The Electronic Village’s annual Developers’ Showcase saw a variety of material covering the core areas of English-language teaching. Presenters gave demonstrations of their original applications and explained the theoretical and technical aspects of their work. Afterward each presenter fielded questions from those in attendance about the development process and use of their work. The presentations covered a wide range of topics and included different platforms. For example, Marsha Chan showed her vocabulary quizzes Web site, which helps students learn the 2,000 most frequently used words using authentic texts. Alexander Wrege, a previous Developers’ Showcase presenter, returned with more material oriented toward Mac users. Mr. Wrege demonstrated how students can make a class magazine to be viewed on the iPad. Another returning presenter was Ron Lee, who showed some of the applications of his Chatbots project. Other presenters included Li Gong, who explained the design of “New Interactive and Integrated Web-based English Learning System” that is in use by students in China; Doe Hyung Kim, who demonstrated “Grammar Tutor,” a Flash tutorial that targets errors in writing that many ESL students confront; and Elena Cotos, who presented “AWE Tool for Academic Discourse Analysis and Feedback.”

Andy Bowman was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, and attended the University of Kansas. After graduating in 1986, he moved to Paraguay and taught English there for several years. Several years later, Mr. Bowman began working at the Intensive English Language Center. He has been the Lab Coordinator since 1996. He enjoys working with the international students and developing innovative computer activities to help them learn English.