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7th Virtual Round Table Web Conference 25-27 April 2014

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7th Virtual Round Table Web Conference on language learning technologies 25-27 April 2014 Come, join us, for this annual highlight, a 3-day web conference for language educators.  Some 74 presenters in 66 sessions are going to present, discuss and conduct

Welcome to day 2 of the Virtual Round Table Web Conference

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 12pm GMT 1pm London, 2pm Paris, 9pm Tokyo, 8am New York Welcome by the Conference Organizers, recap of day 1 and overview of highlights of Saturday’s program

Débora Tebovich: Using instructional video and more …

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 1pm GMT 2pm London, 3pm Paris, 10pm Tokyo, 9am New York, 10am Buenos Aires Designing effective lessons can be challenging when we strongly believe in personalized learning, even in one to one teaching scenarios.

Nelba Quintana: How to help teachers use technology in their classes

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 1:30pm GMT 2:30pm London, 3:30pm Paris, 10:30pm Tokyo, 9:30am New York, 10:30am Buenos Aires  Argentina does not belong to the first world. My country is young and considered a developing one. The Argentinian government

Networking Event

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 2:00pm GMT 3pm London, 4pm Paris, 11pm Tokyo, 10am New York, 11am Buenos Aires This session is all about you! We would like to do some 'speed-networking' and an informal chat to find out

Susana Canelo: Conectar Igualdad

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 2:30pm GMT 3:30pm London, 4:30pm Paris, 11:30pm Tokyo, 10:30am New York, 11:30am Buenos Aires In Argentina a pioneering 1:1 technology integration program called Conectar Igualdad is rapidly transforming the educational system. Conectar Igualdad is

Sandra Rogers: MMORGs for Language Learning

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Room MERLIN Livestream World Clock at 4:30pm GMT 5:30pm London, 6:30pm Paris, 1:30am Tokyo, 12:30pm New York What empirical evidence exists as to the efficacy of gaming as an instructional strategy? More specifically, how can massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORGs)

Shiv Rajendran: Virtual Worlds – What’s new?

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Room MERLIN Livestream World Clock Sat 5pm GMT 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 1am Tokyo (Sun), 12pm New York This presentation runs though a range of current applications of virtual worlds for language training discussing changes in teaching practice, technology, utilisation and

Russell Mayne: A guide to pseudo-science in English language teaching

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Room TRISTAN World Clock Sat 5pm GMT, 6pm London, 7pm Paris, 2am Tokyo (Sun), 1pm New York This talk will focus on aspects of English language teaching which have little or no scientific credibility. Practices such as neuro-linguistic programming, learning styles,

Leo Selivan Quizlet: more than just flashcards

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Room AVALON World Clock Sat 5pm GMT, 6pm London, 7pm Paris, 2am Tokyo (Sun), 1pm New York Quizlet is an online tool and mobile app for creating flashcards. The standard format for vocabulary flashcards is a word or term on one

Joel Josephson: European project Video for ALL

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 6:30pm GMT 7:30pm London, 8:30pm Paris, 3:30am Tokyo (Sun), 2:30pm New York Today is the video age, with many possibilities for integrating video in to language learning. Language learning is a multisensory process and

Theodora Papapanagiotou: We are on air!

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 7pm GMT 8pm London, 9pm Paris, 4am Tokyo (Sun), 3pm New York Theodora Papapanagiotou: We are on air!  Started as a fun video among students, turned out to be a cultural video exchange for

Philip Gienandt, LinguaTV: Expand Your Teaching with Edutainment

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 8:30pm GMT 9:30pm London, 10:30pm Paris, 5:30am Tokyo (Sun), 4:30pm New York Philip Gienandt, LinguaTV, Germany Expand Your Teaching with Edutainment Internet-based videos and serious games can be an ideal supplement to both traditional

Stefanie Fieber-Grandits: vidusign

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 8pm GMT 9pm London, 10pm Paris, 5am Tokyo (Sun), 4pm New York Stefanie Fieber-Grandits: vidusign - a project for video education and sign language The European Vidusign project will explore the creative use of video

Teresa MacKinnon: Video for language learning

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 9pm GMT, 10pm London, 11pm Paris, 6am Tokyo (Sun), 5pm New York Teresa MacKinnon: Video for language learning Current trends and challenges to including digital video as part of the language teaching and learning

Heike Philp: CAMELOT and the mists of AVALON

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 10pm GMT 11pm London, 12pm Paris, 7am Tokyo (Sun), 6pm New York Learn how to create your own 3D animated video! This is the goal of the newly granted EU funded project called CAMELOT, which

Jo Gakonga: Making great screencast videos – some helpful tips

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 10:30pm GMT 11:30pm London, 12:30pm Paris, 7:30am Tokyo (Sun), 6:30pm New York Jo Gakonga: Making great screencast videos - some helpful tips Screencast videos (voiced-over videos made with a computer and showing whatever appears on

David Deubelbeiss: EnglishCentral

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Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sat 11pm GMT 12pm London, 1pm Paris, 8am Tokyo (Sun), 7pm New York EnglishCentral David Deubelbeiss is a professor, educational consultant and teacher trainer currently at the Schulich School of Education, Nipissing University, North Bay, Canada. He