,
and Sue Aferdita. Later, Wonderalica Alturas and Pedro Lustre showed up, and we
tried out the free automatic translation tool 'Babbler'. Then, Pedro, who in RL
(Real Life) is a history teacher in Spain, asked whether I could show him the
presentation facilities, so we teleported to the Edunation Seminar Room and I
ran through the Teenage Language Learning Island Project I showed the week
before. We were joined by Fire Centaur, an ESL teacher in Korea, just as I got
started. I must admit, with a smaller group, it went smoother, and there were
lots of interesting ideas as a result. For one, Fire Centaur seems to be highly
motivated to start teaching in SL, and he was inspired by my presentation to
start up a new SL group called 'ESL Go' to brainstorm ways of teaching and
learning English. I recommend that anyone who's interested in this, contact
Fire Centaur and join the group - He set us all homework for next week - to
prepare a lesson plan for next week, and we're going to meet again to present
our ideas. I also recommended he give us a presentation about how he plans to
use the new island that he is setting up with a colleague of his on the adult
grid (with ESL teaching in mind) - he seemed to want to get in touch with other
ESL teachers who might want to do the same and join the project. Next week, he
said he will be giving anyone who wants to a session on how to set up a comic
book for ESL learners, so IM him soon if you are interested. Just as we were
finishing off, Bee Kerouac turned up, followed by Johan Jaxa and Karsten Pace.
Johan blogged about last week's presentation here
http://elgg.net/jjongstra/weblog/139871.html
.This led to a conversation about elgg, and how people are using it. Then I had
to leave, but the others were still going strong when I said my goodbyes...
Until the next time, Baldric (Graham)
Graham Stanley will be in Second Life in the Webheads hut on
Thursday Nov 30th at 21.GMT. He writes, "I'll be waiting
for you to come on line and will offer you a teleport, and then we can explore.
I can also give you a repeat of the presentation I gave if you like. I'm also
happy to say that the project to build an island on the Teen Grid, as a self
access centre for English language learners has been given the green light.
Myself, and a colleague from the British Council, Barcelona (Kyle Mawer, who
will be one of the co-moderators of the Digital Games & Language Learning
EVO in 2007) will be starting to set up shop there just as soon as the space
materialises. I'll let you know more soon. Best regards, Graham" Others hoping
to join in include Dennis Newson, Yaodong Chen, and Candace Pauchnick.
Sophie writes that in Cyprus "Saturday (2nd December) we have a
conference on "Online Teacher Communities". There will be guest speakers from
abroad and workgroups will also present on their pilot projects. When I
realised that a number of workgroups hadn't had positive results, I was
concerned as I believe that we should give the teachers a number of positive
examples. My survey had positive results, but I have asked for some time in the
conference programme for a chance to bring some of you there (virtually) so
that conference delegates will have a chance to hear, directly from you, your
experiences of belonging to an online teacher community. I think that your
positive experiences can overcome the potential stress or fear which may exist.
I would be so very grateful if some of you could attend. This will be on
Saturday 2nd December at about 12:15 (GMT+2). We have only been
given 15 minutes so even if only a few of you could come, it would make a big
difference
Dec 8 - Dec 10: The First Annual Knowplace (S)Knowfest (Offered
in knowplace http://knowplace.ca)
Facilitator: Elderbob Brannan The (s)Knowfest is a holiday extravaganza of
e-collboration. A potpouri of seasonal sensations, the fest will involve
special Holiday messages to all participants and/or co-hosts, a self-generated,
collaborative holiday cookbook, a place to post special notes about cultural
differences in the way we all celebrate this season, and tips for teachers on
how to approach this time of wonder in the year. This is our Knowplace way of
saying goodbye to a very interesting year, and getting ready to start a new
one.
Michael writes on Christmas Eve:
Webheads are always doing things or getting recognised in ways that deserve
congratulations. But Elizabeth HS deserves special congratulations for being
the first non-Australian/NZ Webhead to visit Australia since the Webhead
community was formed. Elizabeth arrived in Australia about a week ago and has
been in Adelaide for the last few days. It has been a real pleasure to spend
time with her (and her partner Jack) again - we first met a few years ago in
California - http://users.chariot.net.au/~michaelc/webmeet.htm.
Yesterday we went driving out to the Barossa Valley, (http://www.barossa.com/site/page.cfm)
the famous Australian wine producing region, and Elizabeth tried to find the
right balance between sampling enough wine and still being able to drive the
car back again. And she managed it - no mean feat considering she also had to
remember to keep on the left hand side of the road. Some pix at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89165847@N00/sets/72157594435458858/
More Webhead Christmas and New Years elfomorphoses and etc can be
seen at http://happywebhead2006-7.pbwiki.com/.
On Dec. 28 Fire Centaur in Korea introduced
us to his classroom in Second Life. He posted his invitation on the
secondlifelanguages@yahoogroups.com list:
I am Paul Preibisch in RL. I am an ESL teacher in South Korea - but am
originally from Vancouver Canada. For the past two months I have been
researching how to teacher English in SL. I have created a blog at
http://eslteacherlink.co.kr/wordpress/ There, I report my findings and
experience in SL.
Two weeks ago, I purchased an Island in SL and named it English
Village. My aims are:
- To help promote Second Life (and virtual worlds) as a tool for
teaching English.
- Provide a positive environment for teachers and students where the
barriers of geography, race, and prejudices are reduced (to zero hopefully)
- Develop and pioneer (along with collaborating educators) a new way
of delivering education - in a virtual 3d world!
- Develop some sort of way to make money to support my research, and
hopefully retire to a RL island of my own someday!!!!
Anyhow, this endeavor has taken a lot of my time in RL - learning how
to build/script/ develop teaching materials, connecting with others/ networking
etc. but - I AM LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!!!!!
-- Good news is - the fruits of my labors will be displayed this
Thursday - December 28th at 8pm GMT+9 time - I am teaching a class to - a few
students. If you would like to come and get a sneak peak of the island before
the lesson - you can teleport at 7pm, and I will show you around.
Please be warned though - English Village is not complete yet- and
everything is still VERY EXPERIMENTAL! So don't expect an amazing place- its
just the start! Anyhow, I would love to see you there. If you do come at 8pm,
though, you'll have to act as a student - cuz that is lesson time. 7pm will be
the tour time.
Cheers See you soon! Fire.
Due to the earthquake in Taiwan Dec 26 (with Aiden and her family
shaking 21 floors up in a condo in Kaoshung) which damaged optical cables laid
beneath the sea, email was disrupted from the area for days afterwards. Yaodong
reached me on IM and got me to announce the event on the Webheads list but
there was confusion over the time. On the day, Yaodong messaged me again and
said it was happening, he was in touch with Venny who was there, but Second
Life had chosen that moment to be non-responsive and he couldn't get in. I
couldn't either because I was at my office where SL is blocked. But Venny was
there, and Venny is a pretty astute guy, and there are other astute folks in
Webheads, such as Jeff Lebow, who recently let me piggyback on his SL session
using Webhuddle, https://www.webhuddle.com/. So I reached
Venny on YM and asked him to start a session. Webhuddle is so cool. It's fast,
it's free, and it's a thin client only 125 kb from your RAM, that runs on
Webhuddle servers while in session, and it allows screen sharing. Venny was
able to start a 'meeting' in minutes and send me the URL, plus his email and
password, which enabled me to join the 'meeting' and follow Venny's desktop
while Fire conducted his class in Second Life. At one point, Venny mentioned in
SL that I was monitoring the proceedings from his desktop because I was unable
to physically (virtually??) be 'in world'. Fire then addressed me, "Hi Vance,
why can't you get here?" I could not respond in SL, so I told Venny in IM to
tell Fire that I was unable to connect to SL from my office. We could actually
all have been in Ventrillo or Skype at the time and have been talking together.
In any event, I think the episode illustrates the power of Web 2.0 to pull
people together in ways unimaginable; that is, we can't imagine what we can do
with the tools until we start using them to the point where intuition takes
over. Incidentally, I was in my office at the time working on an article on
Second Life which I posted here:
http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/papers/metsmac/metsmac_secondlife.htm
and in which I used another screen shot from this session, like the one
below:
Fire sent us a complete report of his session and since we're not
chopping down trees to publish here ...
Hello Everyone!
I just wanted to give a big thank you to everyone who attended the
First Event at English Village at the SLURL:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/English%20Village/70/6/45/?x=500&y=500&img=http%3A//www.eslteacherlink.co.kr/secondlife/englishvillage.jpg&title=English%20Village&msg=Welcome%20to%20English%20Village
Thanks so much for attending. That is really too bad you couldn't make
it Vance. I wish I could have been of more help - but I was busy running around
the island coordinating the event!!! Good job in getting the Webhuddle working
- very unintuitive. Over the next few months Ill try and get a skypecast feed
shoutcasting into SL - that might be one way in connecting the outside world to
the grid.
Meeting notes (transcripts) can be found at:
http://eslteacherlink.co.kr/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=71&board=21.0
Summary of session (excerpted from Fire's report, full version here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evonline2002_webheads/message/14435)
- I learned a few tricks along the way - A greeter robot I installed
for instance, informed me of each new arrivals at the telehub. This enabled me
to quickly do a people search when people came to the island, and teleport them
to the classroom.
- I guess it would have been easier to place the telehub IN the
actual classroom, but I wanted my guests to see the nice mountains and cherry
blossoms in the background!
- I had my trusty friend Yoda (my shoulder puppet) at my disposal, so
he facilitated who would talk and when. This was very helpful during the
introduction phase.
- After everyone introduced themselves (about 10 of us) I gave a
brief demonstration of the tools I have collected and placed in the classrooms
of English Village. These included:
- A Chalkboard that you can type on
- Two white boards that can accept PowerPoint Files
- A Laser Pointer
- A Shoulder Puppet that you can use to facilitate the
lesson
- A rollable dice which could be launched into the air. It was
especially fun, when someone would sit on it - as they would be launched into
the air as well!
- Unfortunately, I never had a chance to show some additional tools
I have set up on the information Kiosks around the island: These were armed
with *** An Email Drop box *** A Homework Submitter *** A Skype-me Now Button
After the dice fun, I launched into the lesson about "Getting what
you want in SL - using Would, Can, and Do"
- After a few Powerpoint slides, I assigned a task: "Fly around the
island, find 3 tents and collect 6 food items." In these tents, there would be
one or two teachers who would ask her: "What would you like?" Angelica was to
answer: "I would like a _______." Or, "Can I have some ______?"
- I assigned the teachers at the seminar a tent, and hurried
instructions on what they were to do. They then all left the classroom, and
flew to their assigned tents
- After 15 minutes, I sent an event notice to return to the
Classroom - and Teleported everyone back
- There we discussed the days activities. There were a lot of
interesting issues raised - such as - classroom rules, different esl and sl
groups and other topics (see class notes for more details)
The best result of this - is that people came. A community is starting
to form. What I stressed in my introduction was- "Your successes, are my
successes, and vice versa." ANd I truly believe that! ... SL is a fascinating
environment . Its going to take a while before we all become efficient in using
this new tool - but day by day - we can do it! That's why I built English
Village - so that we can learn together, and deliver education in the VR world.
Currently, I am working on building more classrooms on the island, and
stocking each one with the tools I have discovered that have educational merit.
Kip Yellow Jacket, of Esl in Second life, will start teaching on the island
next week. He is renting a permanent office from me.
If you are interested in obtaining your own classroom on the island,
equipped with the tools you need to get started, please read my "Getting a
classroom FAQ"
http://eslteacherlink.co.kr/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=71&topic=5.0
I hope that you will use the forums I have set up - I am really keen on
using SL for education - so I will be constantly updating my blog: at
http://www.eslteacherlink.co.kr
and also the forums.
Worldbridges New Year 2007 Webcastathon For many of the remaining hours
of 2006, we will be webcasting live - speaking with as many people as possible
about the a variety of topics and reflecting on the year that was and the year
ahead. We've scheduled a Webheads session at 1300GMT Sunday Dec.
31, but would be glad to schedule more sessions by popular demand and
everyone is welcome to join in at any time. We'll be posting a more detailed
schedule of topics and guests later today. We are also creating a Global Audio
Time Capsule again this year. All are welcome to add their reflections (text
and/or audio) at:
http://worldbridges.net/node/add/content_user_reflection
You can record an mp3 and post a link to it or use the Worldbridges My Chingo
(on the right column menu). Thanks for being such a wonderful part of my 2006
and looking forward to lots of Webheads webcasting fun in 2007.
Sunday, Dec 31, 2006 Webheads in Action/Writing for Webheads:
World friendship thru lang. learning 12:00-14:00 GMT ; meets at
http://www.tappedin.org/ and decides
what to do from there. See
http://sites.hsprofessional.com/vstevens/files/efi/software.htm
to fathom more possibilities. In case we're Skypecasting, visit
http://www.skypecast.com and find us in
what's On Now or Starting Soon.
- EFL Bridges (http://www.eflbridges.net) holds its
'World Conversation Club' on Sunday mornings (7.00am GMT).
A special event has been announced for this New
Year's Eve. You can find details on how to join the Skypecasts
on the site, with links usually a couple of days before they start. They are
being werbcast too now, so people who want to listen and don't wish to take
part in the Skypecast can do so using the stream at World Bridges (http://www.worldbridges.net) and also at
EFL Bridges.
- Each Sunday midnight GMTor at a time announced on a
week by week basis at http://edtechtalk.com/, there is a webcast
hosted by Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier, at Worldbridges, or
http://worldbridges.com/livewire/
Our most recent chat is the one above
^
Webheads 2006-7
Seasons Greetings are here: http://happywebhead2006-7.pbwiki.com/
Our next online chat is never any later than this coming
Sunday, noon GMT (for about 2 hours on Sunday, 1 hour or so on Saturday).
What time is that where you are? Check:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html
What will happen when we meet? Who knows? (Just about anything!)
But click here to get an idea. Meet us at Tapped
In, http://www.tappedin.org
There is a schedule of other ongoing online events here:
http://www.vancestevens.com/online_events.htm
You are welcome to join us at any of the
locations given at the top of this page!
If you have photos of any f2f meetings with Webheads,
please post them to our WebHeads f2f site at
http://webheads-f2f.pbwiki.com/
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