Wednesday, January 30, 2013

2013 TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo

TESOL annually hosts more than 6,500 people from across the United States and around the world at the international convention.   Educators at all levels attend to find ideas and information.

At the Convention:

TESOL Leadership Training Programs


ELT Leadership Management Certificate Program - The ELT  LMCP provides quality professional development and leadership training for ELT professional. The 10-hour certificate, includes a 7-hour workshop, two 90-minute elective workshops, and a capstone  to summarize their learning and goals. All workshops must be completed at the 2013 TESOL convention.
LDCP Leadership Development Certificate Program - The Leadership Development Certificate Program (LDCP) provides quality professional development and leadership training for TESOL members interested in developing their knowledge and skills as current or future leaders within the TESOL International Association.
Invited Speaker Sessions

Harmony in Communication and Leadership - Presenter: Lark Doley

Motivation and the Vision of Knowing a Second Language - Presenter: Zóltan Dörnyei

Heritage Cultures and Languages in the Second Language Classroom - Presenter: Joy Peyton

Awakening the English Learner: Innovation in a Competitive Education System - Presenter: Vincent Flores

Implementing Language Programs Across Regions - Presenters: German Gomez, Ana S. Ramirez, Rina de Gongora

English Language Teaching in China: State-of-the-Art - Presenters: Peiya Gu, Jun Liu, Qiang Wang, Shaoqian Luo, Zhihong Huang, Alice Murray

“But We ARE Language Teachers!” Preparing Secondary English Teachers - Presenter: Candace Harper

Creating Curriculum for the Best Language Course Ever Taught - Presenter: Eli Hinkel

Anxiety and Beliefs: On Learners, Teachers, and Pink Dresses - Presenter: Elaine Horwitz

Developing Intercultural Awareness - Presenter: Joe McVeigh

Out of the Mouths of Babes - Presenter: David Nunan

Binational Collaboration Broadens Professional Horizons for Mexican Teachers of English - Presenter: Hignio Ordoñez

Towards Resourceful Speakers - Presenter: Alastair Pennycook

Multiple Englishes in Multiple Contexts: Intercultural Communication in TESOL - Presenter: Lucy Pickering

From Colonial Legacies to Postcolonial and Globalizing Surges in TESOL - Presenter: Vaidehi Ramanathan

Do You Have to Know Arabic to Teach in Qatar? - Presenter: Dudley Reynolds

Newspaper-Assisted English Learning and Teaching in a Chinese Context - Presenter: Shen Gang, Huang Qing, Zeng Qingkai

Harmonizing Culture in and of the Classroom Through Technology - Presenter: Claire Bradin Siskin

Tuesdays With Omsk: Telementoring and Telecollaboration in Culture Learning- Presenter: Pete Smith

Grab 'Em and Hold 'Em: Making Subject Matter Come Alive! - Presenter: Mary Gordon Spence

Reflections on Teaching: An Elegant and Powerful Profession - Presenter: Marge Tye Zuba

Common Core Standards and ESL: Theoretical and Methodological Issues - Presenters: Guadalupe Valdes, Kenji Hakuta, Linda Harklau, Diane Larsen-Freeman, Elana Shohamy

Constraints and Opportunities in U.S. Language Minority Teacher Education - Presenter: Manka Varghese

Dialogue and Language Learning: Directions in Research and Teaching Practices - Presenter: Gergana Vitanova

Link to main convention page:
http://www.tesol.org/convention2013

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The 8th CISSE Internatio​nal Conference

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW


CISSE 2012 provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of the-art research on computers, information and systems sciences and engineering. CISSE 2012 is the eighth conference of the CISSE series of e-conferences. CISSE is the World's first Engineering/Computing and Systems Research E-Conference. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the internet. In 2005, CISSE received 255 research paper submissions and the final program included 140 accepted papers, from more than 45 countries. Last year, CISSE 2011 received more than 300 submissions and the final program included 105 accepted papers, from more than 80 countries.

The virtual conference will be conducted through the Internet using web-conferencing tools, made available by the conference. Authors will be presenting their PowerPoint, audio or video presentations using web-conferencing tools without the need for travel. Conference sessions will be broadcast to all the conference participants, where session participants can interact with the presenter during the presentation and/or during the Q&A slot that follows the presentation. This international conference will be held entirely on-line. The accepted and presented papers will be made available and sent to the authors after the conference both on a DVD (including all papers, PowerPoint presentations and audio presentations) and as a book publication. Springer, the official publisher for CISSE, published the previous seven CISSE book proceedings.

Conference participants - authors, presenters and attendees - only need an internet connection and sound available on their computers in order to be able to contribute and participate in this international ground-breaking conference. The on-line structure of this high-quality event will allow academic professionals and industry participants to contribute their work and attend world-class technical presentations based on rigorously refereed submissions, live, without the need for investing significant travel funds or time out of the office.

The concept and format of CISSE is ground-breaking. The PowerPoint presentations, final paper manuscripts and time schedule for live presentations over the web had been available for weeks prior to the start of the conference for all registrants, so that the participants can choose the presentations they want to attend and think about questions that they might want to ask. The live audio presentations were also recorded and are part of the permanent CISSE on-line archive - accessible to all registrants- which also includes all the papers, PowerPoint and audio presentations.

Potential non-author conference attendees who cannot make the on-line conference dates are encouraged to register, as the entire joint conferences will be archived for future viewing.

The CISSE conference audio room provides superb audio even over low speed internet connections, the ability to display PowerPoint presentations, and cross-platform compatibility (the conferencing software runs on Windows, Mac, and any other operating system that supports Java). In addition, the conferencing system allowed for an unlimited number of participants, which in turn granted us the opportunity to allow all CISSE participants to attend all presentations, as opposed to limiting the number of available seats for each session.

Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers electronically in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.

Accepted papers must be presented in the virtual conference by one of the authors.
CISSE 2012 is composed of the following four conferences:

International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering (SCSS 2012)

Topics: Grid Computing, Internet-based Computing Models, Resource Discovery, Programming Models and tools, e-Science and Virtual Instrumentation, Biometric Authentication, Computers for People of Special Needs, Human Computer Interaction, Information and Knowledge Engineering, Algorithms, Parallel and Distributed processing, Modeling and Simulation, Services and Applications, Embedded Systems and Applications, Databases, Programming Languages, Signal Processing Theory and Methods, Signal Processing for Communication, Signal Processing Architectures and Implementation, Information Processing, Geographical Information Systems, Object Based Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Real Time Systems, Multiprocessing, File Systems and I/O, Kernel and OS Structures.

International Conference on Telecommunications and Networking (TeNe 2012)

Topics: Optical Networks and Switching, Computer Networks, Network architectures and Equipment, Access Technologies, Telecommunication Technology, Coding and Modulation technique, Modeling and Simulation, Spread Spectrum and CDMA Systems, OFDM technology, Space-time Coding, Ultra Wideband Communications, Medium Access Control, Spread Spectrum, Wireless LAN: IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN, Bluetooth, Cellular Wireless Networks, Cordless Systems and Wireless Local Loop, Mobile Network Layer, Mobile Transport Layer, Support for Mobility, Conventional Encryption and Message Confidentiality, Block Ciphers Design Principles, Block Ciphers Modes of Operation, Public-Key Cryptography and Message Authentication, Authentication Application, Stenography, Electronic Mail Security, Web Security, IP Security, Firewalls, Computer Forensics.

International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning (EIAE 2012)

Topics: Instructional Design, Accreditation, Curriculum Design, Educational Tools, 2 -2 -2 Platforms, Teaching Capstone Design, Teaching Design at the Lower Levels, Design and Development of e-Learning tools, Assessment Methods in Engineering, Development and Implementation of E-learning tools, Ethics in Education, Economical and Social Impacts of E-learning.

International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation (IETA 2012)

Topics: Advanced and Distributed Control Systems, Intelligent Control Systems (NN, FL, GA, .etc), Expert Systems, Man Machine Interaction, Data Fusion, Factory Automation, Robotics, Motion Control, Machine Vision, MEMS Sensors and Actuators, Sensors Fusion, Power Electronics, High Frequency Converters, Motors and Drives, Power Converters, Power Devices and Components, Electric Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation, Process Automation, Factory Communication, Manufacturing Information System Advances in Manufacturing Systems, Industrial Applications of Multi Media, Intelligent Systems Instrumentation, Industrial Instrumentation, Modeling and Simulation, Signal Processing, Image and Data Processing, VR and Parallel systems.

Paper Submission

Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers electronically in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format through the website of the conference
Accepted papers must be presented in the virtual conference by one of the authors.

To submit your paper, please visit http://www.cisseconference.org/2012

Paper submission Deadline:October 29th, 2012
Notification of Acceptance:November 14th, 2012
Manuscript and Registration:December 1st, 2012

Technical Support, CISSE 2012
University of Bridgeport
221 University Avenue info@cisseconference.org
Bridgeport, CT 06604, U.S.A.

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