ACTC 2013 - The Third Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom 25th to 28th April 2013 Osaka, Japan Enquiries: [email protected] Web address: http://actc.iafor.org/index.html CONFERENCE THEME: "The Impact of Innovation: Technology and You" Organized by the International Academic Forum, in partnership with its global affiliates, including The Cultural Studies Association of Australasia, Auburn University College of Arts and Sciences (USA), Birkbeck, University of London (UK), Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong (HKSAR), University of Lincoln (UK), The National Institute of Education (Singapore), The National University of Tainan (Taiwan), Waseda University (Japan), and Zagreb University (Croatia). Dear Colleagues, Technology is all around us. Long gone are the days when we could just walk into a classroom with a handful of papers and a piece of chalk. Even if we are in an environment that is lacking resources, our students with mobile phones, internet café, and social networking, are exposed to technology daily. And new uses of technology are being introduced daily. These new uses show how innovation and creativity go hand-in-hand. We invite language educators, administrators, policy makers, and others to join us at ACTC2013 as we examine technology's impact upon our classrooms, share what innovations we are currently implementing, and look to the future imagining the role technology will play in education. ACTC 2013 will attract a diverse group of teachers, researchers, practitioners and scholars who are engaged in the singular goal of meeting students' educational needs, as students can learn about crucial issues and become familiar with web-based learning and the other information technology tools. The use of technology in the classroom represents a significant departure from traditional teaching methods, conducting research, assessing student performance and assurance of learning. Moreover, it creates a user friendly and economically viable environment conducive to learning in any corner in the world where access to technology exists. We hope you can join us in Osaka in 2013! Professor Steve Cornwell, Conference Chairman, ACTC/ACLL 2013 Professor, Department of International and English Interdisciplinary Studies, Osaka Women's University, Japan Director of Program, & Member of the Board of Directors, Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT) IAFOR IAB Member CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE JANUARY 1, 2013 For more information about submitting an abstract, please go to the conference website at actc.iafor.org The abstract submissions deadline is January 1, 2013 Special Theme: "The Impact of Innovation: Technology and You" The conference theme is "The Impact of Innovation: Technology and You" and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of disciplines and fields related to technology in the classroom, including the following streams: Beyond Web 2.0 Computer Adaptive Testing Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Digital literacy e-Assessment and new Assessment Theories and Methodologies e-learning and collaborative learning Education in a virtual world Future Classrooms Human computer interaction Instructional Technology Integrating e-learning in classroom based language teaching Interactive Whiteboard technologies (Blackboard, WebCT, etc.) Language Labs Learning Systems Platforms Mobile learning Mobile technologies Moodle and Classroom Teaching Multimedia New Technologies Open and distance learning technologies Social networking Support Centers Teaching online Telecollaboration Video Podcasting Virtual and personal learning environments Virtual Communities Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom Web-based Learning Web-based Writing Education Wikis, Blogs, and Online Journals Publishing Opportunities: Authors of Accepted Abstracts will have the opportunity of publishing their associated paper in the official conference proceedings, and a selection of papers will be considered for inclusion in the IAFOR Journal of Language Learning. For more information about the journal, click here. Enquiries: [email protected] Web address: http://actc.iafor.org/index.html Sponsored by: IAFOR - The International Academic Forum |