EVO Moderator Training 2008-2009 Profiles

 

 

Sedat Akayoglu

I graduated from Department of English Language and Literature Hacettepe University in 2002 and worked as an English teacher for two years. Then I started working as a research assistant at the Department of English Language Teaching Abant Izzet Baysal University in 2004. At present I am a research assistant and a PhD candidate at the Department of English Language Teaching Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. My main interest topics are Computer Assisted Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis and Ethnography of Communication. URL: http://www.ibu.edu.tr/akademik/sakayoglu. Yahoo ID = sakayoglu, Skype ID = sakayoglu, Second Life = Sedat Usher

Cristina Costa

A Portuguese teacher, Currently working at the University of Salford as a Learning Technologies development Officer. She’s a member of the webheads in Action, and an active member of many other communities and networks. Her passion for learning has enabled her to truly connect with people worldwide. She loves to travel ( learn 1st hand about cultural differences, understanding the various backgrounds). In her spare time she practises Astanga and iyengar yoga. Books are her other escape.I will be co-moderating a session on Digifolios and Personal Learning Spaces- building a professional ID in the 21st century. Web presence: http://knowmansland.com . Yahoo ID = cristinacosta_pt, Skype ID = navysternchen, Second Life = Kayla Helgerud

Cora Chen

Cora Chen is an ESL instructor at City College of San Francisco. As a curriculum developer for the KQED Education Network, Cora has developed ESOL lessons on a variety of topics based on KQED/PBS television productions, and these lesson plans have been published by KQED Education Network online and in booklets. Cora is co-moderating for EVO Video 2009 session with Ryan Detwiler, Kristi Reyes, and Dr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith. Cora's ESL page: http://corachen.com/esl.aspx

CK Jung

Joao Alves

Kenan Barut

I am Kenan, an EFL instructor and a Phd student from Turkey. My main interest areas are online collaborative writing - which will be our main topic in our session -, online communities and CMC. I am also working as an ELT Manager at an international ELT company and dealing with EFL / ESL course books and multimedia tools.   I have been a member of WEBHEADS and following its quality organizations for a long time. It will be my first experience to be an EVO moderator, but I am sure that I can coordinate this event with my dear partner Sedat and with the help of our kind mentor Leticia. I have also participated in several international conferences regarding this topic as a presenter.   Looking forward to sharing and exchanging more and more soon.   Please feel free to contact me via   MSN: kenanbarut@hotmail.com - Skype: kenanbarut - Second Life: kb Balut - Yahoo: kenanbarut

Nellie Deutsch

Nergiz Kern

I'm Nergiz Kern and I've been an EFL teacher since 2000. I've always liked technology so, naturally, I am interested in educational technology after learning about all the possibilities in last year's EVO session "Becoming a Webhead 2008". There is one tool, however, that I had already signed up before BaW 08: Second Life , a 3D virtual world. I believe that virtual words will play a vital role in education and have, therefore, been experimenting a lot with Second Life for teaching languages. I will co-moderate "Virtual Worlds & Language Learning" with Graham Stanley and Nicholas Noakes.

Nick Noakes

I'm Nick Noakes and work in educational development where my passions are emerging technologies in education and learning spaces. I was an ESL teacher and teacher developer before moving into teacher development full-time. My current position is Director, Center for Enhanced Learning and Teaching at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (http://celt.ust.hk). I've been involved as a co-moderator in two previous EVOs on Open Publishing and Digital Gaming & Language Learning; both with Graham Stanley. This year I'm again joining Graham, alongside colleagues Nergiz Kern, Dennis Newson and Chris Surridge, on the Virtual Worlds and Language Learning EVO.   My work website is linked from my name above. I blog ever so occassionaly here but have probably blogged more as my avatar here. Second Life = Corwin Carillon

Rita Zeinstejer

A veteran Webhead, having entered the inspiring community in 2002, I was furnished and enriched with the knowledge, the experience, the wisdom of all and every member --and with the fortune of meeting professionals and friends from all over the world. I have been a mentor in my area, coordinating the CALL SIG for EFL teachers since 2001, have delivered f2f and online seminars both locally and abroad, as a participant in different Conferences and Congresses –LABCI, FAAPI, TESOL, IATEFL, as well as in various projects involving teachers and students from different countries. I have been integrating Internet tools into my f2f classes using blogs, wikis and many different applications with my students, and given presentations on my work. I have also published several articles in Essential Teacher –TESOL magazine-- as well as in the APrIR magazine, a local EFL production. I have organized --and currently coordinate-- the Multimedia Centre at the Asociacion Rosarina de Cultura Inglesa, the private Institute where I am also a Director for Advanced Courses. I am happy to share the moderation of what looks a promising venture, together with Robert Squires and CK Jung -- 'Enhancing Lessons: The Web 2.0 Way'. Yahoo and Skype IDs: ritazeinstejer

Robert Squires

I am an ESL instructor at The University of Montana in Missoula. I have found great professional community among the webheads, so it is nice to see some familiar names among these introductions, and I am looking forward to getting to know many others better. CK Jung, Rita Zeinstejer and I will be presenting 'Enhancing Lessons: The Web 2.0 Way'. I think we are going to learn a lot from the chance to reflect and share experiences. Yahoo ID = robertisquires, Skype ID = robert2007s, Second Life = Rian Staheli

JoAnn Miller

Miguel Mendoza

Miguel Mendoza is an ESP teacher in the school of librarianship at Universidad Central de Venezuela. He holds a Master’s degree in the teaching of English as a foreign language. He’s an ICT consultant/ moderator and editor for the British Council in Venezuela and has worked as tutor for Consultants-E. He’s a founder member and Secretary of AVEALMEC.   I will be co-moderating with Teadira Pérez, Elvina Castillo and Evelyn izquierdo: Blog based-lesson & e-portfolios Yahoo ID = miguelmendoza97, Skype ID = miguel_mendoza97, Second Life = Orwell Mineff   http://the-ve-blog.blogspot.com/

 

Anne Fox

I will be helping Cristina Costa on the Digifolios and Personal Learning Environment session. I am a Brit living in Denmark for the last 15 years. I have become an English eacher and still do technical English and General English. But most of the time I spend on educational projects where I get to try out lots of interesting new ideas. My current project is the VITAE project where we are developing ICT teacher training against a background of mentoring. In my spare time I co-host the Absolutely Intercultural podcast and run a website for people wanting to learn French.

 

Linda Merlo

I'm Linda Merlo, and I teach high school in the Bronx: English, Italian, and technology. I have credentials and experience in teaching ESL and Spanish, as well. I've lived in Florence, Italy and in Leon, Spain, but most of the time, I've lived in California and New York. I'm currently in love with my French classes at the French Institute / Alliance Francaise in Manhattan. I create websites for local businesses (www.roberto089. com), and I love using tech to keep the information flowing at my high school. This is my first time with EVO, and I'm here with two colleagues who teach English at the United Nations. We'll be presenting ways to give students authentic speaking opportunities via group pages and meetup.com.

 

Carla Arena

I am a Brazilian EFL educator temporarily living in Key West. I'm taking my time to learn new tricks on the web, connect to other like-minded educators, and share what I've learned in the online spaces I've landed. I'm also a proud Webhead. I've been teaching online and have been involved in different collaborative projects with friends all over the globe. I truly believe in the power of education to transform the learning micro-spheres of learners. That's why I love the work the Team of the Electronic Village does for the educators' community. For the past two years, I've been co-moderating the Blogging sessions.   You can find more about me, projects, drives at BrazilBridges. Also at http://www.pageflakes.com/carlaarena

Joanna Rodiki Petrides

Hello from Cyprus!!! Sending the first message as required. This is my first time on this session and I'm really looking forward to it. I am a trained primary school teacher and EFL teacher currently employed by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, as an EFL teacher and an EFL co-ordinator and advisor for primary education (BEd, Masters in Applied Linguistics for Language teaching, PhD in teaching EFL to young primary school learners). My areas of interest are teacher training, use of computer and technology in the classroom, EFL-ESL teaching. I will be moderating a session on computer use in the language classroom for EVO 2009. The session is about , using hot potatoes.

 

Susan Hillyard

 

Susan Hillyard was awarded a B.Ed.from Warwick University (U.K.) in 1972 in Dramatic Arts and Sociology and has lived and/or worked, since then, as a classroom teacher, a coordinator, a Head of Sector or a teacher trainer in fifteen different countries. She taught Language IV at I.S.P. en Lenguas Vivas and at U.T.N., teacher training colleges in Buenos Aires, Argentina while being head of Secondary in a Bilingual School in the province of Buenos Aires. She is an Educational Consultant, A NILE Associate Trainer, UK and Educational Advisor for The Performers, an educational theatre group. She is a presenter at teachers' conferences all over the world. She has co-authored a Resource Book for Teachers “Global Issues” for OUP, and teaches two courses on TKT and Creativity on-line for Net-Learning. She is now a faculty member of The New School, New York, having authored and now teaching a core on-line module " English in the World" for the MA TESOL. Her work with teachers concentrates on using drama to teach EFL or ESOL, holistic methodology, leadership skills, motivation, global understanding and lifelong learning.

Susan Burg

I live in Florence, Italy and I am presently working on a new project at e-prof which offers make-up courses to high school students in Italy. I write course content for the English lessons using Articulate and PowerPoint in Docebo I have a Masters in "Internet costruzione della conoscenza ambienti di apprendimento in rete" at the Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione dei Processi Formativi e Culturali, Università degli Studi di Firenze where I have also taught online English courses. I have been a dedicated Webhead since 2002 (as particpant) and in 2008 I co-moderated the session on Teaching with PowerPoint. This year I will be working in Images 09.     Skype susanellynb Yahoo id susaneburg My blog susaneb

 

Ryan Detwiler

Hi All, I'll be co-moderating the EVO Video session with Kristi Reyes, Cora Chen, and Elizabeth Hanson-Smith. After traveling and teaching ESL for a few years, I went back to school for an MFA in Motion Pictures/Television at the AAU in San Francisco. I was lucky enough to team up with writers Natasha Haugnes and Beth Maher (and a small team of designers) to develop Short Takes Interactive. In my last semesters at the AAU I took a couple php classes to learn how to make a "quiz builder" to add to eslvideo.com. I continue to add updates whenever possible (whenever i get the code right! Ha!) These days I work as a producer of multimedia for CompareNetworks Inc -- parent company of biocompare.com, dentalcompare.com, medcompare.com, and ophthalmologyweb.com. I'm very happy to be part of EVO again, and to be co-moderating with such an awesome team. Ryan

 

Mary Hillis

Hello! My name is Mary Hillis and I'm living in Japan, but am originally from the U.S. I teach university level courses here, such as first year writing, and a second year content-based course about humanities/literature.   I've been involved with EVO for a couple years, first as a participant and then also as a co-moderator of Blogging4Educators last year. I'm delighted to be a part of this year's EVO as well, this time as part of the Images session team, organized by Carla Arena.   Skype maryehillis Yahoo ID maryehillis Blog One Teacher's Journey

 

Ana Maria Menezes

Another Brazilian educator in the team. I´m Ana Maria Menezes, a teacher, coordinator and teacher trainer. Member of the Learning with Computers community since 2006, a web space where teachers offer online courses.   I´m a very enthusiastic blogger and am truly interested in discovering and exploring web tools in order to promote interaction with students.   This is going to be my third experience in EVO, the second as a co-moderator. I´m very glad to be part of the great team at the IMAGES session.   Skype anamariacult Yahoo ID anamariacult Twitter anamariacult Blog Life Feast

 

Nina Lyulkun

Greetings! I am Nina Lyulkun (aka nagora in the Internet space) from Ukraine. Since 1997 I have been involved into different International projects, interested in blended learning. Non-stop learner of new latest online technologies.Participant of EVO sessions since 2002 and co-moderator this coming year for the third time ('Bloging 4 Beginners', 'Blogging 4 Educators'). Recipient of WorldCALL scholarship this year. To participate at Images session, offered by Carla Arena, is really a great pleasure for me.   Skype: nagora60 Yaho ID: nagora Twitter: nagora Wetpaint wiki: webheads at WC3

 

Evelyn Izquierdo

Hello! Mi name is Evelyn Izquierdo. I'm an ESP/EAP teacher at the School of Education of Universidad Central de Venezuela, the largest and oldest university of my country. I have a Master degree in EFL, and I have been interested in online activities after becoming a Webhead in Feb. 2005. Since then, almost all my courses have been blended, and a few of them totally online under the Moodle platform. I've been participating in different EVO sessions since 2005, and it is a must each year if you want to learn a lot, keep updated, share your online work and experiences, enjoy with hands-on activities and have fun with colleagues. Thanks to the British Council in Venezuela, Consultants-e, Webheads in Action and Learning with Computers, I've had the opportunity of learning and being trained on Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, as well as becoming an e-tutor. As a co-founder of Avealmec (the Venezuelan CALL Association), I have also had the great pleasure of training other language teachers in Venezuela, including my own colleagues at the university where I've been involved in Distance Education and am a member of the Distance Education Committee of the Humanities and Education Faculty. Like Jennifer, Hala, Susan, Erika, Nina, Nelba and other excellent Webheads, I was a WorldCALL 2008 Scholarship recipient. I'm currently receiving a training to teach Spanish in Second Life and I'll be here with you for five weeks working on an EVO session related to Web-based lessons and e-portfolios along with my colleagues Teadira, Elvina and Mike, also Avealmec co-founders. Skype: evelyn.izquierdo Yahoo ID: izquierdo_evelyn Twitter: Eveweb Second Life: Evelyn Michalski Blog:http://beyondtheenglishclassroomwalls.blogspot.com/

 

Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

I'm a fugitive from academia now working (occasionally) as an ed tech consultant. I was lead designer of the Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive and pedagogical consultant for Live Action English Interactive. I wrote Constructing the Paragraph, a tutorial for composition, offered free online--you are welcome to have your students use it. I was a past chair of TESOL CALL IS, and I've been on the Coordination Team of the Electronic Village Online, for a number of years. This year for EVO, I'll be working with Ryan Detwiler's team on EVO Video 09.   I've authored many articles on CALL pedagogy, and my books include Learning Languages through Technology (co-edited with Sarah Rilling, 2007), and CALL Environments, 2nd ed. (co-edited with Joy Egbert, 2007), both available from TESOL Publications.   My website, Computers for Education, and blog offer many free resources for teachers. I've been a Webheads in Action since 2002.

 

Lynn Zimmerman

	I currently teach Diversity & Education at Purdue Calumet in Hammond , IN. My research interests are related to ESL/EFL issues. I was a Peace Corps EFL teacher in Poland from 1992-1994. I will be teaching for one semester in the English Dept. of the University of Wroclaw in Poland in Spring 2009, so I will be back in EFL for a few months. Lynn

 

Jane Petring

I've been involved with the EVO's in various roles as Participant, Moderator, Coordinator, but most of all Enthusiast. since 2004. This year I will be part of the wonderful team Carla Arena has put together for the session on Images in the 21st Century.   I teach at the college/university level near Montreal, Quebec and implement online tools as much as possible. I also write textbooks and look for ways to make education as exciting and accessible to students and teachers as possible.   www.englishcefblog.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/67eacs

 

Aiden Yeh

Hello all, and welcome to the moderators' training for the EVO 2009 sessions :-) Like many of you, I'm excited to take part in this training session. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Aiden Yeh, and I also take on various roles in EVO as a participant, coordinator, and mentor. I have been involved with EVO since 2002. Back then, I offered a discussion-based session about managing non-native English teachers (NNESTs). After five years, I am happy that EVO is going to have another session for and about NNESTs. Ana Wu and Yi-lin Sun of the TESOL's NNEST Interest Section will be joining me in this session.   I am also happy to announce that I will be mentoring Alison Milofsky and Valerie Jakar from the 'teaching conflict resolution' session. This is a topic that is also dear to me, and I look forward to working with Alison and Valerie.

 

Valerie S Jakar

I’m an EVO enthusiast with a difference. I do not claim to be a Webhead. More a Fumble-fingers. My fields of interest are content-based language instruction – with a focus on multicultural and global issues (including Peace studies) – and mentoring new and struggling teachers, plus sociolinguistics, which is my academic persuasion. The two EVOS I am involved with reflect my interests and I’m happy to be working with Alison Mojto for one and with Laura Stoutenburg for the other. Our topics are not CALL oriented, but our sessions are definitely dependent on all those 'fun' tools we are about to practice using. Laura and I ran a Mentoring EVO in 2006 and we will be following up on what's special about mentoring teachers of English. Alison, a conflict resolution specialist, is going to introduce people to 'Conflict Resolution in the Classroom, activities for English language learners'. We're looking forward to lots of creative discussion with ESOL teachers around the globe. Meantime, we're happy to be coached and mentored by our EVO peers. We are privileged to be able to set up the pre-Denver discussions and I know that Gertrude and team (organizers of TESOL Denver, 2009) are excited about hosting EVO people at the next convention. I had a wonderful year, convening the convention for 2008, in New York, NY, meeting so many super teachers (including our Elizabeth!) and creating opportunities for building communities of learning and teaching. It was especially gratifying that EVO participants were out there in their hundreds, many meeting face to face for the first time. Here’s to Denver, 2009, for more meetings of that ilk!

 

Alison Milofsky

I am a special advisor to the Education Program at the United States Institute of Peace where I facilitate workshops and develop materials to assist educators in integrating peace education and conflict resolution into their classrooms. Most recently I have worked with English teachers from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia. I was previously a teacher trainer in the Slovak Republic while in the Peace Corps and taught English as a Second Language at the University of Maryland and Georgetown University. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in education policy. While I have facilitated on-line discussions in the past, I am not very tech savy. That said, I am very much looking forward to co-facilitating an EVO on Conflict Resolution for English Language Learners.

S. Susan Marandi

Hello, all! I'm S. Susan Marandi from Tehran, Iran. I'm 39, married, and have two kids. I hold a PhD in TEFL and am currently an assistant professor and head of the English Department at Al-Zahra University.   I've been a Webhead since 2005, and have been working with the EVO coordinating team for the last few years. This term I'm teaching the first CALL course ever to be held in Iran to my PhD students! Yay! Wish me luck! :-)   YM and Skype: susanmarandi Second Life: Susan Khalifa

 

Jose Antonio

Hello, Dear Colleagues, My name is Jose Antonio da Silva. I am a Brazilian EFL instructor. I have been teaching English since 1991. I became a language teacher when I was still a psychology undergrad. I guess teaching sort of happened in my life and I just love it. I would say I have become a teacher very gradually and I just fell in love with this career as time went by. My affair with technology stated in 2006 when I first took a course on blogging and joined the 2006 session. Presently I am living and working in a binational language institute in Brasilia, Brazil. I am a big fan of blogs. This my latest one http://advanced5b.21classes.com I am looking forward to the learning journey of 2009. My skype id: joseantoniook My yahoo id: joseaokc

Laura Stoutenburg

Laura Stoutenburg has taught and developed curriculum for community-based language training, workplace English, and English for Academic Purposes programs. Laura has been involved for several years in pre-service mentoring as coordinator of an adult language teacher training program. She is currently the Chair of the Language Institute at Conestoga College in Ontario , Canada . Her latest challenge is to implement peer and new teacher mentoring in a new language program begun in March of 2008. URL: [http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/Mentor2Mentor/|http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/Mentor2Mentor/] Skype ID: laurast70 YM ID: laura_stoutenburg2000

Maru del Campo

Hello Everyone! I'm Maru del Campo from Toluca, Mexico. I have been involved with the EVO's since 2007 as participant, now I feel I know a bit to start giving back to the Webheads wonderful warm community some of what I have recived from them. This is the first time I get involved as moderator. I am part of the great team that Daf and Teresa have put together for BaW09. I will also participate in Enhancing Lessons with Robert Squires, CK Jung, and Rita Zeinstejer as part of a wonderful group. I am kind of a hybrid. I teach English and Spanish as a free lance, I have my private practice as Clinical Psychologist, I started my first free online course last March to enable Digital Literacy for Spanish Speakers with limited resources. I have been member of the teachers crew in several Institutions and I'm currently taking Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Online course for credit at the U. Of Manitoba. I'm very happy to be here and I'll do my best to collaborate as much as my somewhat limited experience and knowledge allows me. Receive a big warm hug from sunny Mexico. Skype ID: mmvmaru YH ID: mmvcentro Second Life: Mmcentro Jewell Maru http://mmvcentro.blogspot.com http://bilingueactivoelear.ning.com

 

Saša Sirk

Hi all, I'm Saša Sirk from Nova Gorica, Slovenia. I'm an EFL teacher at a small local college in Nova Gorica (www.tscng.net), where I teach students of informatics, mechatronics and countryside management. My classes are F2F. I started teaching at this college at about the same time as I became a webhead (in 05). Since 05 I took many invaluable EVO courses (in 06, 07 and 08), and I helped moderating week 1 in BaW 08. It's now fun to look back in time and see how my teaching practice has been changing year after year. And it's fun to look back and see how my attitudes to teaching and learning have been changing year after year. I am greatly indebted to you, my dear webheads and EVO people - it was mostly through you that I realized what a wonderful job it is to be a teacher. I'm looking forward to another chapter as a member of the BaW team, and as an EVO participant. Skype: sasasirk Y!M: ([http://profiles.yahoo.com/|profile]) sasasirk Second Life: Sasa Sirkelianov http://sasasirk.blogspot.com

Vance Stevens

Vance Stevens, work as a lecturer in computing at Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi, but in real life I'm a Webhead and online learner (or trainer, take your pick) working through distributed learning social networks and communities of practice. I am involved in numerous periodical editing tasks such as editor of the On the Internet column in the TESL-EJ and eSphere editor for Writing & Pedagogy, a new journal on that topic. For the past several years I have taught a course in Multiliteracies through TESOL but this year I am giving the course through EVO with Nelba Quintana as co-moderator.    I list my publications and presentations here: http://vancestevens.com/papers I blog here: http://adVancEducation.blogspot.com   Spype = vancestev YM = vance_stevens SL = Webhead Link

 

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Ana Wu

Hi Everyone! My name is Ana Wu. I was born and raised in Brazil and am currently teaching adult ESL at City College of San Francisco. I am very excited in being part of the EVO group as this seems to be a very supportive and knowledgeable group.   ! With Aiden Yeh, I will be moderating a workshop about non-native English speakers. You are all invited! Tchau, Ana :o)   http://fog.ccsf.edu/awu">http://fog.ccsf.edu/awu http://www.ccsf.edu/eslcall">http://www.ccsf.edu/eslcall http://nnest.asu.edu/blog">http://nnest.asu.edu/blog

 

Graham Stanley

Hi everyone, I'm Graham and although I'm in my 40s I'm a young "digital native" wannabe at heart (hence the photo) - I work as a teacher of English to Young Learners in Barcelona, Spain and also teach undergraduates of Tourism (ESP, CLIL) at a private university and Further Education students of Audio Visual subjects at a polytechnic. I am also project manager of the British Council's 'Learn English Second Life for Teens' project and am currently teaching a short blended learning course (CLIL) in 'Virtual Tourism' to university students (using Second Life). I'm also involved in ICT teacher training and am happy to be back co-moderating the 'Language Learning and Virtual Worlds' EVO session this year. As well as all of this, I (naively) hope I can also fit in writing a novel at http://www.nanowrimo.org/ in November (but think this if this is probably not possible unless I give up sleeping!)     Skype: eflbridges [ymsgr:sendim?Y!M: ] ([http://profiles.yahoo.com/profile]) bcgstanley (but hardly use it) Second Life: Baldric Commons http://blog-efl.blogspot.com

 

Suzan Stamper

I'm an instructor of English for Academic Purposes at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. In addition to Indiana, I have taught in Kentucky, Kansas, and China (five years in the mainland and eight years at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong).   My interests in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) started 17 years ago with my holiday pages, SchMOOze University, and NETEACH. Current interests are podcasting, developing materials for distance education, and picking up new skills/knowledge.   I come to the EVO as an active member of TESOL's CALL Interest Section serving as the Internet Fair coordinator, steering committee member, Chair, and newsletter editor over the last ten years. I'm also involved at the affiliate level with INTESOL (the Indiana affiliate) where I have served as a board member, treasurer, and soon-to-be vice-president and conference chair.   YM ID: suzanstamper

Gary Carkin

Hi folks:   I teach TEFL Methods and Pronunciation Techniques in our graduate program and various courses in our IEP at the Institute for Language Education at Southern New Hampshire University. (My bio: http://www.carlislepublications.com/id4.html ) Trained as an actor, and co-founder (with Nigel Caplan) of TESOL-Drama, I have enjoyed learning with the Webheads and sharing ideas about the implementation of drama in teaching English since our first TESOL-Drama/EVO Drama Workshop in 2004. I’ve taught in England, Vietnam, and Thailand for extended periods of time and continue to give workshops in Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the USA on the subject of Teaching English through Drama. Recent events for TESOL-Drama include a chapter on Readers’ Theater in the upcoming TESOL edition, Authenticity in the Classroom and Beyond and a full day Pre-Convention Institute on Readers’ Theater at the International TESOL Convention in Denver in March, 2009. Institute leaders include, Alexis Finger (The Magic of Drama), Julie O’Sullivan (Stage by Stage: A Handbook for Using Drama in the Language Classroom, by Ann Burke and Julie O'Sullivan), Gary Carkin, Ten Plays for the ESL/EFL Classroom and Ten MORE Plays for the ESL/EFL Classroom) Sarah Dodson-Knight and George Plautz.   SKYPE ID: garycarkin1 Yahoo Messenger: garycarkin   Website: http://garycarkin.tripod.com/garycarkinseslefldramalog/

 

Kristi Reyes

Kristi Reyes is co-moderator of the EVO Video session with Cora Chen, Ryan Detwiler, Dr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, and Nellie Deutsch. She has taught English to adults in Southern California, U.S.A. for more than 10 years. Currently she is a professor at MiraCosta College, Oceanside, where she developed an ESL Digital Storytelling course and is lead instructor of the Vocational ESL program and a technology mentor. She writes a monthly article for OTAN on Web 2.0 tools for adult educators and is a moderator for online workshops on podcasting and digital storytelling. Homepage

Teadira Pérez

Teadira Pérez is co-moderator of the EVO Blog- based lesson & e-portfolios session with Miguel, Elvina and Evelyn. She is an EAP teacher at the School of Modern Languages, University of Los Andes, Mérida - Venezuela. She has an MSc in Linguistics and a PhD in Education. She has been working in the use of ICT for foreign language teaching and learning in the last five years. She is a founder member and President of AVEALMEC.

David Winet

David Winet teaches in real life at Cal State East Bay in California, and online at Study.com. He cannot make this text start at the top of the box..... so much for being a computer expert.... He will be moderating "Tips and Tricks for Online Teachers". This year our group page will be at http://groups.google.com/group/tipstricks2009. See you there!

 

 

Nina Liakos

I have taught ESL in a higher education setting since around 1975 and have been at the Maryland English Institute (University of Maryland College Park, USA) since 1981. I took Becoming a Webhead 2006 and have been interested in using web tools in life and teaching ever since. Other than helping out during one week at BaW2007 this is my first time moderating a session. The tools I have used most in my nearly 3 years as a webhead include blogs (especially blogger and wordpress), VoIP, wikis (pbwiki and wikispaces), and Tapped In. I will be co-moderating Enhancing Lessons: The Web 2.0 Way. Married to Christoforos Liakos, who was born in Greece and is a naturalized US citizen. We have one daughter, Vicki, age 16. Skype and YM ID is nina_liakos.

 

Jodi Nooyen

Jodi is new to EVO, but has been teaching ESL for more than 15 years and has a special interest in teaching with technology. She currently is the English Programme Coordinator at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Her English teaching career began in her home state of Wisconsin, where she taught Hmong refugees in 1991, and, since then, she has taught English and/or English teacher training courses in Puerto Rico, Japan, Los Angeles, Venezuela and Ethiopia. She received her MA from UCLA in Applied Linguistics and the Teaching of English to Students of Other Languages.

Analía Dobboletta

I'm an EFL teacher, teacher educator and online instructor from Rosario, Argentina. I hold an MA in ELT & Applied Linguistics and a Dip. in e-learning & DE. Ever since I joined BaW06, I have found in this community the incentive to use new web apps. I'm currently working with Alicia and a team of teachers in the MM project that Rita coordinates at ARCI. My philosophy is 'nobody teaches anybody, we all learn together' so I'm delighted to share my experience as a co-mod of Enhancing Lessons with Web 2.0.  Yahoo ID: dobbitto  Skype ID: analiad

 

Maria Rosario Di Mónaco

I'm an EFL teacher from Rosario, Argentina. I have been teaching English at my own institute for over 20 years now.   As for my experience of ICTs, I took a course on Teaching English Via the Internet, and another on Instructional Design for E-Learning, certified by the UTN (Universidad Tecnológica Nacional) However, I can say that my real involvement with the new ICTs and their implications for language teaching and learning started two years ago, when I joined the CALL SIG coordinated by Rita Zeinstejer. Then, I took the BaW08 course, which I always refer to as a turning point in my life, both professionally and personally. Now I am delighted to be in the moderating team of ''Enhancing Lessons.'' I really hope I can give something in return for all I have received from this wonderful community.   Twitter and Yahoo ID: marydimonaco     Skype: mary.dm

 

Jennifer Verschoor

It is with great pleasure that I will co-moderate Becoming a Webhead 2009.    I´m an English University Professor, Bachelor in Educational Management and English Public Translator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. My emphasis in training teachers to integrate technology into the classroom started five years ago. Currently I am introducing New Technologies for the Teaching of English in various Leading Commercial and Educational Organizations.   My name in Second Life is Tamara Ashton. I have been awarded with the Scholarship to attend WorldCALL 2008 Using Technologies for Language Learning, 3 rd International Conference in Fukuoka, Japan where I meet many wonderful Webheads. I´m a founder member of ARCALL (Argentine Computer Assisted Language Learning)   You can follow me on my blog: My integrating technology journey Yahoo ID: jenverschoor Skype ID: jenverschoor Twitter: jenverschoor

 

 

Alicia Zuliani

I am an EFL teacher from Argentina . I teach children, teenagers and adults at private language schools in Rosario. It was Rita Zeinstejer who introduced me to the world of CALL and now I am working with her and the group of teachers she coordinates at the Multimedia Centre at ARCI, Rosario, where we develop materials for our students. We are working mainly with videos and Hot Potatoes. I am willing to share my experience in this area and very excited to be part of this group. Yahoo ID: alicia.zuliani Skype ID: alicia.zuliani

 Shefali Ray

Shin-Mei Kao

I am from Taiwan and have been teaching English to Chinese speakers of different age groups for more than 15 years. I received my MA in English Studies from Nottingham University, UK.  There I studied with Prof. Ronald Carter, an internationally known scholar in stylistics, discourse analysis, and lexical studies.  I received my PhD from the Department of Foreign Language Education of the Ohio State University, USA.  Though  my major was second language acquisition, I was very interested in drama.  Thus, I chose theater education as my minor and met Prof. Cecily O’Neill, an international authority in process drama, at OSU.  I was interested in the interaction patterns and discourse nature of teacher and students when innovative approaches were applied in a foreign language classroom.  This area was rather new to researchers, language teachers, and theater people at that time.  This was my motivation to work with Cecily, and later wrote a book with her, entitled, “Words into Worlds: Learning a Second Language through Process Drama.” (ISBN 1567503691), based on my dissertation and several other studies about how language learners and teachers interacted in drama-oriented language classroom.    I am teaching at the Department of Foreign Languages & Literature, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.