Thursday, March 31, 2005

Michael Coghlan


Michael Coghlan
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Michael Coghlan puts on his shirt not to shock the audience :-)

Vance Stevens presenting


Vance Stevens presenting
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Susan Gaer has just introduced the pannel to the real and virtual audience and Vance is showing how the webheads have used various asynchronous and synchronous tools to help students get the best online.

Michael Coghlan (Australia) joins him to explain how he and Aiden Yeh (Taiwan) got together to organize an online event with Aiden's students listening to and discussing Michael's song. Vance plays Michael's song to the audience.
Aiden gives some feedback on how she prepared her students for the event beforehand.

Question from the audience: safety issues with students.

Aiden: events are organized among webheads, who tend to be reliable and trustworthy teachers but has warned students to webcaming outside.

Vance: chat areas webheads use are safe educational environments with no external interference.

Mercedes


Mercedes
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Mercedes greeting participants online a few minutes before the beginning

The Audience


Elizabeth Hanson Smith
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Elizabeth has just joined the audience and taken a seat at the front and Sergei Gridushko (from Belarus) online

Jim Duber at Vance's Conference


Jim Duber at Vance's Conference
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Jim stands up and says hello :-)
HI Jim!

Vance's Presentation Tesol 2005


Vance's Presentation Tesol 2005
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Vance Stevens, a few minutes before his keynote conference event in San Antonio for the CALL IS Academic Session, which they will webcast live from the convention center via Elluminate at Learning Times:
http://www.tinyurl.com/y3eh
Online: Aiden Yeh (Taiwan), Rita Zeinstjer (Argentina), Damianos (Greece)and myself (Brazil)

Learning Times Webhead Meeting


Learning Times
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Online webheads gather at Learning Times - Yaodong from China, Andrew in Chicago, Susan in Denmark, John in Oregon and Bee in Brazil scribble on the whiteboard while they wait for the webheads in the San Antonio Bistro to connect.

Aaron and Aili


Aaron and Aili
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Aili comes to see Dad while he parties online :-)

Aaron, Bee and a view of the Bistro


Aaron, Bee and a view of the Bistro
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Online: Karen Garcia, Bee Dieu, Venny Sou, Michael Coghlan, Aaron Campbell, Wendy Sealebakes
At the bistro: jerry b icknell, elderbob, me, vance, liz hanson smith, ana koorey, buth, josh wilson, dusty,rae from pci2004, chistine mariana,john madden
Cannot hear them...too much noise...all are having a great time.

Webheads in the Bistro and others online

Bee and Aaron wait for the webheads to gather at the Bistro...in the meantime we hook up our webcams.

CALL IS meeting (TEsol San Antonio 2005)


Christine and Vance
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Christine Bauer Ramenzoni leans over Vance Stevens' shoulder and greets the webheads online.
Hi Christine!

San Antonio Tesol Convention - CALL IS meeting


Rae
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Rae and Charles Kelly say hello to webheads online

Blogging Live the Tesol San Antonio Webheads Fiesta from Brazil


Webheads at Learning Times
Originally uploaded by bee1.
Here I am. in my flat in São Paulo, Brazil..it's 9:21 pm local time (23:21 GMT/UTC) and I'm trying to blog this live. I have just met David Winet who was using his webcam and YM...he's finished his presentation and is heading down to the bistro for the Fiesta. Fortunately he has a laptop because Elderbob cannot connect without it.
Met Vance, Jean Michel, Rita, Sus on YM...we are heading to LT, where Vance is going to capture a business meeting.
Michael Coghlan has just connected from Adelaide, Australia. In the room, all the above + John Hibbs (Oregon) and Wendy Sealebakes (Canada). Buth has just been elected to take part in the CALL IS steering committee...Congrats Buth, you deserve it!
Now...will let you go...have to upload these screenshots to Flickr :-)

Monday, March 14, 2005

Blogging Toward Learner Autonomy

What is learner autonomy ? Can blogging help learners become more autonomous, promote interbeing, societal participation and critical consciousness? Practically, what kind of blogging activities can EFL teachers employ to develop it?

Come and join us for this very special session with Aaron Campbell on "Blogging toward Learner Autonomy" at the Blogstreams Salon at ASO on Sunday March 20th 22:00-23:00 GMT.

After School Online (ASO) is a forum for educators. The scheduled events,
designed for professional development, are open to everyone in the TAPPED IN community and all guests. If you are new to TAPPED IN, please login 10 minutes before the ASO event is scheduled to begin. This will allow us to get you where you need to be.

AIM Terms of Service

Amy Gahran over on Contentious lit up my world with this information.

AIM Terms of Service: "Although you or the owner of the Content retain ownership of all right, title and interest in Content that you post to any AIM Product, AOL owns all right, title and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created by AOL using or incorporating this Content. In addition, by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be compensated for any such uses."


If you use AIM, you grant AOL unlimited license to take your chat and publish it wherever they like. If you run for office, they can publish your chats. If you discuss a book idea and they publish the book before you do, you're out of luck.

As Amy says STOP USING AIM NOW!

Saturday, March 05, 2005

Open for discussion

I am bringing the question Marco sent to YG into the community blog because I think it is worth commenting upon in an open space. I would like to remind you that Marco only joined the workshop in the 4th week. I have copied my answer in the comment area. You might want to revise your experience and share with him your impressions.

"As I'm still trying to figure out the different merits of blogs, wikis, discussion boards, etc., I wonder if the moderators would give us their comments and opinions, based on your overview of the participation. For instance, the community blog did not seem to get used so much later in the course. And I never figured out how to use the wiki. How would you see it being used now, B, now that the course is over? Wouldn't the community blog be the best way?
From the point of view of creating an online community, community of practice,learning experience, how would you judge the results of actual use?"