Creating Multimedia Activities for Language Learning 
Sunday, October 21, 2007 - Sunday, October 28, 2007
In conjunction with ILO - Graduate School of Teaching & Learning, University of Amsterdam (UvA).
In this intensive course participants will explore the possibilities of digital audio and video for language teaching. The course will consist of theoretical sessions and hands-on workshops. The focus will not be on the technology itself, but on its implications and added value for pedagogical purposes. Participants will be actively involved and will develop - alone or in small groups - language activities and exercises for use in their lessons.
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Applicant Profile
This course is intended for newly qualified and practising foreign language teachers interested in the possibilities of the Internet for their classroom practice. A basic knowledge of computers is necessary: participants should at least be familiar with Windows platforms and word-processors.
Application 
Only a few places are still available. Applicants will be selected on a first-come-first-served basis.
Contact us to enquire about availability.
AMSU Course Name: LANG-4.
Details
Date: Sunday, October 21, 2007 - Sunday, October 28, 2007.
Application Deadline: Only a few places are still available. Applicants will be selected on a first-come-first-served basis.
Contact us to enquire about availability.
Capacity: 25 participants.
Language of Instruction: English.
Location: This course will be held in one of the building equipped with computer rooms of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) located in the city centre.
Computers: For this course, only the use of Windows computers is supported, there will be no facilities available for Mac users.
Fee: € 745,- (including course materials, welcome drink, access to the cultural evening programme on the AMSU, coffee/tea breaks on Monday to Friday).
Initiators: ILO - Graduate School of Teaching & Learning, University of Amsterdam (UvA), The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University (AMSU).
Coordination: The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University (AMSU).
Registration: Confirmed participants are expected to register between 03.00 PM and 05.00 PM on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at the building Felix Meritis, located at Keizersgracht 324 in Amsterdam. Registration will be followed by an international food testing exercise and a welcome drink.
Course Leaders
Ton (Anton) G.M. Koet (Netherlands) - Teacher Trainer; Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO), University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Ton Koet is a teacher trainer at the Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO), University of Amsterdam (UvA). He is particularly interested in the teaching of pronunciation and in the application of speech technology in language teaching.
Bart Bonamie (Belgium) - Philologue.
Bart Bonamie (Belgium) has an MA in Germanic Philology. After finishing his studies at the University of Ghent, Belgium, he worked at the same university for the Teacher Training Department at first, and later on for the Department of Education, specializing in digital literacy, youth cultures and integration of ICT in English language teaching. He is currently a lecturer of English at the Department of Tourism and Travel Management at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey.
Alessandra Corda (Netherlands) - Coordinator; Faculty of Arts, University of Leiden.
Alessandra Corda holds an MA in Classics and General Linguistics from the Università di Torino (Italy). From 1989 until 1997 she taught Italian at several Dutch institutions, among which the Faculty of Arts at Leiden University. Since 1996 she has been working at this Faculty as coordinator for CALL and ICT in education projects. She is particularly interested in the use of the Internet for foreign language teaching and has published and given seminars on this subject. She has been a tutor for the AMSU courses since 2001 and has worked together with Bart Bonamie, Ton Koet, Willem Verberk and Willy Weijdema.
Willem Verberk (Netherlands) - Consultant in ICT and Languages; Amsterdam Institute of Education.
Accommodation
For this course the AMSU can not arrange for accomodation, but can only give advise about housing, mainly in hotels. Participants should arrange their own accommodation.
Information about hotels
Programme
Sunday, October 21, 2007
12.00 PM arrival and registration;
05.00 PM Welcome drinks;
07.00 PM Social and cultural programme.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Morning
— General technical skills: working with digital resources and web pages;
— Presentation of sites with relevant information for language teachers and with language teaching materials;
01.00 PM Lunch;
Afternoon
— Introduction to collaborative software (e.g. blogs, wiki's);
— Developing a task with web-based materials;
06.00 PM Social and cultural programme.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Morning
— Introduction to digital images, audio and video: formats, players, editing and capturing software;
01.00 PM Lunch;
Afternoon
— Working with audio editing software;
— Developing a task with digital audio;
06.00 PM Social and cultural programme.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Morning
— Introduction to freeware web-based software for interactive language exercises;
— Examples of use of websites for language activities - WebQuest: a pedagogical model for the use of websites in language activities;
01.00 PM Lunch;
Afternoon
— Developing interactive exercises;
06.00 PM Social and cultural programme.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Morning
— Design and develop tasks and activities using the acquired technical skills;
01.00 PM Lunch;
Afternoon
— Design and develop tasks and activities using the acquired technical skills;
— Introduction to synchronous communication software;
07.00 PM Course Dinner.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Morning
— Finalizing the tasks and activities;
01.00 PM Lunch;
Afternoon
— Presentation of the activities to the group;
— Seminar wrap-up and evaluation;
06.00 PM Social and cultural programme.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
10.00 AM Social and cultural programme.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
12.00 PM departure.
