INTERNET FAIR, APPLICATIONS FAIR, EV MINI-WORKSHOPS, and DEVELOPERS' SHOWCASE

You are invited to submit a proposal for participation in one or more of these TESOL 2006 CALL Interest Section Special Events, according to the guidelines below. Submit a separate proposal for each demonstration you wish to be considered for. You are welcome to submit proposals to more than one event, and it is possible to have more than one proposal accepted (depending on space availability and quality of the submission). Windows and Macintosh equipment will be available at no charge, along with CD ROM drives, Internet connections, and (for the Showcase only) projection equipment. Plan to bring a minimum of 100 handouts per Fair/Showcase acceptance slot since these are very popular events!

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE FAIRS:

Presenters have approximately 20-30 minutes to demonstrate their material. Participants walk around the EV, dropping in and out of demonstrations, thus precluding highly structured presentations. A demonstration may be repeated a second time (an additional 20 to 25 minutes), if interest warrants and space allows.

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MINI-WORKSHOPS:

One presenter introduces a topic to a small group of workshop participants. The workshop is "hands-on."

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE SHOWCASE:

There is one presenter at a time, demonstrating her/his program. Seating is provided for the audience.

INTERNET FAIR

WHAT IS IT? The Internet Fair is a TESOL event intended for demonstrations by teachers or teacher-developers who have used Internet-based programs, websites, or activities with students. Demonstrations may highlight student projects, activities or curriculum created for students or educators. (The websites do not have to be created by the teacher/presenter.)

Examples:

• Email projects
• Lesson plan archives for teachers
• Vocabulary worksheets using an online thesaurus
• Skimming/scanning activities using a local movie theater webpage
• Research/writing exercises for investigating Internet hoaxes

Please submit your proposal(s) for the Internet Fair online using the Special Events Proposal Form.

APPLICATIONS FAIR

WHAT IS IT?

The Applications Fair is an event for teachers to share how they use different types of software - in innovative, clever, or just plain efficient ways - in English instruction or assessment during in-class or out-of-class activities. In the past, teachers/presenters have shown how they have used prepackaged language learning software such as Focus on Grammar, Word Attack, Testmaster, Grolier Encyclopedia, or Phraze Craze for improving skills in vocabulary, reading, writing, and speaking & understanding. Teachers have also demonstrated effective and adaptive uses of applications not specifically designed for ESL or other language use such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Yahoo! Groups.

Examples:

• Using Microsoft Word's comment feature for writing feedback
• Using Excel to teach budgeting finances as a life skill
• Using PowerPoint for students' classroom presentations
• Using Yahoo! Groups for developing class communication
• Using HyperStudio to illustrate students' descriptive writing
• Using Grolier Encyclopedia with vocabulary worksheets

Please submit your proposal(s) for the Applications Fair online using the Special Events Proposal Form.

EV MINI-WORKSHOPS

WHAT IS IT?

The EV Mini-workshops are intended to be limited seating events for hands-on workshops where participants will gain experience in adaptation of standard software for CALL purposes. Participants will have the opportunity to create a product or gain depth in use of software. Examples:

• Using iMovie
• Working with audio and/or video
• Working with Discussion Boards
• Using BBEdit(Mac) to create and upload HTML files
• Setting up a mailing list with Yahoo! Groups
• Learning how to MOO
• Using Hot Potatoes to create online quizzes
• Using Excel for grade calculations

PROPOSALS

Please submit your proposal(s) for the EV Mini-workshops online using the Special Events Proposal Form.

DEVELOPERS' SHOWCASE

WHAT IS IT?

The Developers' Showcase is one of several ways in which the CALL-IS disseminates information about computers and computer-assisted instruction to the ESL/EFL professional community. The Showcase provides an opportunity for the designers of ESL/EFL software to display their work, and for potential users, software developers, and marketers to examine and react to it. We especially welcome projects produced by teachers for their own students or projects produced under development grants.

This Showcase includes materials in the following two categories:

1. disk-based software, including floppy-disk, hard disk, and CD-ROMs.
2. web-based software, including both programs that can be accessed directly from the web and those that can be downloaded.

The following types of software are not acceptable for the Showcase:

• Software that is already contracted with a publisher
• Software that has been offered for sale independently, or which the presenter plans to sell independently, including by subscription or as shareware
• Software given away free to promote a commercial interest

Please submit your proposal(s) for the Developers' Showcase online using the Special Events Proposal Form or contact Sookhee Kim Plotkin directly at sookhee.plotkin@pgcps.org.