CONFERENCE PROGRAM

3rd VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE Conference

8-9 October 2010 (Fri/Sat)

An online conference on
language learning technologies

http://www.virtual-round-table.com

hosted by LANCELOT SchoolTM GmbH

www.lancelotschool.com

co-organizers Shelly Terrell and Berni Wall

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The VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference is
a live online conference dedicated to
language learning with technology. It is
aimed at educators and language teaching
professionals in language schools, institutes
or other language related organisations.
It is held entirely online using virtual
classroom technology and provides a superb
opportunity to profile one’s company as being
truly ‘state-of-the-art’ in understanding and
promoting Internet-based learning.
The VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference
will present a number of web tools and
best practise on how to use these tools in
class for the benefit of our language learners.
Many appreciative comments from past
conferences testify that the conference
demonstrates well our efforts to provide
“innovative, inspiring and sociable
teacher training” for language teaching
professionals around the globe.
Our conference recordings have been viewed
many hundreds of times over and are now
housed under the [RECORDINGS] tab on the
homepage in the form of individual blogs for
easy sharing.
http://www.virtual-round-table.com

The previous two VIRTUAL ROUND

TABLE Conferences (November
2009 and April 2010) saw a total of
815 unique visitors attending live
sessions and more than 820 signed
up on the conference website.
These were from the following fields
:

 Language teaching
professionals
 Directors of Studies
 Teacher training
organisations
 Programme Managers and
Education Administrators
 Technology and Service
Providers
 Training Consultants and
Company Representatives
 Deans, Directors and
Researchers from
Universities and the Higher
Education Sector

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In many countries around the world, European teacher training is virtually unaffordable. Grundtvig
or similar funding is either only available for teachers in Europe or they help subsidize travel
expenses. Live Online teacher training courses do not benefit from these programs.

Help us raise 3,000 € for the TEACHER TRAINING GRANT

As a TEACHER TRAINING GRANT sponsor, you or your company may position itself as a
generous promoter of teacher training in the technology-supported language learning and training
market. Teacher training grant winners must be conference participants and they may choose a
teacher training course from a list of courses with special emphasis on language learning with
technology.

The sponsorship is a contribution towards 50% of the course fee. Generous donations by all
participants will be collected and added to a fund. If your company and the amount of your donation
would like to be mentioned, we will gladly do so.

The following list of four teacher training courses have been selected because they all train
language learning with technology and they can be taken at a distance.

1. IH COLT - IH Certificate for Online Tutoring, International House (Infos:

http://www.ihonlinetraining.net/ihcolt.html )
2. Cert ICT - Certificate in Teaching Language with Technology, The Consultants-E (Infos:
http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/trinityict/index.asp )
3. LANCELOT Training - LANguage learning with CErtified Live Online Teachers,
LANCELOT School (Infos:
http://www.lancelotschool.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&Itemi
d=117 )
4. EUROVOLT via VLE, Die Wiener Volkshochschulen GmbH, Kompetenzzentrum Lernen
und eLearning + Kompetenzzentrum Sprachen und Kulturen (Infos:
http://www.eurovolt.net/)

Teacher who would like to apply for any of these trainings may apply for the funding by writing to
the conference committee stating which course they would like to take.

Please wait until the end of the conference for the final announcement.

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 Friday, 8 October 2010 9am – 11am GMT

2 x 30min PRESENTATIONS 9am – 10am GMT

9am GMT - Heike Philp, LANCELOT SchoolTM GmbH, Germany
9:30am GMT Shelly Terrell, VP of Educator Outreach for Parentella.com, Germany
Berni Wall, Gapfillers

Welcome Address

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/8Oct9amGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table
9:30am GMT – Bernhard Niesner, Busuu.com
10am GMT
Busuu.com - Europe’s largest online community (1Mio)

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/8Oct930amGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table

1h WORKSHOPS 10am – 11am GMT

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/8Oct10amGMT
PARALLEL Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E, Spain
SESSIONS & Lindsay Clandfield, teacher trainer and author, Spain

10am GMT - Teaching Online: The Key Ingredients

11am GMT VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt1
Kevin Westbrook, Pete-Sharma-Associates, UK

Introduction to Moodle

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt2
Andy Chaplin, ELT Consultant, Germany

Web 2.0 Skills, Training for busy ELT Teachers

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt3
Paul Maglione, Entrepreneur and Entertainment Learning, France

English Attack Website, the pedagogical principles behind it

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt4
Andrew Donnelly, Mikogo, Germany

Mikogo Free Screensharing Software

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt5
Break

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1h UNCONFERENCE 11:30am – 12:30am GMT

OPEN TOPIC

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/9Oct1130amGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table
Break

Friday, 8 October 2010 1pm GMT

90min PANEL DISCUSSION 1pm – 2:30pm GMT

Vance Stevens, Petroleum Institute, UAE et al

Teacher training panel discussion

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/8Oct1pmGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table
Break

Friday, 8 October 2010 3:30pm GMT

3 x 30min PRESENTATIONS 3:30pm – 5pm GMT

3:30pm GMT - Michael Schutzler, Livemocha, USA
4pm GMT
The World’s largest language learning community

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/8Oct330pmGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table
4pm GMT – Judie Haynes, ESL teacher and author, USA
4:30pm GMT
Teaching Young Language Learners to Write

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/8Oct4pmGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table
4:30pm GMT – Tara Benwell,
5pm GMT
Challenging ELLs to Practise Online

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/8Oct430pmGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table

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1h WORKSHOPS 5pm – 6pm GMT

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/8Oct10amGMT
PARALLEL Sirin Soyoz, British Council, Turkey
SESSIONS
The use of songs and music in EFL classroom plus the Selector-radio
5pm GMT -
6pm GMT VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt1
Valentina Dodge, English360
Emma Watson

English360 – On-going, personalised and flexible course design

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt2
Isil Boy, Turkey

How to use web 2.0 for your development, classes and school

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt3
Philip Gienandt, linguaTV.com

LinguaTV.com

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt4
Gagan Biyani, Udemy, USA

Udemy

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt5

Break

Friday, 8 October 2010 7pm GMT

1h PECHA KUCHA NIGHT 7pm – 8pm GMT

Pecha Kucha
Pecha Kucha is a speedy presentation technique allowing for 20 slides which are auto-
advancing every 20 seconds.

Moderator
Shelly Terrell, VP of Educator Outreach for Parentella.com, Germany

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 Saturday, 9 October 2010 6am – 7:30am GMT

90min PANEL DISCUSSION 6am – 7:30am GMT

ELTChat Panel: A Ready-Made PLN for ELT

Did you know that 100s of ELT professionals meet online to vote on and discuss important
issues related to our profession? This panel will discuss some of the past session issues and
let you know how you can become involved. We will also listen to suggestions for future topics.
Check out the ELTChat website for more details.

Panelists
Andy Chaplin, ELT Consultant, Germany
Marisa Constantinides, CELT Athens, Greece
Berni Wall, Gapfillers, UK
Shelly Terrell, VP of Educator Outreach for Parentella.com, Germany

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/9Oct6amGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table

Break

Saturday, 9 October 2010 9am – 10am GMT

2x 30min PRESENTATIONS 9am – 10am GMT

9am GMT - Russell Stannard, Teacher Training Video, UK
9:30am GMT
Web 2.0 tools that make a difference

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/9Oct9amGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table
9:30am GMT – Janet Bianchini, Italy
10am GMT
Phrasal Verbs and Web 2.0 Tools

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/9Oct930amGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table

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1h WORKSHOPS 10am – 11am

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/9Oct10amGMT
PARALLEL Graham Stanley, British Council, Spain
SESSIONS
Digital Play: Escape the Room!
10am GMT -
11am GMT VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt1
Guido Europeaantje, EFL teacher, Spain

Twitter: Turn 140 Characters into a Virtual Staffroom

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt2
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, EFL teacher, teacher trainer and author,
Japan

Little Tech for Big Results

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt3
Henrick Oprea, Brazil

Bloostools for professional development

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt4
Miguel Mendoza, Venezuela

Using Flip Videos in the ELT Classroom

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt5

Break

Saturday, 9 October 2010 11:30am GMT

1h UNCONFERENCE 11:30am GMT

OPEN TOPIC

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/9Oct1130amGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table

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 Saturday, 9 October 2010 1 pm GMT

90min PANEL DISCUSSION 1pm – 2:30pm GMT

IATET – International Association of Technical English Teachers

Tech activities that worked

IATET is the International Association of Technical English Teachers, a newly founded group
of ESP professionals (English for Specific Purposes).

As it so happens, one of their regular webinars takes place during the time of the Virtual Round
Table Conference and we seized this opportunity to invite this webinar to take place in the
more public atmosphere of the Virtual Round Table.

During this webinar you will not hear much in way of learning technologies, but the webinar is
all about helping technical English teachers to enrich their local teaching experience with
activities that work.

Moderator
Cornelia Kreis-Meyer, CK-Translations, Germany

Panelists
Vicki Hollett, USA
Genevieve Besser, Germany
Björn Sauerhammer,
Duncan Baker, UK
Paul East, Pyramid Group, Germany

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/9Oct1pmGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table

Break
Saturday, 9 October 2010 4pm – 5pm GMT

2 x 30min PRESENTATIONS 4pm – 5pm GMT

4pm GMT - Marina Petrovic, Educo11, Serbia
4:30pm GMT
LeWiNOW – One Step Closer to Teaching Paperless

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/9Oct4pmGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table
4:30pm GMT – Helen Myers aka Karelia Kondor, UK
5pm GMT Antonella Berriolo aka Anna Begonia, Italy

Add a dimension to your teaching: an introduction to language learning in

Virtual Worlds

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/9Oct430pmGMT
VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table

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 Saturday, 9 October 2010 5pm – 6pm GMT

1h WORKSHOPS 5pm – 6pm GMT

TIME: http://tinyurl.com/9Oct5pmGMT
PARALLEL Vicky Saumell, Argentina
SESSIONS
Using startpages to organize your personal and school online resources
5:00pm GMT -
6:00pm GMT VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt1
Natalya Eydelman, Russia

MS Word, blogs and wikis for peer-editing in language EFL classes

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt2
Mike Harrison,

Getting some facebook time with your peers

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt3
Greta Sandler,

Bring the World in – Blogging with Your Students

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt4
Arkady Zilbermann, Language-bridge.com, USA

Learn English 4 times faster and 5 times cheaper

VENUE: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt5
Break

Saturday, 9 October 2010 7pm – 8pm GMT

90min PECHA KUCHA NIGHT 7pm GMT - 8pm GMT

Pecha Kucha Night and Auction

Our goal to reach 3,000 EUR!

Saturday, 9 October 2010 9pm GMT –

PARTY TIME IN SECOND LIFE 9pm GMT – open end

Party Time in Second Life 

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A current favourite at conferences worldwide and certainly to be one is the Pecha
Kucha Night at the VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference. This popular event of a
number of speedy presentations Pecha Kucha style (20 slides auto-advancing every
20sec) will be given during the evening.

Pecha Kucha (patented in Japan, 2003 by architects Klein/ Dytham)

 20 slides auto-advancing every 20 seconds
 a total presentation time of 6min 40sec

Ignite (created by O’Reilly publisher)

 20 slides auto-advancing every 15 seconds
 a total presentation time of 5min

PRESTO (PRESent your Topic, created by Heike Philp for language practise and recording)
 10 slides auto-advancing every 20 seconds
 a total presentation time of 3min 20sec

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Conference venues are as follows…

1) Networking and Registration

We are looking forward to your signing up at this conference site so as to be able to

receive email invitation and event reminders. To participate at the raffle and prize draw at
the end of the conference, you also need to be signed up to receive your ticket.

2) Adobe ConnectPro

Most of the sessions will take place in Adobe ConnectPro an installation free flash-based
web conferencing solution (latest Flash player is required).

The link to the main venue is: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/virtual-round-table

The workshops in the parallel sessions take place in following venues:

http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt1
http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt2
http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt3
http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt4
http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/vrt5

Upon entering, check the radio button: "Enter as guest", type your name and click on Join
the meeting. No password is required.

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During the conference you will find all of the links for downloadables under the
‘DOWNLOADs’ tab.
http://virtual-round-table.ning.com/page/downloads-1

After the conference, you will find the recordings of all of the sessions near the respective
schedule on some special summary pages.
http://www.virtual-round-table.com/profiles/blog/list

Please tag all proceeding with this conference tag #vrt10

Organiser
LANCELOT SchoolTM GmbH
Im Schwenkenland 18  79224 Umkirch 
Germany
Heike Philp
Tel +49(0)76 65 939 09 09
Fax +49(0)76 65 947 29 74
E-mail: info@lancelotschool.com
http://www.virtual-round-table.com
www.lancelotschool.com
Blog: www.letstalkonline.com
http://www.twitter.com/heikephilp

Co-organiser
Shelly Terrell, VP of Educator Outreach for
Parentella.com, Germany

shellyterrell@gmail.com
www.parentella.com
http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org
http://www.twitter.com/shellterrell

Co-organiser

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Berni Wall, RLI-Gapfillers
+44(0) 1609 748 175

www.language-tuition.co.uk
www.gapfillers.co.uk
Radical Language –a blog for English learners
http://www.twitter.com/rliberni

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