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Vance Stevens on Learning2gether streamed live online from Al Ain Men's College UAE

Learning2gether — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:01:00 +0000

Learning2gether classroots weekly online professional development

This session is one of several being held this week at Al Ain Men's College (AAMC) as part of an in-house professional development week.

Description of event:

Learning2gether is a wiki which, since September 2010, has served to organize teachers in meeting online at regular times weekly to conduct free “class-roots” professional development seminars and discuss topics of mutual interest to teachers of ESOL in particular and educators in general. Presenters and participants range from expert to those merely interested in the topics. Participants come from all over the world, but from its inception there has been an effort to involve teaching practitioners in Arab countries through coordination with the TESOL Arabia TAEDTECH-SIG. Sessions are recorded, and a growing archive of recorded resources is accumulating at the associated podcast site. This session will introduce teachers to the endeavor and invite them to become involved.

Hangout recording

Webheads in Action recording archive:

http://webheadsinaction.org/vance-stevens-learning2gether-streamed-live-online-al-ain-mens-college-uae

Place:

We will attempt to set the event up online in Google+ Hangout (look for VanceStev Hangout or find URL below)
https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/a65de0abd3ae49e96232e52b82d7b5bac0e4e33a?hl=en
Find stream and Etherpad with more information at http://webheadsinaction.org/live

What:

This event is being organized live at Al Ain Men's College (AAMC) in Al Ain, UAE

The plan (assuming robust Internet and that April Fools does not intervene) is to:

Set up live and face-to-face at AAMC for the appointed session
Start a Hangout in Google +
Put the URL of that Hangout here: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/a65de0abd3ae49e96232e52b82d7b5bac0e4e33a?hl=en
Stream it live online at http://webheadsinaction.org/live
Post the recording at http://learning2gether.posterous.com

Participants will be able to listen to the live stream on http://webheadsinaction.org/live

Anyone can interact as well in this live text chat at http://etherpad.mit.edu/CzKEv1s6wM

Announcements:

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Jim Buckingham and Vance Stevens discuss relevance of "badge" systems for promoting PD amongst teachers both locally and globally7

Learning2gether — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:54:00 +0000

Recording

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate
mp3 (forthcoming)

Where? Elluminate http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/

What? Jim's notes: http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/245

Topics include

online PD: why it doesn't seem to be taking off in UAE;
current issues in IT?
Some participants might want to discuss the recent TESOL Conference in Dallas, an unprecedented number of sessions at which were recorded. Archives exist here:
- http://learning2gether.posterous.com/learning2gether-from-live-events-webcast-from
- http://callis2013.pbworks.com/
Badges idea .. could it work and how?

James's vision of all of this? "some sort of online community or even course (a la Coursera) where skills are learned by someone .. but vetted by an x number of peers, with the badge earned via successful peer review, and posting of the evidence supporting the application for a badge .. somewhere on the internet .. so others can learn from it.. and perhaps even build upon it."

Some brainstorming ideas:

Sunday, November 11, 2012 - Jonathan Finkelstein - walked us through Learning Times Badgestack
- http://learning2gether.posterous.com/jonathan-finkelstein-walks-us-through-learnin
- http://badgestack.com/
Doug Belshaw:
Peter Rawsthorne
- http://www.slideshare.net/prawsthorne/mozilla-open-badges-14035618
- YouTube
  - Bootleg mp3
    - Direct link to play or download:
    - Folder view if you can't download from above link, or to see what else is there
      https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zigqsferdglze12/nwlvbo3ZE2/bootlegMP3

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Jim Buckingham and Vance Stevens discuss relevance of "badge" systems for promoting PD amongst teachers both locally and globally7

Learning2gether — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:54:00 +0000

Recording

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate
mp3 (forthcoming)

Where? Elluminate http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/

What? Jim's notes: http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/245

Topics include

online PD: why it doesn't seem to be taking off in UAE;
current issues in IT?
Some participants might want to discuss the recent TESOL Conference in Dallas, an unprecedented number of sessions at which were recorded. Archives exist here:
- http://learning2gether.posterous.com/learning2gether-from-live-events-webcast-from
- http://callis2013.pbworks.com/
Badges idea .. could it work and how?

Some brainstorming ideas:

Sunday, November 11, 2012 - Jonathan Finkelstein - walked us through Learning Times Badgestack
- http://learning2gether.posterous.com/jonathan-finkelstein-walks-us-through-learnin
- http://badgestack.com/
Doug Belshaw:
Peter Rawsthorne
- http://www.slideshare.net/prawsthorne/mozilla-open-badges-14035618
- YouTube
  - Bootleg mp3
    - Direct link to play or download:
    - Folder view if you can't download from above link, or to see what else is there
      https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zigqsferdglze12/nwlvbo3ZE2/bootlegMP3

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Jim Buckingham and Vance Stevens discuss relevance of "badge" systems for promoting PD amongst teachers both locally and globally7

Learning2gether — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:54:00 +0000

Recording

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate
mp3 (forthcoming)

Where? Elluminate http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/

What? Jim's notes: http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/245

Topics include

online PD: why it doesn't seem to be taking off in UAE;
current issues in IT?
Some participants might want to discuss the recent TESOL Conference in Dallas, an unprecedented number of sessions at which were recorded. Archives exist here:
- http://learning2gether.posterous.com/learning2gether-from-live-events-webcast-from
- http://callis2013.pbworks.com/
Badges idea .. could it work and how?

Some brainstorming ideas:

Sunday, November 11, 2012 - Jonathan Finkelstein - walked us through Learning Times Badgestack
- http://learning2gether.posterous.com/jonathan-finkelstein-walks-us-through-learnin
- http://badgestack.com/
Doug Belshaw:
Peter Rawsthorne
- http://www.slideshare.net/prawsthorne/mozilla-open-badges-14035618
- YouTube
  - Bootleg mp3
    - Direct link to play or download:
    - Folder view if you can't download from above link, or to see what else is there
      https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zigqsferdglze12/nwlvbo3ZE2/bootlegMP3

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Jim Buckingham and Vance Stevens discuss relevance of "badge" systems for promoting PD amongst teachers both locally and globally7

Learning2gether — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:54:00 +0000

Recording

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate
mp3 (forthcoming)

Where? Elluminate http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/

What? Jim's notes: http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/245

Topics include

online PD: why it doesn't seem to be taking off in UAE;
current issues in IT?
Some participants might want to discuss the recent TESOL Conference in Dallas, an unprecedented number of sessions at which were recorded. Archives exist here:
- http://learning2gether.posterous.com/learning2gether-from-live-events-webcast-from
- http://callis2013.pbworks.com/
Badges idea .. could it work and how?

Some brainstorming ideas:

Sunday, November 11, 2012 - Jonathan Finkelstein - walked us through Learning Times Badgestack
- http://learning2gether.posterous.com/jonathan-finkelstein-walks-us-through-learnin
- http://badgestack.com/
Doug Belshaw:
Peter Rawsthorne
- http://www.slideshare.net/prawsthorne/mozilla-open-badges-14035618
- YouTube
  - Bootleg mp3
    - Direct link to play or download:
    - Folder view if you can't download from above link, or to see what else is there
      https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zigqsferdglze12/nwlvbo3ZE2/bootlegMP3

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Jim Buckingham and Vance Stevens discuss relevance of "badge" systems for promoting PD amongst teachers both locally and globally7

Learning2gether — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:54:00 +0000

Recording

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate
mp3 (forthcoming)

Where? Elluminate http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/

What? Jim's notes: http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/245

Topics include

online PD: why it doesn't seem to be taking off in UAE;
current issues in IT?
Some participants might want to discuss the recent TESOL Conference in Dallas, an unprecedented number of sessions at which were recorded. Archives exist here:
- http://learning2gether.posterous.com/learning2gether-from-live-events-webcast-from
- http://callis2013.pbworks.com/
Badges idea .. could it work and how?

Some brainstorming ideas:

Sunday, November 11, 2012 - Jonathan Finkelstein - walked us through Learning Times Badgestack
- http://learning2gether.posterous.com/jonathan-finkelstein-walks-us-through-learnin
- http://badgestack.com/
Doug Belshaw:
Peter Rawsthorne
- http://www.slideshare.net/prawsthorne/mozilla-open-badges-14035618
- YouTube
  - Bootleg mp3
    - Direct link to play or download:
    - Folder view if you can't download from above link, or to see what else is there
      https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zigqsferdglze12/nwlvbo3ZE2/bootlegMP3

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Learning2gether from live events webcast from TESOL 2013 in Dallas March 21-23

Learning2gether — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:23:00 +0000

March 21-23, Learning2gether traveled to Dallas to help webcast live at from the Electronic Village and academic sessions taking place during the TESOL Convention

Many of these events were held in the Webheads Bb Collaborate / Elluminate room:

http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/

For definitive updates to these events, please see the official sites:

At the CALL-IS TESOL Webinar wiki site: http://callis2013.pbworks.com/

Thu March 21 - CALL Academic Session: Gaming and Language Learning

Recordings:

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate - https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2013-03-21.0738.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4B...
mp3 - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40757132/bootlegMP3/callisgaming-LEARNINGTIMES-V.10-0...

Thu March 21 - TESOL CALL-IS Open Meeting

Recordings:

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate - https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2013-03-21.1417.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4B...

Fri March 22 - Technology Showcase Event: Mobile Apps for Education
Recordings:

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate - https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2013-03-22.0758.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4B...
mp3 - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40757132/bootlegMP3/mobileapps-LEARNINGTIMES-64K.mp3

Fri March 22 - CALL-IS & Elementary Education InterSection Session: New Tools/Techniques in CALL

Recordings:

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate - https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2013-03-22.1054.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4B...
mp3 - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40757132/bootlegMP3/toolstechniques-LEARNINGTIMES-V.1...
Vance's slides "Training Teachers in Web2.0 Tools for Teaching and Learning EFL"
http://www.slideshare.net/vances/training-teachers-in-web2

Sat March 23 - ITA, CALL, & VDM-IS InterSection Session: New Technology Horizons for International Teaching Assistants

Recordings:

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate - https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2013-03-23.0720.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4B...
mp3 - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40757132/bootlegMP3/ITAcallSPL-LEARNINGTIMES-V.10-001...

Sat March 23 - ESP, CALL, & VDM-IS: Harmony in ESP Practice with Computers, Video and Digital Media

Recordings:

Bb Collaborate / Elluminate -

The following links will be updated when the recordings have been harvested

Fri March 22 19:00 to 19:50 GMT - Webcasts from the EV Fair Classics

For each event at this time click on its unique webcast link
(recommended technique: jump from one to the other)

Shaping the Way We Teach English Leslie Opp-Beckman (U of Oregon)
- Access the webcast here: http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast1
- Session recording (available after the event): http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast1-rec
Moodle for Teachers Nellie Deutsch, Atlantic U
- Access the webcast here: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1059483-moodle-for-teachers-m4t-live-streaming-from-tesol-2013-call-is
- Session recording (available after the event): http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1059483-moodle-for-teachers-m4t-live-streaming-from-tesol-2013-call-is
Oh, What a Site! Google Sites for Language Learning Sandy Wagner (Defense Language Institute at Monterey)
- Access the webcast here: http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast2
- Session recording (available after the event): http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast2-rec
Podcasts, web-based recordings, & videocasts: Dynamic and interactive ways to provide feedback Evelyn Izquierdo and Miguel Mendoza (Universidad Centrale de Venezuela)
- Access the webcast here: http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast3
- Session recording (available after the event): http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast3-rec
EVO Mentoring Daniela C. Wagner-Loera (Maryland English Institute, Maryland USA)
- Access the webcast here: http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast4
- Session recording (available after the event): http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast4-rec

Sat March 23 16:00 to 16:50 GMT - Webcasts from the EV Fair Classics

For each event at this time click on its unique webcast link
(recommended technique: jump from one to the other)

Women Teaching Women English (WTWE) Leslie Opp-Beckman (U of Oregon),Rawan Yaghi (Bednayel Public School, Lebanon), Deanna Hochstein (U of Oregon), Deborah Healey (U of Oregon)
- Access the webcast here: http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast5
- Session recording (available after the event): https://unbmail.unb.ca/OWA/redir.aspx?C=NrlVHNlFEkGdw3Ij26cYGBuG0R054s8IhgilzhJMQ_cR7ISUT2WXxYXqVVz5TWxbKq83WRTaOYE.&URL=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Ftesol-webcast5-rec
EVO: Multiliteracies MOOC - Vance Stevens (Al Ain Men's College UAE), Claire Bradin Siskin (Universidade Agostinho Neto)
- Access the webcast here: http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast6
- Session recording (available after the event): http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast6-rec
Student Projects and More Using Nicenet.org - Jim Bame, Utah State U
- Access the webcast here: http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast7
- Session recording (available after the event): http://tinyurl.com/tesol-webcast7-rec

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Real English® Subtitled - 17 - What are the Italians like?

manager — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:34:14 +0000

	Real English® Subtitled - 17 - What are the Italians like? Users of the Real English site have asked for the Subtitled version of this clip, so here it is. The main site with lessons for the videos are here: http://www.real-english.com/new-lessons.asp and the MOBILE SITE with our videos and lessons is here: http://bit.ly/realenglish-mobile	From: realenglish1 Views: 16 0 ratings
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Taps for Tapped In after March 18, 2013

Learning2gether — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:24:47 +0000

Farewell to TappedIn

End of an era:

Theresa Almeida d'Eca, Nina Liakos, Michael Coghlan, Vance Stevens, David Weksler, and Jeff Cooper met at Tapped In one last time and set up a wiki at http://tappedin2013.pbworks.com/

You are invited to join and contribute URLs to or upload the artifacts you have

managed to save from TappedIn.

Vance has saved a couple here:

Here is a Jing screencast of the Webheads in Action space set up by Sharon Holdner

View on screencast.com »
Vance's virtual environment, illustrating how a screen shot can become a shareable URL:

View on screencast.com »

Where?

http://tappedin.org, meet in reception, as in days almost gone by
Also, so we can voice chat, and share URLs, drop by our Elluminate room: http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/
(You can be in both places at once)

Another one bites the dust:

We all know that Posterous will disappear on April 30, but ...
Google Reader ??!!!
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/03/r-i-p-google-reader/

Outcome ...

We set up a wiki at http://tappedin2013.pbworks.com/ which you are invited to join and contribute URLs to or upload the artifacts you have managed to save from TappedIn.

Check back here to see what we've accumulated and help with the display, if you wish.

Announcements:

http://taedtech.ning.com/events/farewell-to-tappedin

Also on tap for this evening ...

Sun Mar 17 1500 GMT - IATEFL Webinar: Rethinking the Language Classroom - From Mobile to Learning

with Carla Arena (Brazil)

When: Sunday 17 March 2013, GMT 15:00
Find the time in your time zone by clicking this link.

Where: The event takes place in the IATEFL online conference room.
http://ltsig.org.uk/events/13-future-events/265-17313-webinar-rethinking-the-language-classroom.html

See the schedule for remaining webinars in this series: http://ht.ly/fXMsQ

Announcements:

http://taedtech.ning.com/events/iatefl-webinar-rethinking-the-language-classroom-from-mobile

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Screencast demonstrating Real English® Mobile

manager — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:16:41 +0000

	Screencast demonstrating Real English® Mobile The Mobile Real English® site is here: http://bit.ly/realenglish-mobile The lessons for ALL of our YouTube videos ON THE TRADITIONAL Real English® site are here: http://www.real-english.com/new-lessons.asp Basic information and updates about the mobile site are posted twice a week here: http://www.real-english.com/mobile-info.asp	From: realenglish1 Views: 28 1 ratings
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