NEALLT '02 University of Pittsburg May 3 - 5
Tentative Conference Program

Friday, May 3
1 - 4 pm   Pre-Registration Required	The Web is for Everyone: Usability and Accessibility in Web Page Design Kathleen Lewis Director, Language Learning Center Haverford College Making your web pages accessible to differently-abled users is both the right thing to do and, in many cases, the law. This hands-on workshop will explore ways of ensuring that your Center’s or course web pages can be used profitably by everyone, discovering how the principles of Universal Design can make your pages accessible to people using various browsers or connection speeds, palm pilots, PDA’s, or adaptive computer technology. We will first apply the W3C guidelines for accessibility and utilize text browsers and validation software to sample pages as we adjust HTML code and balance design and usability issues. We will next design a new, sample site from beginning to end, paying particular attention to the structure and special concerns which inform the creation of an aesthetically pleasing, usable and accessible web site.
4:00 - 6:00	Registration
5:00 - 7:00	Reception

Saturday, May 4
8:30 - 9:00	Registration & Coffee
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome & Henderson Remembrance Mary Beth Barth, NEALLT president Claire Bradin Siskin ,Host & Director-Robert Henderson Language Media Center Dr. N. John Cooper, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
9:15 - 9:45	Supporting Online Learning Christopher Jones,PhD Principal Lecturer in French/Director, Modern Language Resource Center Carnegie Mellon University Cesar Valencia Coordinator of the Modern Language Resource Center Carnegie Mellon University
9:45 - 10:15	"Vous êtes Morgane…": Commercial Computer Games as French Civilization Courseware Sharon Scinicariello, Ph.D.--Senior Network Information Specialist Curriculum Support Group, Information Services Case Western Reserve University
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 10:55	Room 1: Atajos con Tecnologia: Shortcuts with Technology Marilyn S. Feke University of Pittsburgh
	Room 2: Pushing Oral Output Inside and Outside of the Language Lab in Advanced Oral Expression Classes Susanne Nimmrichter Millersville University
11:00 - 11:25	Room 1: Language Alive in a "Low Tech"Classroom Colette Ballew Sullivan West School District, Delaware Valley Campus, NY
	Room 2: Archiving the Lab Experience: Electronic Portfolios and Grade Books Lisa Minetti & Marni Baker Stein English Language Programs University of Pennsylvania
11:30 - 11:55	Room 1: Using Concordance Software to Facilitate SCLT (Sustained-Content Language Teaching) Ali Aghbar Department of English Indiana University of PA
	Room 2: Online Oral Proficiency Testing Dr.Thekla Fall Program Officer for World Languages Pittsburgh Public Schools
Noon - 12:25	Room 1: Student-designed materials for the web: Web CT Tests Lilia Savova Indiana University of Pennsylvania
	Room 2: Beyond Lab Stations: Language Proficiency through Multimedia Instruction Frances Sweeney Dean for the School of Liberal Arts Professor of Spanish Saint Mary's College of California
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch (those setting up for Showcase leave at ~1:30)
2:00 - 3:00	Multimedia Showcase organized by Zsuzsa Horvath for more information about presentations and participants, please see: http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/events/neallt2002/showcase.html
3:00 - 3:15	Coffee break
3:15 - 4:00	The Staffing of Not-Just-Another-Computer-Lab: Roles and Functions Bradley Gano, Assistant Director for Technology Center for Language Study Yale University Cindy Evans Director, Language Learning Center Skidmore College Michael Jones Director, Language Resource Center Swarthmore College
4:15 - 5:45	Carnegie-Mellon Lab Tour
5:30 - 6:30	Nationality Rooms Tour (those interested in this can leave lab tour early)
6:30	Dinner @ Casbah - menu

Sunday, May 5
8:30 - 9:00	Coffee
9:00 - 9:30	Revisiting the "Dark Side of the Web" Claire Bradin Siskin Director,Robert Henderson Language Media Center University of Pittsburgh
9:30 - 10:15	Teaching Assistants to the Rescue!: The Back Door Approach for the Diffusion of Technology Mark Knowles Director, Language Lab Union College
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:30	Defining what we do: a mission statement for the Language Learning/Resource/Media Center Michael Jones Director, Language Resource Center Swarthmore College Mary Beth Barth, Director, Language Learning Center Hamilton College Ursula Williams, Director, Language Resource Center Notre Dame University
11:30 - noon	Your Turn Opportunity To Ask Questions, Seek Advice, Present Issues (discussion)
noon - 1:00	Business Meeting & Lunch