VDMIS Newsletter - August 2013 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
•  FROM THE CHAIR
•  MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR-ELECT
ARTICLES
•  COPYLEFT MATERIALS
•  THE CONCEPT OF COOL: SOCIAL INTERACTION AND LANGUAGE LEARNING
•  STOP MOTION ANIMATION: A CHEAP TECHNOLOGICAL TOOL TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM
TESOL2013 CONFERENCE REPORTS
•  MIRRORING PROJECT UPDATE: INTELLIGIBLE ACCENTED SPEAKERS AS PRONUNCIATION MODELS
•  CAPTURED ON VIDEO: TWO INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TEACHING WRITING DESIGNED TO ENGAGE ALL LEARNERS
•  MATERIALS THAT HELP ADULTS WITH LOW LITERACY AVOID FRAUD: FREE DIGITAL AND VIDEO RESOURCES
•  GREEN SCREEN WILL PUT YOUR STUDENTS IN CONTEXT
•  TURN ON THE RADIO AND TURN UP STUDENT ENGAGEMENT!
•  TRAINING ESP PRACTITIONERS ONLINE: FROM T-MAIL TO TESOL COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS
•  RECORDING STUDENT SPEAKING: SUGGESTIONS FOR EVERY TEACHER'S TOOLKIT
•  BRIDGING TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY IN TESOL TEACHER TRAINING
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  VDMIS OFFICERS FOR 2013-2014
•  VDMIS MISSION STATEMENT
•  VIDEO AND DIGITAL MEDIA IS, PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AT TESOL2013
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY

VDMIS OFFICERS FOR 2013-2014

We wish to thank all those members who have come forward in the past and present to help us continue as a productive and successful group. The following members were elected as VDMIS officers at the TESOL 2013 convention.

Chair, Johanna Katchen, katchen@mx.nthu.edu.tw

Past Chair, Kenneth Chyi, kennethchyi@gmail.com

Chair-Elect, Jason R. Levine, collolearn@gmail.com

Newsletter Editor: Joyce Cunningham, cjoyce2013@gmail.com

Assistant Newsletter Editor: Laura E. Ray, lray@odu.edu

If you are interested in serving in some capacity or wanting to play a more productive, active role in our group as an officer or with presentations, etc., please do not hesitate to make yourself known to us. We welcome you warmly to our group.