Computers for Education

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Dr Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, professor emeritus, California State University, Sacramento

ESL Resources and Information
  • teacher training workshops in your own lab
  • information and resources in CALL for ESL
  • software design and quality assurance
  • online groups and courses tailored to your setting



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Books, Articles and Conference Presentations
Coming soon: My talk at CALL IS's 25th Anniversary Colloquiuum, Denver TESOL Convention, 26 March 2009.
Check out my talk at TESOL 2008, NYC, The Effect of Technology on SLA (and vice versa).
Virtual=Real - My tech ed blog: information, resources, teaching tips for using technology

Trends in Digital Media 2007. (2008). Proceedings of the Webheads in Action Online Convergence, 2007. TESL-EJ 4(11).   [Revised and updated. Wiki:Trends in Digital Media - 2007.]
See the EVO Video wiki for continuously updated info and tools and resources for video online. camera_sm


Links to my work:
CE coverCALL Environments: Research Practice and Critical Issues, 2nd edition, ed. by Joy Egbert and Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, is an extensive compendium of the latest in tools, activities, and pedagogy.

Constructing the Paragraph is online and free for your use. It presents students with exercises and tutorials in academic writing.

OPDIThe Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive is based on the classic adult learner's dictionary. Now in a new addition with digital artwork and video.
laei_smLive Action English Interactive: Total Physical Response on the Computer

Visit the
Command Performance publisher's Website for books,cpli materials,free teachers guide, etc.




Links to professional associations:
CATESOL  & TELL-IG
TESOL & CALL-IS's Electronic Village Online (CfP in August/Sept.)
OTAN (Outreach and Technical Assistance Network)


 


CONFERENCES & EVENTS

The Electronic Village Online begins a new season in Jan-Feb. Don't miss these sessions, brought to you by TESOL's CALL Interest Section.evo logo no lines   CALL IS logo 

Registration begins January 4, 2010


LwC logoLearning with Computers and the LwC wiki. regularly begins a new set of weekly tasks. Join the YG, follow the schedule, perform the tasks, learn new computer skills with new friends from around the world. The schedule of activities is found at the

Archives of the second Webheads in Action Online Convergence, CONNECT: Conversations on Networking, Education, Communities, and Technology, which took place on May 18-20, 2007. 

Podcast by Michael Coghlan: Promoting a (e)Learning Culture. Some ideas on supporting teachers who want to use technology.


multiliteracies badgeMultiliteracies for Social Networking and Collaborative Learning Environments is an EVO session run by Vance Stevens, et al. Join us in Jan-Feb to examine strategies for "identifying, accessing, aggregating, processing, and analyzing a constant influx of information, filtering what is useful, and then enhancing the learning environment with the most appropriate applications."
EVO begins January 4, 2010


evo videoEVO Video 2010 - Mike Marzio, Ryan Detwiler, Branka Marceta, Jennifer Lebedev, and Cora Chen present My Video Classroom, an exploration of "
online treasure troves of multi-media content created for EFL/ESL teachers by fellow educators who share a passion for teaching, language learning, and video."

EVO begins January 4, 2010

map_tinyAcademic Writing YG offers online lessons in Contructing the Paragraph by Elizabeth Hanson-Smith. Teachers can bring their students to use materials; independent students are welcome, too. Glenda Hanson has mounted the Constructing the Paragraph exercises at her Website also.

My developmental writing students have experienced repeated failures. Now I have to find a way to motivate them to come to this class so that I can work with them....The format and exercises make the writing process more manageable both for teaching and learning. I am grateful. -- Patricia Brooks, Univ of Houston (e-mail 12 April 2007)




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Virtual office at Tapped In
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  Tools and resources
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Virtual=Real
my technology blog

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Meet the Webheads in Action, a Community of Practice for ESL/EFL  teachers.
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Check out the pedagogical studies at http://http://marziomichael.free.fr

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Visit my blog, Virtual=Real, on useful technology for teaching languages.

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Elizabeth Hanson-Smith takes full responsibility for the information posted.
The information on this page represents that of Elizabeth Hanson-Smith and not that of California State University Sacramento.

Webpage updated 11 December 2009, copyright Dr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, Computers for Education