SOCALL 2002

Creating Cross Cultural Communication:
A Critical Goal of Technology-Enhanced Language Instruction

April 13-14

University of Colorado, Boulder

Saturday, April 13

All conference sessions will be held in Eaton Humanities (HUMN) 250

8:00-9:00 a.m.

Registration: second floor landing of the Eaton Humanities building
Breakfast, courtesy of Apple Computer, Eaton Humanities (HUMN) 230

9:00-9:15 a.m. Welcome
9:15-9:45 a.m. Session # 1: Apple iPod Audio Device
Kurt Ackman, Apple Computer

Demonstration
9:55-10:25 a.m.

Session # 2: Tap Into the Wealth of Successful Teaching Materials: CJLEA Database Project
Kathleen N. Ajisaka, Ryoko Keaton, and Kaoru Slotsve, University of Northern Colorado
Demonstration

10:35-11:05 a.m. Session # 3: Digital Video for Teaching Communication in a College Context
Lilly Chen, Rice University
Paper
11:15-11:45 a.m. Session # 4: Multimedia Project for the Beginning Language Learner
Gaye Teipel, Lesley University & LingoLynx
Demonstration
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00-2:00 p.m. Exhibitors' Session: second floor hallway in front of the conference room, Eaton Humanities (HUMN) 245 and 270.
2:10-2:40 p.m. Session # 5: Selecting and Critiquing Home-Culture Web Sites as a Means to Deepen Target Culture Understanding
Nicole Fouletier-Smith, U.S. Air Force Academy

Paper
Afternoon Refreshments, courtesy of IC Electronics, Inc, Larry Howard, President, Eaton Humanities (HUMN) 230
2:50-3:20 p.m Session # 6: Stay on Track with TrackStar
Karima Benremouga, University of Houston
Demonstration
3:30-4:00 p.m. Session # 7: *Virtual Theater*: A Little Animation Does a Lot for Your Classroom
Molly Hardee and Ryoko Y. Keaton, LangTech International

Demonstration
4:10-4:55 p.m. Session # 8: Cross Cultural Competence with Technology Tools
Hajime Kumahata, Ute S. Lahaie, Rasma Lazda, and Pat Pierce, Baylor University
Panel
5:05-5:35 p.m. Session #9: Talking Textbooks:Online Technology in the French Clasroom
Terri-Jo Woellner, University of Denver
Paper
5:45-6:45 p.m. Reception. Common Room, Duane Physics, 11th floor.

 

 

Sunday, April 14

All conference sessions will be held in Eaton Humanities 250

8:00-9:00 a.m ALTEC Open House: ALTEC media classroom, Hellems 151
! Breakfast, courtesy of McGraw-Hill Publishers, Eaton Humanities (HUMN) 230
9:10-9:55 a.m. Session # 10: Developing Web-Based Courses to Promote Cross-Cultural Communication
Ute S. Lahaie, Fred Loa, Marian Ortuno, Pat Pierce, Baylor University

Panel
9:55-10:25 a.m Session # 11: Using Web Applications to Elicit Students' Verbal and Written Responses to Culture and Language in Films
Claire Bartlett and Jane Verm, Rice University

Demonstration
10:35-11:20 a.m.

Session # 12: From Chalkboard to Blackboard: Chronicles of Faculty Development
Karima Benremouga, Ute S. Lahaie, Sharon Sellars and Sara Wilson; University of Houston; Baylor University; University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Tulane University

Panel

11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m Business Meeting
12:00-1:15 p.m. Lunch Break
1:15-1:45 p.m. Session # 13: Yucatan 2002
John P. Sullivan, Prairie View A & M University

Demonstration
1:55-2:25 p.m Session # 14: Raising Cultural Competence Through Identification: A Multi-Media German Project
Razma Lazda, Baylor University

Demonstration
2:45-4:45 p.m. Tour of Celestial Seasonings, transportation courtesy of IC Electronics, Inc, Larry Howard, President