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2010 Conference Program

NWALLT / SWALLT Conference 2010: Sustainable Language Learning Technology

Session descriptions

Friday, October 15

1:00–5:00 p.m.

Workshop: Authoring with ANVILL (1–5 p.m.) – Language Lab (Library 33)

Tauno Hogue, University of Oregon

Jeff Magoto, University of Oregon

Ginny White, University of Oregon

Workshop: Moodle and Beyond:  Online Language Learning and Communication Tools (1–3 p.m.) – Library 17

Mary Bucy, Western Oregon University

Jonan Donaldson, Western Oregon University

Alexis Smith, Western Oregon University

Workshop: Digital Storytelling (3–5 p.m.) – Library 17

Felix Kronenberg, Rhodes College

5:00–6:30 p.m.

Reception and opening remarks – Vollum Lounge

6:30 p.m.

Informal small-group dinners

Saturday, October 16

7:45–8:30 a.m.

Welcome and breakfast – Vollum Lounge

Gray Campus Center C/D

Eliot 314

8:30–9:10 a.m.

Dynamic Assessment in Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication

Parviz Birjandi, Islamic Azad University

Video Projects in the ESL Classroom

David Martin, Intensive American Language Center, Washington State University

9:15–10:15 a.m.

Spanish as a Second Language: Learning and Teaching in Context

Ona Aliaj, Portland State University

Sarah Bentley, Portland Community College

Eva Nuñez, Portland State University

Javier Fernandez, Portland State University

Providing Cultural Experience: Multimedia DVD Program for Spoken Japanese

Masayuki Itomitsu, Linfield College

Report on the 9th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference

Trevor Shanklin, LARC, San Diego State University

10:15–10:30 a.m.

Break

Gray Campus Center C/D

Eliot 314

10:30–11:10 a.m.

Using Wikis for Collaborative Writing: Revisions and Division of Labor

Nike Arnold, Portland State University

Using Corpus to Teach Vocabulary

Luciana Diniz, Portland Community College

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Sustainable Support of Language Programs:  Using Learner Web to Orient, Train, and Educate

Errin Beck, Portland State University

Alexandria Cesar, Portland State University

Stephen Reder, Portland State University

Judy Reed, Portland State University

Darbra Smith, Portland State University

Fashion (Victims): A Translinguistic/Transcultural Discussion of Fashion in Contemporary Music Videos

William Heidenfeldt, University of California, Berkeley

Integrating Meaningful Technologies into the World Language Classroom

Kathleen McKain, Saint Martin’s University

iPads for Language Learning:  A Pilot of HISP 101 Digital Course Materials

Bridget Yaden, Pacific Lutheran University

12:15–1:15 p.m.

Lunch and board meetings – Vollum Lounge

Gray Campus Center C/D

Eliot 314

1:15–1:55 p.m.

Development and Utilization of Learner Corpora  in Foreign Language Teaching

Olesya Kisselev, Portland State University

Anna Yatsenko, Portland State University

Using Low-Cost Video Technology for Language Teaching and Assessment

Uri Horesh, Franklin & Marshall College

2:00–3:00 p.m.

Doing a Number On It: Going Crazy with the Blackboard and Embracing Moodle en español

Kyle Cramer, University of Puget Sound

Pepa Lago-Grana, University of Puget Sound

Brendan Lanctot, University of Puget Sound

Harry Velez-Quinones, University of Puget Sound

Unveiling a New E-learning Site for Interpretation and Translation

Masami Nishishiba, Portland State University

Yoichi Sato, Portland State University

Markus Weltin, Portland State University

Patricia Wetzel, Portland State University

3:00–3:20 p.m.

Break

Gray Campus Center C/D

Eliot 314

3:20–4:00 p.m.

Harnessing Collaborative Tools to Enhance Online Language Courses

Cari Jiménez, Columbia Southern University

Lights, Camera, Action! Using Student-Made Video for Evaluation of Oral Communicative Skills

Katya Nemtchinova, Seattle Pacific University

WordChamp at Willamette

Maria Delgado, Willamette University

Natalia Shevchenko, Willamette University

Patricia Varas, Willamette University

4:05–4:45 p.m.

International Broadcast and Video: Supply On-Demand

Erica Andree, Pacific University

Five Home-Grown Language Placement Tests Administered Through Blackboard

Peter Janssens, Georgetown University

4:50–5:30 p.m.

The WMF (Wiki, Moodle, Facebook) Smackdown

Eloise Ariza-Rodriguez, Intensive American Language Center, Washington State University

David Martin, Intensive American Language Center, Washington State University

Jeff Nelson, Intensive American Language Center, Washington State University

Integrating Film Clips into the Curriculum

Mark Kaiser, University of California, Berkeley

5:30 p.m.

Informal conversation, departures, and small-group dinners

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