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This is the handout for my presentation at TESOL Arabia 2006 (what's below, that is)

My powerpoint presentation from TESOL Arabia conference March 30, 2006 is here
http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/papers/tesol/ppot/tacon2006.ppt

Effective strategies for applying multiliteracies in collaborative learning environments

Vance Stevens Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi March 2006
Foundation Computing, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
vstevens @ pi.ac.ae

Presented on March 30, 2005

at the12th International TESOL Arabia Conference March 29-31, 2006 in Dubai, UAE http://tesolarabia.org/conf2006/

A WEBCAST of a previous version of this presentation is available

The webcast was made at the METSMaC Conference “Making Connections”
in Abu Dhabi, 16 March 2006
at the Beach Rotana & Towers Hotel Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates

The webcast was made 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.
The recording of the session is here: http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=1166662
https://www.elluminate.com/site/pmtg.jnlp?psid=d1286676550.403274

The METSMaC version of the PPT Slide presentation is here

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

Intended playlist for the presentation:

Good for making friends of professional contacts … http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/chat2005/chat2005.htm#elderparty_marquee

Manifistations in the Curriculum

Randy Meredith’s Podogogy http://www.podagogy.com/pedagogy.html

Michael Coghlan:

Other content managers

Web 2.0

Links to lists of tools:

Some I use

Tony Vincent’s http://www.learninginhand.com/


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